Berg, Carl Albin

Berg, Carl Albin

• 1982-05-12 (Creation)

3 file folders
1 photograph
1 sound cassette

The interview was conducted with Carl Albin Berg on May 12, 1982 in Seattle, Washington. This interview provides information on personal background, emigration, first impressions of America, work in Canada, life in Seattle, family life, a return trip to Sweden, children, and Swedish organizations. The interview also includes photographs of Carl Berg and his wife Emmy at the time of the interview. The interview was conducted in English with some Swedish towards the end of the interview.

Also see Emmy Berg.

Folder Contents

Box 8, File 5 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background and Tape Index

Box 8, File 5A Correspondence and Forms
Release Form
Letters from Janet Rasmussen regarding Mr. and Mrs. Berg’s participation.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 8, File 5B Photographs
Two photographs

Interviewed by Inger Nygaard Carr
Transcribed by Mary Sue Gee, Julie Peterson and Becky Husby
Encoded by Kerstin Ringdahl & Amity Smetzler
Recording Quality: Good

Emmy Berg (wife) oral history interview

Biographical Note

Carl Albin Berg was born on July 14, 1890 in Bohuslän, Sweden. His father worked in a factory to support his family of seven. Carl attended the church in town on occasion and went to school for six to seven years, working at a butcher shop after school to earn some extra money.

In 1909 Carl joined a group of young men who wanted to avoid the service by moving to Canada. They left from Göteborg, and eventually Carl reached Vancouver, British Columbia. He worked on road construction crews for a while in Canada, but he later moved to Nome, Alaska to mine gold for two years. Carl then returned to Canada to work at a paper mill on Paul River. After working at the mill, he moved to Seattle in 1916 and was employed by the Bank of California, where he worked for 29 years.

At the Swedish Club in Seattle, Carl met his wife, Emmy Erickson, and they had one son, Roy David. Carl has not lost touch with his heritage. He still speaks Swedish and participates in several Swedish organizations: Swedish Club, Vikings, and the Vasa Order of America. In addition, Carl and Emmy took one trip back to Sweden in 1957.

Lineage

Father: Carl Fagerberg
Mother: Johanna Fagerberg
Brothers and Sisters: Johan Fagerberg, Anna Fagerberg, Hilda Fagerberg, Ingrid Fagerberg
Spouse: Emmy J. Erickson Berg
Children: Roy David Berg