Colorful figure in Sweden and America, Bergstrom is the subject of a 1991 book "Det maste bli annat av, sa Olof Bergstrom" by Bertil Lindberg. Bergstrom was a founder of Gothenburg, Dawson County, Nebraska.
He is a key figure in the book "Battle of the Bridges: Community Rivalry in Dawson County Nebraska" by the Dawson County Museum.
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Death record found on Ancestry is for "O. Burgstrom" who was born in Norway [sic] and died February 15, 1910 at Mayland, Cumberland County. He was 80 years old. No burial information was given. Several newspaper articles about his death mention burial at Mayland. The Knoxville Sentinel of February 3, 1910 closes with a sentence that has a different word: "The remains will be buried temporarily at Mayland."
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The Leaf-Chronicle [Clarksville, TN] February 3, 1910:
SWEDISH NOBLEMAN
CAPT. OLOF N. BERGSTROM DEAD
AT THE AGE OF EIGHTY-EIGHT.
Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 3.—Fourteen miles west of Crossville, Tenn., at the Hotel Holland, Mayland, last night, Capt. Olof N. Bergstrom, a Swedish nobleman and ex-army captain, died at the age of 88.
Capt. Bergstrom resigned from the army at 30 years of age, and entered the ministry, coming in a few years to this country and entering the immigration department of the Union Pacific Railroad, which has just been built through Nebraska. He made twenty-one trips to the old country and brought over immigrants to settle a large section of country, and was instrumental in building up several towns, including Gottenberg and Stromberg, Neb. He came to Tennessee after T. C. road was built and attempted to establish a colony, but failed on account of adverse immigration laws.
Chattanooga News February 3, 1910:
SWEDISH NOBLEMAN
AND SOLDIER DIES
[The first portion of this article duplicates the above.]
Several towns which he settled, notably Gottenberg and Stromberg, Neb., have become prosperous towns and are monuments to their founder. He married a few years after he landed in this country, but he and his wife, who was a singer of some note, separated.
Soon after the Tennessee Central railroad was built through this county, Capt. Bergstrom came to Mayland with a view to establishing a Swedish colony here on the plateau, but in this enterprise he was hindered on account of adverse immigration laws. At the time of his death he was at Mayland waiting for the arrival of the party with whom he was arranging a large land deal.
He leaves one or two brothers who live in Nebraska. The remains will be buried at Mayland.
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See:
"Olaf Bergstrom, Charged with the Murder of E. G. Edholm, Acquitted at Gothenburg" Omaha Daily Bee July 16, 1890 p. 2 [Chronicling America website]
"Charges Against His Wife: Husband's Story of the Career of an Erst-while Swedish Prima Donna: Olof Bergstrom's Divorce Troubles" Omaha Daily Bee August 4, 1894 p. 8 [Chronicling America website]
He is a key figure in the book "Battle of the Bridges: Community Rivalry in Dawson County Nebraska" by the Dawson County Museum.
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Death record found on Ancestry is for "O. Burgstrom" who was born in Norway [sic] and died February 15, 1910 at Mayland, Cumberland County. He was 80 years old. No burial information was given. Several newspaper articles about his death mention burial at Mayland. The Knoxville Sentinel of February 3, 1910 closes with a sentence that has a different word: "The remains will be buried temporarily at Mayland."
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The Leaf-Chronicle [Clarksville, TN] February 3, 1910:
SWEDISH NOBLEMAN
CAPT. OLOF N. BERGSTROM DEAD
AT THE AGE OF EIGHTY-EIGHT.
Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 3.—Fourteen miles west of Crossville, Tenn., at the Hotel Holland, Mayland, last night, Capt. Olof N. Bergstrom, a Swedish nobleman and ex-army captain, died at the age of 88.
Capt. Bergstrom resigned from the army at 30 years of age, and entered the ministry, coming in a few years to this country and entering the immigration department of the Union Pacific Railroad, which has just been built through Nebraska. He made twenty-one trips to the old country and brought over immigrants to settle a large section of country, and was instrumental in building up several towns, including Gottenberg and Stromberg, Neb. He came to Tennessee after T. C. road was built and attempted to establish a colony, but failed on account of adverse immigration laws.
Chattanooga News February 3, 1910:
SWEDISH NOBLEMAN
AND SOLDIER DIES
[The first portion of this article duplicates the above.]
Several towns which he settled, notably Gottenberg and Stromberg, Neb., have become prosperous towns and are monuments to their founder. He married a few years after he landed in this country, but he and his wife, who was a singer of some note, separated.
Soon after the Tennessee Central railroad was built through this county, Capt. Bergstrom came to Mayland with a view to establishing a Swedish colony here on the plateau, but in this enterprise he was hindered on account of adverse immigration laws. At the time of his death he was at Mayland waiting for the arrival of the party with whom he was arranging a large land deal.
He leaves one or two brothers who live in Nebraska. The remains will be buried at Mayland.
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See:
"Olaf Bergstrom, Charged with the Murder of E. G. Edholm, Acquitted at Gothenburg" Omaha Daily Bee July 16, 1890 p. 2 [Chronicling America website]
"Charges Against His Wife: Husband's Story of the Career of an Erst-while Swedish Prima Donna: Olof Bergstrom's Divorce Troubles" Omaha Daily Bee August 4, 1894 p. 8 [Chronicling America website]
Colorful figure in Sweden and America, Bergstrom is the subject of a 1991 book "Det maste bli annat av, sa Olof Bergstrom" by Bertil Lindberg. Bergstrom was a founder of Gothenburg, Dawson County, Nebraska.
He is a key figure in the book "Battle of the Bridges: Community Rivalry in Dawson County Nebraska" by the Dawson County Museum.
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Death record found on Ancestry is for "O. Burgstrom" who was born in Norway [sic] and died February 15, 1910 at Mayland, Cumberland County. He was 80 years old. No burial information was given. Several newspaper articles about his death mention burial at Mayland. The Knoxville Sentinel of February 3, 1910 closes with a sentence that has a different word: "The remains will be buried temporarily at Mayland."
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The Leaf-Chronicle [Clarksville, TN] February 3, 1910:
SWEDISH NOBLEMAN
CAPT. OLOF N. BERGSTROM DEAD
AT THE AGE OF EIGHTY-EIGHT.
Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 3.—Fourteen miles west of Crossville, Tenn., at the Hotel Holland, Mayland, last night, Capt. Olof N. Bergstrom, a Swedish nobleman and ex-army captain, died at the age of 88.
Capt. Bergstrom resigned from the army at 30 years of age, and entered the ministry, coming in a few years to this country and entering the immigration department of the Union Pacific Railroad, which has just been built through Nebraska. He made twenty-one trips to the old country and brought over immigrants to settle a large section of country, and was instrumental in building up several towns, including Gottenberg and Stromberg, Neb. He came to Tennessee after T. C. road was built and attempted to establish a colony, but failed on account of adverse immigration laws.
Chattanooga News February 3, 1910:
SWEDISH NOBLEMAN
AND SOLDIER DIES
[The first portion of this article duplicates the above.]
Several towns which he settled, notably Gottenberg and Stromberg, Neb., have become prosperous towns and are monuments to their founder. He married a few years after he landed in this country, but he and his wife, who was a singer of some note, separated.
Soon after the Tennessee Central railroad was built through this county, Capt. Bergstrom came to Mayland with a view to establishing a Swedish colony here on the plateau, but in this enterprise he was hindered on account of adverse immigration laws. At the time of his death he was at Mayland waiting for the arrival of the party with whom he was arranging a large land deal.
He leaves one or two brothers who live in Nebraska. The remains will be buried at Mayland.
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See:
"Olaf Bergstrom, Charged with the Murder of E. G. Edholm, Acquitted at Gothenburg" Omaha Daily Bee July 16, 1890 p. 2 [Chronicling America website]
"Charges Against His Wife: Husband's Story of the Career of an Erst-while Swedish Prima Donna: Olof Bergstrom's Divorce Troubles" Omaha Daily Bee August 4, 1894 p. 8 [Chronicling America website]
He is a key figure in the book "Battle of the Bridges: Community Rivalry in Dawson County Nebraska" by the Dawson County Museum.
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Death record found on Ancestry is for "O. Burgstrom" who was born in Norway [sic] and died February 15, 1910 at Mayland, Cumberland County. He was 80 years old. No burial information was given. Several newspaper articles about his death mention burial at Mayland. The Knoxville Sentinel of February 3, 1910 closes with a sentence that has a different word: "The remains will be buried temporarily at Mayland."
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The Leaf-Chronicle [Clarksville, TN] February 3, 1910:
SWEDISH NOBLEMAN
CAPT. OLOF N. BERGSTROM DEAD
AT THE AGE OF EIGHTY-EIGHT.
Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 3.—Fourteen miles west of Crossville, Tenn., at the Hotel Holland, Mayland, last night, Capt. Olof N. Bergstrom, a Swedish nobleman and ex-army captain, died at the age of 88.
Capt. Bergstrom resigned from the army at 30 years of age, and entered the ministry, coming in a few years to this country and entering the immigration department of the Union Pacific Railroad, which has just been built through Nebraska. He made twenty-one trips to the old country and brought over immigrants to settle a large section of country, and was instrumental in building up several towns, including Gottenberg and Stromberg, Neb. He came to Tennessee after T. C. road was built and attempted to establish a colony, but failed on account of adverse immigration laws.
Chattanooga News February 3, 1910:
SWEDISH NOBLEMAN
AND SOLDIER DIES
[The first portion of this article duplicates the above.]
Several towns which he settled, notably Gottenberg and Stromberg, Neb., have become prosperous towns and are monuments to their founder. He married a few years after he landed in this country, but he and his wife, who was a singer of some note, separated.
Soon after the Tennessee Central railroad was built through this county, Capt. Bergstrom came to Mayland with a view to establishing a Swedish colony here on the plateau, but in this enterprise he was hindered on account of adverse immigration laws. At the time of his death he was at Mayland waiting for the arrival of the party with whom he was arranging a large land deal.
He leaves one or two brothers who live in Nebraska. The remains will be buried at Mayland.
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See:
"Olaf Bergstrom, Charged with the Murder of E. G. Edholm, Acquitted at Gothenburg" Omaha Daily Bee July 16, 1890 p. 2 [Chronicling America website]
"Charges Against His Wife: Husband's Story of the Career of an Erst-while Swedish Prima Donna: Olof Bergstrom's Divorce Troubles" Omaha Daily Bee August 4, 1894 p. 8 [Chronicling America website]
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