Levina Rosina Stoneberg Oberg
Born: 12 January 1887
Born Where: N. Warren, PA
Died: 15 May 1970
Died Where: Basking Ridge, NJ
Marriage Date: 1905?
Married Where: North Warren, PA?
Children: Paul, Charles and James
General info:
She was born and raised in N. Warren, PA. Levina had three sisters, Selma Stoneberg Retterer, Nellie Stoneberg Keirnan, and Julia Stoneberg Oberg. Levina and Julia married brothers, Charles Elmer Oberg and Peter Henry Oberg. Her father was Solomon S. Stoneberg and her mother was Fredrika Charlotta Rahm. By the time Levina was 11, Solomon had left the family and moved to Portland, Oregon.
Levina was a slender, good looking woman and may have been the first "executive" wife and mother in the family (Her husband Charles was a plant manager.)
She married Charles Elmer Oberg in 1905. The first public record of a home was 107 Palm Avenue in North Warren, PA. In 1910 her brother-in-law Peter and sister Julia Oberg are also listed as living at 107 Palm Avenue.
We believe that Levina and Charles moved to Caledonia, NY around 1914 and Charles became the plant manager of the Nedrow Company, later bought out by the H.E. Holbrook Co. of Boston, MA.
By 1920 Charles and Levina had three children named Paul, Charles and James. But in 1923 Charles senior passed away unexpectedly at the age of 46 after a short illness.
By 1930 Levina and family had moved back to Jamestown to a house at 8 Livingston Avenue. After her children left home (perhaps before) Levina moved back to N. Warren and lived with and took care of her sister Selma Retterer. They lived next door to Selma's son Norman, daughter-in-law Anna, and grand daughter Joanne. Levina was active in the Presbyterian Church.
1903 Warren City Directory: N. Warren, PA
1910 Census: 107 Palm Avenue, N. Warren, PA
1920 Census: Jersey/3198 Jane Street, Caledonia, NY
1927 Fredrick Rahm Stoneberg's Obit: 46 Utica St., Jamestown, NY
1930 Census: 8 Livingston Ave., Jamestown, NY
1940-60 Family Records: N. Warren, PA
1970 Death Record: 156 S. Finley Ave., Basking Ridge, NJ
image: Selma Retterer, Nellie Keirnan, Levina Oberg, Julia Oberg (sisters) 1941
Selma Retterer, Nellie Keirnan, Levina Oberg, Julia Oberg (sisters) 1941
(Picture courtesy of Margie Oberg Walton - scanned by John Paul Oberg, Jr.)
image: Levina as a young woman
Levina as a young woman
(Picture courtesy of Margie Oberg Walton -
scanned by John Paul Oberg, Jr.)
image: Levina in the 1950's
Levina in the 1950's
(Picture courtesy of Margie Oberg Walton -
scanned by John Paul Oberg, Jr.)
Gravesite: Sunset Hill Cemetery, Lakewood, NY - grave: 8; lot: 150; section: Hillside