Nancy Berg

Nancy Berg is the only child of Paul Axel Berg and Dorothy Esther (Schanock) Berg. On her father's side she is of Swedish descent. Paul Berg's grandfather, William Bernard Berg, was born April 23, 1838, in Osa, Jamtland, Sweden. He came to the United States in 1873, settled in Maple Ridge, Isanti County, Minnesota, U.S. A. and worked as a farmer. Both Paul Berg and his father Andrew Martin Berg were born in Maple Ridge. Paul Berg was one of 5 siblings, born in 1905. His father died when Paul was not quite 3 years old. His mother remarried. In his late teens Paul Berg enlisted in the United States Coast Guard. In 1925, at age 20, he had attained the rank of surfman and was located at the Coast Guard Station in Kenosha, Wisconsin, U. S. A. He served in the Coast Guard for the next 20 years. Dorothy Schanock is the oldest of three daughters of John and Frances Schanock. Her father was a carpenter. She and both her parents were born in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Her paternal grandfather, however,