Robert Stephenson Schnitler Bergh, 18511923 (aged 71 years)

Name
Robert Stephenson Schnitler /Bergh/
Surname
Bergh
Given names
Robert Stephenson Schnitler
Name prefix
Colonel
Birth
Christening
23 June 1852 37 37 (aged 6 months)
Divorce
Birth of a sister
Christening of a sister
Death of a paternal grandmother
Death of a father
Burial of a father
Marriage
Birth of a daughter
Birth of a daughter
Christening of a daughter
Birth of a daughter
Christening of a daughter
Death of a mother
Burial of a mother
Separation
Marriage
Birth of a daughter
Birth of a daughter
Birth of a daughter
Death of a daughter
Birth of a son
British Queen
Victoria
from 20 June 1837 to 22 January 1901
Death of a daughter
British King
Edward VII
from 22 January 1901 to 6 May 1910
Death of a wife
Marriage of a daughter
Marriage of a son
British King
George V
from 6 May 1910 to 20 January 1936
Death
Burial
Family with parents
father
Christian Wilhelm Bergh
18141873
Birth: 9 September 1814 33 21 Skjelfoss, Ostfold, Norvège
Death: 14 July 1873Oslo, Norway
mother
18141879
Birth: 11 November 1814Visby, Jylland, Norway
Death: 5 November 1879Denmark
Marriage Marriage3 April 1845Garnison Menighet, Oslo, Akershus, Norway
17 months
elder sister
18461923
Birth: 17 August 1846 31 31 Oslo, Norway
Death: 25 March 1923
2 years
elder sister
18481934
Birth: 2 August 1848 33 33 Christiana, Norway
Death: 14 January 1934Århusgt. 91 Iv, Kjobenhavn Ø., Oslo, Norway
3 years
himself
Robert S Bergh
18511923
Birth: 17 December 1851 37 37 Christiania, Norway
Death: 17 February 1923Mussoorie, Millhouse Lane, Wolstanton, Staffordshire, England (See notes)
20 months
younger sister
1853
Birth: 19 August 1853 38 38 Oslo, Norway
Death: d.
Family with Emilie Danielsen
himself
Robert S Bergh
18511923
Birth: 17 December 1851 37 37 Christiania, Norway
Death: 17 February 1923Mussoorie, Millhouse Lane, Wolstanton, Staffordshire, England (See notes)
wife
Anna Bergh
18661916
Birth: 1866Brevik, Norway
Death: 2 June 1916Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England
Marriage Marriage24 September 1890St Croix, Wisconsin, United States
8 months
daughter
Dagny Ellis
18911948
Birth: 13 May 1891 39 25 Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA
Death: 22 January 1948War Memorial Hospital, Congleton, Cheshire, England
2 years
daughter
Mimi Bergh
18931973
Birth: 27 July 1893 41 27 Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA
Death: 25 February 1973
5 months
daughter
6 years
son
Isidor Bergh
18981971
Birth: 13 November 1898 46 32 Goteborg, Sweden
Death: 31 October 1971Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA
Family with Andrea Adelaide Skoldine Andersen
himself
Robert S Bergh
18511923
Birth: 17 December 1851 37 37 Christiania, Norway
Death: 17 February 1923Mussoorie, Millhouse Lane, Wolstanton, Staffordshire, England (See notes)
ex-wife
1859
Birth: 23 April 1859
Death: d.
Marriage Marriage11 May 1876Haugesund, Rogaland, Norway
Divorce Divorce
8 months
daughter
18761904
Birth: 1876 24 16 Norway
Death: 1904Shanghai, China
2 years
daughter
1877
Birth: 10 December 1877 25 18 Norway
Death: d.
13 months
daughter
1879
Birth: 12 January 1879 27 19 Norway
Death: d.
Birth
Christening
Marriage
Separation
Marriage
Death
Burial
Marriage

Wisconsin, Marriage Index, 1808-1907, Volume 2, page 303.

Death

Probably died in Stavanger, but declared on burial record as Wolstanton (daughter's address) to be buried near his wife. Note gap between death and burial.

Burial

Cemetery Section: 23 Grave Number: 47. Interment Number: 21133.

Grave located at N53°00.2655' W002°13.6090'. Inscription: Sacred to the memory of Colonel Robert S Bergh. Formerly American Consul at Stoke on Trent who departed this life on the 17th February 1923 aged 70 years. Also of Emily his wife who passed away on the 2nd June 1910 aged 60 years.

Note

Bergh, Robert S. S.—Born in Norway in 1852; home: Grand Forks, N. Dak.; high-school and university education; druggist; appointed, after examination (January 18, 1898).
US Consul at Goteborg January 21, 1898 (Salary $1500); US Consul at Mainz March 30, 1907; US Consul at Belgrade June 10, 1908; US Consul at Burslem December 20, 1911.

Bergh, Robert S. S. (1852-1923) — of Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, N.Dak. Born in Norway, 1852. U.S. Consul in Gothenberg, 1898-1907; Mainz, 1907-08 (Salary $3000 - source: Wisconsin blue book 1909); Belgrade, 1908-13; Stoke-on-Trent, 1913-19; Stavanger, 1922. US Immigration 1874, naturalised in 1880. Requested passport in 1920 'to see off daughter to India' [Source passport application 1920]

Died February 17, 1923 in Stavanger (according to Church book from Oslo Domkirke / Vår Frelsers menighet parish 1919-1930) and buried February 24 1923 in Norway. However, declared on English burial record as Wolstanton (daughter's address) to be buried near his wife. Note gap between death and UK burial.

1865 Norway census: Lived at Nedre Torvegade, Kristiania, Oslo, Norway
1880 USA Census : Living at 424 South Street, West Decorah, Winneshiek, Iowa, USA. Occupation: Clerk in Store.
1920 census : Residence : North Dakota, Consular Service, Military and Naval Forces

Staffordshire Sentinel of February 20, 1923, publishes article of affectionate remembrance of the late Consul Robert S. S. Bergh, who died at his post, Stavanger, Norway:
Former American Consul in the Potteries
We regret to record the death of Colonel Robert S. S. Bergh, formerly United States Consul in Stoke-on-Trent, who passed away on Saturday at Stavanger, Norway, where he had been the American Consul since leaving North Staffordshire in December, 1919. Mrs. Bergh died during Colonel Bergh’s residence in North Staffordshire, and he was accompanied to Norway (his native country) by his two daughters, Miss Dagney Bergh and Miss Mimi Bergh, his other children being resident in America. Miss Dagney Bergh subsequently married Mr. H. C. Ellis, solicitor, of Burslem (son of Mr. Arthur Ellis), and since he resigned his commission in the Indian Army, they have resided at Alsager. Miss Mimi Bergh remained with her father, and devotedly and lovingly nursed him, and also ably assisted in the performance of his official duties, as he gradually became an invalid. Deep sympathy goes out to Colonel Bergh’s family in their bereavement from their many friends in North Staffordshire, by whom Colonel Bergh and his children have always been held in sincere and cordial respect and affection. Colonel Bergh, who was the United States Consul in Stoke-on-Trent for eight years, was a native of Norway, but was taken to America when very young. There he met the late Mrs. Bergh, who was also a native of Norway, and who died after Colonel Bergh came to Staffordshire. His two younger daughters were born in America, and their brother, Mr. Isidor Bergh, who served with the American Army in France, was born in Sweden. Colonel Bergh received his first Consular appointment from the American Government in 1898, when he was appointed to Sweden, where he remained for ten years. He was then a year and a half in Germany, and next went to Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, and was there for four years, with his family. The American Minister for Serbia, Bulgaria, and Rumania resided at Bucharest, and it fell to Colonel Bergh to represent the Minister in Belgrade, where he was well known and highly regarded in diplomatic circles, and enjoyed the friendship of Sir Ralph Paget, British Minister at Belgrade, and Lady Paget. He was given the Serbian Order of St. Sava. Twelve years ago, Colonel Bergh came from Serbia to be American Consul at Stoke-on-Trent. During his residence in North Staffordshire the value of his work as American Consul, and the courtesy with which he performed his responsible duties, were highly appreciated by the local business community, while the linguistic accomplishments of himself and his family, and his children’s artistic capacity and social charm, gave them a distinct place in the local life, and gained them many friends, notwithstanding his natural modesty and shyness. The duties of the American Consul in North Staffordshire are specially onerous, owing to the large exports of pottery to America, and the necessity of seeing that the American tariff regulations are fully complied with. Colonel Bergh spoke cordially of the good faith of the North Staffordshire exporters, and on the other hand, they gladly recognized that while resolutely faithful to his duty to the country he represented, he was fair and courteous, so that he left us amidst the respect and the most cordial good-will of local business and social circles. When the war happily gave place to peace, Colonel Bergh was invited by the Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent to be present at the official celebration in the Council Chamber. He occupied a seat next to the Mayor (Alderman W. E. Robinson, J. P.), with the American flag unfurled overhead. The Council sent greetings through Colonel Bergh to the President of the United States, and Colonel Bergh presented to the Corporation a plaque portrait of President Wilson, which now hangs in the Mayor’s parlor. Finding the climate of North Staffordshire rather trying, Colonel Bergh intimated that he would like a change, and he was appointed American Consul at Stavanger, South Norway, so that after many years he returned to the country of his birth, and was well pleased that it should be so.' The news of his death revives happy memories of the family’s residence in North Staffordshire, and Colonel Bergh will ever be remembered by all who knew him as an able and faithful representative of the United States and as an accomplished, kindly and courtly gentleman.