This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bergeson/Johnson of Superior, WI Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZFC.2ACI/501 Message Board Post: My grandmother, Viola Pansy Bergeson Wetley, was born in Superior, WI on 1 Aug., 1902. You replied on April 19, 2000. According to my grandmother's application for Social Security benefits, her mother's name was Margaret Johnson and her father's name was John Bergeson. I presume that her parents were married sometime before her birth date. How would I find a marriage record for John Bergeson and Margaret Johnson? Also, I know that Margaret was married at least two times after John Bergeson. Her second husband had the last name Mann. She was married a third time, but I do not know that husband's name. No one in our family knows if John and Margraret divorced or if he died. How would I find either a divorce record for John and Margaret Bergeson or a death record for John Bergeson? If they did divorce, how would I find out more about what happened to John Bergeson? How would I find a marriage record for Margaret Johnson Bergeson Mann's second marriage? How about either a divorce or death record for Mr. Mann? Also, it is possible that Mr. Mann might have adopted my grandmother, since I do know that she used his name for a time. Would there be any records of this? Margaret used "white-out" to cover the name Bergeson on my grandmother's Baptismal Certificate. I would also like to find a record of Margaret's third marriage, if possible. Margaret died when my grandmother was still a child. How would I go about finding a record of her death and possibly where she is buried? How would I go about finding any school records for my grandmother, Viola Pansy Bergeson? After her mother's death, she was raised by an aunt, Edna Mae Johnson. The only records we have are of Viola's Baptism and her wedding to my grandfather, Halvor Gregor Wetley, both at Asbury M.E. Church in Duluth, MN. I have called the church, but was told that is has changed denominations since my grandmother's day and no record remain. Viola married my grandfather and lived the rest of her life in Elroy, WI, where some of her Johnson cousins also lived. My grandmother never spoke of her childhood or of any of her family. It remains a mystery to this day. I would like to discover and research my Bergeson and Johnson roots. Greg Burton burt87@hotmail.com