Native of Sandviken, Norway.
Husband of Gjertrud (Gertrude) Astrid Berg.
Issue: Thorunn 1919 (Mrs. Fred Beatty / Mrs. Everett Weaver); Bergliot (Mildred) 1921 (Mrs. David Howard); Odd (Odin) 1922
Finn Melvaer was a Norwegian chemist who worked in Chile, South America for a time. Two of his children were born at Chuquicamata, a mining community servicing a large, open-pit copper mine in the north of Chile, 215 km northeast of Antofagasta and 1,240 km north of the Chilean capital, Santiago.
Finn's family Anglicized their given names whilst living abroad, a common practice amongst immigrating Europeans. I have included their Norwegian names as a matter of reference for those who may be searching using the Norwegian names.
Husband of Gjertrud (Gertrude) Astrid Berg.
Issue: Thorunn 1919 (Mrs. Fred Beatty / Mrs. Everett Weaver); Bergliot (Mildred) 1921 (Mrs. David Howard); Odd (Odin) 1922
Finn Melvaer was a Norwegian chemist who worked in Chile, South America for a time. Two of his children were born at Chuquicamata, a mining community servicing a large, open-pit copper mine in the north of Chile, 215 km northeast of Antofagasta and 1,240 km north of the Chilean capital, Santiago.
Finn's family Anglicized their given names whilst living abroad, a common practice amongst immigrating Europeans. I have included their Norwegian names as a matter of reference for those who may be searching using the Norwegian names.
Native of Sandviken, Norway.
Husband of Gjertrud (Gertrude) Astrid Berg.
Issue: Thorunn 1919 (Mrs. Fred Beatty / Mrs. Everett Weaver); Bergliot (Mildred) 1921 (Mrs. David Howard); Odd (Odin) 1922
Finn Melvaer was a Norwegian chemist who worked in Chile, South America for a time. Two of his children were born at Chuquicamata, a mining community servicing a large, open-pit copper mine in the north of Chile, 215 km northeast of Antofagasta and 1,240 km north of the Chilean capital, Santiago.
Finn's family Anglicized their given names whilst living abroad, a common practice amongst immigrating Europeans. I have included their Norwegian names as a matter of reference for those who may be searching using the Norwegian names.
Husband of Gjertrud (Gertrude) Astrid Berg.
Issue: Thorunn 1919 (Mrs. Fred Beatty / Mrs. Everett Weaver); Bergliot (Mildred) 1921 (Mrs. David Howard); Odd (Odin) 1922
Finn Melvaer was a Norwegian chemist who worked in Chile, South America for a time. Two of his children were born at Chuquicamata, a mining community servicing a large, open-pit copper mine in the north of Chile, 215 km northeast of Antofagasta and 1,240 km north of the Chilean capital, Santiago.
Finn's family Anglicized their given names whilst living abroad, a common practice amongst immigrating Europeans. I have included their Norwegian names as a matter of reference for those who may be searching using the Norwegian names.
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