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Wilson Howard Bergstreser

23 Aug 1878 – 21 Feb 1933

Birth	23 Aug 1878
Death	21 Feb 1933
Cemetery	Saint James Catholic Cemetery Willow Lake , Clark County , South Dakota , USA
Added by	SWT on 12 Nov 2015
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116530144

Bio

Wilson Howard Bergstreser was born near Wentworth, South Dakota, son of Frederick and Esther Bergsresser. In 1903, he went to Butler, South Dakota and worked in a meat market. In 1904, he came to Willow Lake to help his Uncle Jake Bergstreser to operate an elevator. Wilson Bergstreser and Katherine Gavin were married in the new St. James Church in Willow Lake on January 10, 1906. In 1910, Wilson and Katherine moved to Faith and proved their homestead claim living in a sod shanty. The drought caused them to sell the claim and move to Bancroft in 1914. In Bancroft Wilson operated a meat market. In 1918 they moved back to Willow Lake and he clerked in the C.A. Smith store. In 1931 Wilson Bergstreser with his son George and Ralph Dirksen started a dray line and hauled water. February 21, 1933, Wilson dies of his injuries when he was crushed by frozen earth from a cave in at the gravel pit two miles west of town. Wilson Bergstreser leaves behind his widow and five children, three daughters Mrs. Ralph (Caroline) Dirksen, Nellie and Bertha Bergstreser, two sons George and James Bergstreser.

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Family

Parents

• Frederick Leister Bergstreser 1857–1940 FaG
• Esther Katherine Lattin Bergstresser 1858–1887 FaG

Spouse

• Katherine Loretta Gavin Bergstreser 1884–1946

Siblings

• Warren Garfield Bergstresser 1881–1970 FaG
• Nellie Minerva Bergstresser Naeve 1882–1966 FaG
• Grace Bergstresser 1889–1889 FaG
• Grant Gerald Bergstresser 1895–1974 FaG
• Jay Jasper Bergstreser 1897–1908 FaG
• Alma Opal Bergstresser 1904–1904 FaG
• Madelene Bergstreser Leidle 1912–1981 FaG
• Leone Bergstreser Hare 1915–1997

Children

• George Frederick Bergstresser 1911–1980
• Carolyn Mary Bergstreser Dirksen 1913–1981
• Nellie Nadine Bergstresser Stockstad 1914–1985
• Bertha Rose "Peggy" Bergstreser Quill 1920–1995
• James Jacob Bergstreser 1925–1974

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