Kit Carson County, Colorado
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Kit Carson County Pioneers:
Bertha M. (Jewell) (Wamberg) Weiderman , 8 South 50 West
John W. Wamberg was appointed June 10, 1903 to be postmaster at Verdel, Knox County, Nebraska, vice F. A. Henerson, resigned..
He was removed in December 1904.
Bertha Jewell, 19, daughter of Silas and Mary Jewell, married John W. Wamberg on May 24, 1903 in Knox County, Nebraska.
In 1910 Akron, Colorado, John W.l Wamberg is 32, born in Sweden, a real estate agent, married 6 years to Bertha M. 26, with Troy E. 5 and William R. 3, all three born in Nebraska.
They divorced in Kit Carson County on August 5, 1912.
Bertha claimed a tract in section 6, 8S 50W in 1915.
June 1917 Akron, Colorado "J. W. Wamberg of the Northeastern Colo.
Land Co., was a business visitor in this part of the country
last Monday, and took dinner with his friends, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Gudgel.
Mr. Wamberg is writing hail insurance for the farmers."
August 1917 Akron, Colorado "Mrs. O. M. Lewis is working in
the office of
J. W. Wamberg, while Miss Fern McCloud is taking her vacation."
1917 Akron, Colorado "John Wamberg returned Sunday from a trip
to Denver and other nearby towns."
When John Wilfred Wamberg registered for WWI,
he listed his nearest relative as Alfred Wamberg of Little Falls, Minnesota.
Bertha M. Wamberg, 35, married William H. Weiderman on March 19, 1919 in Kit Carson County.
April 1919 Arickaree items "Quite a number of young people attended the charivari at the Weiderman home home Monday night and a good time is reported by all."
In 1920 they're in Cope precinct, Washington County, Will 46, Bertha M. 35, with Troy Wamberg 15 and Ronald Wamberg 13.
Nellie (Spencer) Moss wrote of Cope 
In August 1922, Mrs. Bertha Weiderman of Washington county was one of 387 teachers attending an institure in Fort Morgan, Colorado.
John W. Wamberg is in Tribune, Kansas in 1920, 41, in a boarding house.
John Wamberg is in Pierce County, Washington in 1930, 55, a raidio technician.
John registered for
WWII in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, born April 5, 1878
in Sweden.
Bertha is buried in Pierce County, Washington # 115577879, 1883-1937, with William H. Weiderman 1875-1947.
Ronald William 'Sam' Wamberg 1906-1977 is buried in Pierce County # 135250304.
In 1940 Yavapai County, Arizona, Troy Wamberg is 35, an engineer, with Frances (Faulk) Wamberg 31 born in Colorado. Gracie 12, Mona May 9, and Jerry 7 were all born in Arizona.
(Francis was in Elbert County, Colorado in 1910, 3, with David 34, Grace Foulk 30, Jospeh 10, Edith 9, Lloyd 7, Frances 3, and Rollie 1.)
Troy E. Wamberg, born April 26, 1904 in Nebraska, died July 3, 1988 in Plumas County, California.
"Troy E. Wamberg, 84, died July 3 at the Care West Nursing Center in Quincy. A resident of Quincy since 1972, he was born April 26, 1904 in Verdel, Neb. He was a California resident since 1941. For 25 years he was a powerhouse operator for PG&E. He was also a life member of the Feather River Grange. Wamberg is survived by his daughters, Grace Ayotte of Quincy, Mona Haskill of Camp Verde, Ariz.; son, Jerry Wamberg, of Rogue River, Ore.; 11 grandchildren; and 13 great grandchildren. Graveside services were held on July 7 at the Quincy East Lawn Cemetery, with Charles Kinsey officiating. Arrangements were by Anderson Mortuary. "
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