Bertha Werbelow married Friedrich "Fred" Pagels. The photos were taken on their wedding day, and are family photos.

Bertha and her husband Friedrich were blessed with 7 sons and 7 daughters. Only one child died in infancy. The first children were born in Beemer, Cuming County, Nebraska, and then some in Clearwater, Antelope County, Nebraska, and after that the family must have moved back to Beemer again.

Calvin Pagels b. Feb. 6, 1893, Beemer, d. Feb. 20, 1893, Beemer

Louise Louisa Bertha Meta Pagels b. Jan. 30, 1894, Beemer, d. Mar. 13, 1941 in Spokane, Washington.

Adeline Albertina Maria Pagels b. Feb. 9, 1895, Beemer, d. Mar. 27, 1984 in Beemer, Nebraska.

Martha Augusta Pagels b. Apr. 11, 1896, Beemer, d. Nov. 14, 1969 in Nebraska.

stillborn boy Pagels *Feb. 6, 1898 +, Beemer,

Anna Wilhelmina Emilie Pagels b. May 5, 1899, Nebraska; d. Oct. 2, 1972, in Cuming County, Nebraska

Maria Wilhelmina Pagels b. Jan. 6, 1901, Beemer, Nebraska d. 18 APRIL 1986 • Perryville, Perry, Missour

Johann John Frederich Wilhelm Pagels b. May 18, 1903, Clearwater, Nebraska, d. Oct. 31, 1964 in Wisner, Cuming County, Nebraska.

Ernest Emil Ferdinand Pagels b. Sept. 11, 1904, Clearwater, Nebraska, d. Oct. 2, 1997 in Adrian, Lenawee County, Michigan.

Edna Karoline Albertina Pagels b. Oct. 11, 1906, Clearwater, Antelope County, Nebraska, d. July, 1982 in Wisner, Cuming County, Nebraska.

Harnold Harold Pagels b. 1907 in Clearwater, Nebraska, d. 1962 in Indiana.

Walter Martin Pagels b. May 2, 1908 in Clearwater, Nebraska, d. Mar. 31, 1987, Cuming County, Nebraska.

Esta Lydia Pagels b. 8 OCTOBER 1911, Clearwater, Nebraska, d. 15 MARCH 1993 • Chanhassen, Carver, Minnesota

Ervin John Frank Pagels b. May 1, 1915, Beemer, Nebraska, d. Feb. 1986, South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana.

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Additional note: Bertha was my great-grandmother on my mother's side. My grandmother, Wanda Pagels, told me her full name before my grandmother herself passed in 2006.

Bertha was my grandmother's mother-in-law. John Pagels was my grandfather but he passed when my mom was 16 so I never met him. ---Much thanks to FindaGrave volunteer ondreea (#48713633)
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