| Greg Berthold from Todd, Pa | |
| I am looking forward to visiting your town in the coming year. | |
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| Ed Bland from Longmont, Colorado | |
| I have just read the history of Berthod and found it to be very interesting. My great grandfather was Charles Pratt and his daughter was Florence Pratt, My grandmother. My grandfather was Edward McKenna Bland and my father Dwain Edward Bland was born in Berthod. I have never been to North Dakota, but I would like to visit Berthod some day. | |
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| John Berthold from Eleebana, NSW 2282 Australia | |
| Having the family name of Berthold made me curious about your town. My ancestors came to Australia from Neckars Ulm, Germany about 150+ years ago. | |
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| Jacob Berthold from Prairie Grove, Arkansas | |
| i feel Famous.... | |
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| Michele G. Berthold-Self from Van Alstyne, TX | |
| Thanks for the history lesson. Maybe I'm an ancestor of Bartholomew Berthold! | |
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| Stephen Schweyen from Las Vegas, NV | |
| My Grandparents live in Berthold. I have not visited since 2000. My family used to make the drive every summer. I always had lots of fun and good memories! Hope to visit soon. | |
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| Julie Bruhn Kremke from Portage, Indiana | |
| Hello Berthold and class of 1975 ! I think of all of you often , it's hard to believe it's been so many years. Even though I love my new home here in Indiana , Berthold is a great place to grow up and raise kids.Even now after so many years I get a little homesick for it.Please feel free to write me , I would love to hear from you guys !! | |
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| Margaret Lundin (Davis) from Leavenworth, WA | |
| I enjoyed your web page. I was raised 6 miles south of Berthold and graduated from high school in 1967 | |
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| Lee Kreider from Dayton, Ohio | |
| I spent the nite in Berthold's City Park in 1996 while I was on my coast to coast bicycle trip. I ate in a restaurant there. They let me use their telephone line to hook my computer up and file my daily reports. | |
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| Anna Dorzok from Riverside, CA | |
| This is such a cool site. My gr, gr, gr uncle is Alex Bertoldo/Berthold. | |
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| Pat Johnson (Hagen) from Federal Way, Washington | |
| Thanks for setting up this website! | |
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| ginny bayless(bradley) from great falls, montana | |
| hi from great falls montana,i went to school in minot,minot high,just wanted to say hi.anyone know david kinney?he lives in berthold... | |
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| Keira Kalenze from Grand Fork, North Dakota | |
| Hello, My name is Keira Kalenze and I love Berthold, the 4th of July parade is always the best. | |
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| Despotic Jester from SDC, Intarweb | |
| One time I got lost in K-Mart. I was only 4 and my parents forgot me in there. They were home for an hour before they realized I wasn't at home with them. This has nothing to do with your town, I just needed someone to share that with. Thanks for the wonderful memory, mom and dad! | |
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| Ronda Pfeifer from Flaxton, ND | |
| Anyone from the class of 1986, I would love to hear from you. Can't believe it has been 21 years!! Drop me a line! | |
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| Melissa Nelson from Minot, ND | |
| Just researching Berthold a bit, we are looking at buying a house there, so I wanted to see what the town has to offer. | |
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| Mario Berthold from Sherbrooke, Quebec Canada | |
| Bonjour à tous les Berthold. Hello to all the Berthold | |
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| Megan Parrish from Des Moines, IA | |
| Just wanted to know where berthold, ND was as we have some friends visiting there soon, as told by their christmas letter. =D maybe someday we'll make to your quaint little town. | |
| Larry Ness from Dallas, Texas | |
| Hello Berthold, what a great little community. I grew up in Berthold (class of 63) and would like very much to hear from anyone that remembers the Ness Family. Thanks. Larry November 28, 2006 | |
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| cody tofteland from berthold, nd | |
| very nice place to be every one is very nice | |
| Charlotte Skar from Berthold, North Dakota | |
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| melanie strong from northpole, alaska | |
| Greetings from the Northpole- I am so proud to be a Berthold by blood.My mother was born Elizabeth Ann Berthold,my granfather was born Harvey Carl Berthold and because of the life he was given he ended up far from his family roots.I have family living in the Bruce Wisconsin area .I will close but I had the best man as my grandfather whom is and always will be a Berthold. Melanie Strong | |
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| Douglas Roise from Barnesville, MN | |
| Very much enjoyed Berthold's website. Commendations for doing a find job on it, and thanks also. | |
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| BERTHOLD Mollnau from Neukirch, Germany | |
| Surprise, surprise.... just googled my first name & discovered a city in North Dakota , USA !!!!! I' ve not visited the USA yet, but now i know the first place to go to on my first trip to the states... Berthold | |
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| Berthold Skark from Weert, Netherlands | |
| Hi folks, i am from the Netherlands. From klompen en molens you know ;-) my FIRSTname is BERTHOLD. thats funny! hope you enjoy this visit and mail me if you want or like. greetz Berthold Skark. | |
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| Chelsie Myers from Minot, ND | |
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| Tony Trusty "Klungtvedt" from Anchorage, Alaska | |
| My family is from and some buried in the cemetary there in Berthold and i would like to find out any information on my family there or living family if can be done as i am trying to track my family roots and have no one to go on. The one living relative will not talk to me so i am desperate to find out. My father was Richard his father was Arthur and mother Amy and Arthurs father may have been Anton, who i was named after, and Arthurs mother may have been Christine but the last two i am not sure about? I am trying to track info to Norway so if you could help me or give me people to talk to i would appreciate it. Thank you, Tony | |
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| Marcia Shell from Browning, Montana | |
| Hello my fellow natives i stay here in browning mt but iam enrolled over there at fort berthold. so sometime i would like to come over and meet some family | |
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| Darley Williams from Minot, ND | |
| Last year my father died in Everett, Wa. I placed him to rest in the Severson Family plot in Berthold, ND. I have heard a lot about the family history and about my great-grandfather John Severson. I have been told he was once the Judge there and that the Severson family home was at one time a beautiful place. If anyone reading this would happen to have a photo of the place please contact me. Also I understand when the old school was torn down the law books of John Severson were lost. If anyone has any of them and would like to get rid of them let me know. | |
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| Ed Thomas from Appleton, WI | |
| Looks like a pleasant town to retire in. | |
| JACOB berthold from prarrie grove, arkansas | |
| hey BERTHOLD IS MY LAST NAME THAT IS SO COOL! | |
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| Landon VanBuskirk from , | |
| I am from Berthold. I havent been there since my grandmothers(Gail VanBuskirk) Passing. | |
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| John Garcia from Los Angeles, California | |
| Hi everyone! I have a further update regarding Bartholomew Berthold: Here is the bio as provided from the book "The Chouteau Family" by Beatrice Clark Turner on page 54: "Born December 31, 1780, Remo, Italy. He was an officer in the Italian army; was wounded and taken prisoner by the French at the Battle of Pont d' Arcole; placed on parole and made his way to England where meeting Gen. Willet, who had fled from France on account of his opposition to Napoleon, came over to this country with him as his Aide-de-Campe. Berthold came to Philadelphia, where forming a partnership with Col. Rene Paul in 1808, removed to St. Louis, where they entered into business. The partnership was dissolved in 1812 and Mr. Berthold entered into partnership with Pierre Chouteau in merchandising until 1820, when they embarked in the fur trade, which continued until Mr. Berthold's death April 20, 1831." | |
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| Berthold Stern from Lake Worth, Florida | |
| Looks like a great place. Hello to all that live in Berthold and those with the name Bethold (Not too many with the first name Berthold). | |
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| Jim Berthold from Amherst, ohio | |
| I knew there were a lot of Bertholds----but where are all the ones from Ohio? | |
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| Carolyn Berthold from Seattle, Washington | |
| Was very interested to see an entire town named Berthold! Before the internet, we always thought we were the only ones outside of Germany! | |
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| Francois Joseph Berthold from Barcelona, Espana | |
| Dear Berthold's,I am member of the club,french, born in 1950 in Haguenau Alsace.Now I spend my life in Barcelona.May be we could gather in Berthold !What's the best season to come ? | |
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| Elizabeth Berthold from Berkeley Heights, NJ | |
| I am the same Elizabeth Berthold listed as from Stirling, NJ - but am married now (new last name Kane) and the old email is no longer valid | |
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| Renee' McGuire from I.G.H., Mn | |
| Hello Bertholdians! Just wanted to say HI! and that I miss Berthold very much. I was in the class of "79" and would love to hear from classmates! And old friends in the area! Love Renee' | |
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| Michele (Mickey) Berthold-Self from Van Alstyne, TX | |
| Thank you to Mrs. Neadene Schwope for providing the history of Berthold to me in March 1992. I still have the original letter with the letterhead. | |
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| Kelly Berthold from , PA | |
| HEY I'M A BERTHOLD, | |
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| SHAWN ERICKSON from SUMMERDALE, AL | |
| My grandfather F.C. (Fred) Roth was Mayor of Berthold in the lat 20's or so I belive. Any information would be welcome. | |
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| David Berthold from orange, calif. | |
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| John Garcia from Los Angeles, California | |
| HI, This is in regards to questions about Mr. Berthold. I'm not sure when you all wrote your question but I can answer it. Bertholomew Berthold was a founder of the American Fur Company during the early 1800's. His leadership, education, financial connections, and diplomatic savvy helped to forge a union of trappers and adventurers into a monopoly, which by all accounts acted on, implemeted, and funded United States Foreign Policy on the North American continent. Bertholomew was from Tirol, a northern Italian state that had recently been ruled from Austria, but, during Napolean's european conquest, soon fell into French hands. Bertholomew fought against the invading French army in defense of His homeland, but was injured in combat. In some way, shape or form, (possibly via the top rate canals which stemmed from Tirol out to Venice) he landed in America at Baltimore in 1798 at the age of 18! Quickly he made the rounds among the influential people of Baltimore, filing for citizenship in Philadelphia, and joining the local Masonic lodges. He most likely met nearly every 'founding father' at these lodges. He appears to have impressed many people and seemed to have access to some type of funding for business capital (possibly from family in Venice, or, even more controversial, possibly from England via Gibraltar) While still in his twenties, his contact with various business people during his East Coast stay caused him to gravitate toward the growing Indian trade, and so in about 1808 he moved to St. Louis, marrying the daughter of his future business partner Auguste Chouteau, the most prominent citizen of St Louis at the time. Together, Berthold and Chouteau traded (some say ripped off) relentlessly with the osage, mandan and other tribes for furs, clothing, etc. Their efforts made both of them incredibly rich, along with their greatest financial credit supporter, John Jacob Astor, whom they knew well through some way not yet uncovered. Berthold was not exclusively resigned to trading houses and offices, though, as he numerous times traveled by horseback to Priere du Chien in Wisconsin and into North Dakota to trade with the Mandan Indians. At a relatively young 51 years of age, Berthold died due to reasons not presently known. He died in 1831 in St. Louis and his TALL grave site can be seen in Calvary Cemetary in St. Louis still today. In honor of Berthold's work with the Mandans, the American Fur Company named its North Dakotan Mandan outpost "Ft. Berthold" after he died. This was not unusual, for example Berthold's nephew-in-law Pierre Chouteau has the capital city of Pierre, South Dakota named after him. On a side note, Bertholomew Berthold's name was anglicized and changed upon his arrival in America. His real (Latin Name given to him by the Catholic Church) name was Berthelemie Matius Bertolla de Mocenigo. the "de Mocenigo" was dropped for his ctizenship papers. (consequently the name 'Mocenigo' is well represented through the doges of venice for nearly a thousand years.) After Berthold's death, his family married into VERY influential and weathy St. Louis Families and continued to work in the fur and banking sector for years, in addition to working as teachers. My current research has uncovered Mr. Berthold's life because of a possible connection he has to my family concerning an early 1831 Santa Fe Trail Pioneer by the name of Alexandro Bertoldo (Listed as Alex R. Berthold on the El Paso census of 1860) Further evidence from The records kept by the Mormon's geneological website show that the parents of Bertholomew Berthold were also the grand-parents of Alex Bertoldo (aka Alex Berthold) Lastly, on Alex Berthold's marraige license issued in New Mexico, his last name is listed as "Bertola." Alex seems to have had three names, his Tirolian name (bertola), His Anglicized name (berthold), and his Spanish name (bertoldo). I am looking for records which show his name possibly written in french as well. In the 1870 Mesilla, New Mexico Census, He lists himself as French! I personally think he didn't know what nationality he was and owing as to how French was widely spoken in St. Louis in the early 1800's he probably figured he was French. In fact, a family 'legend' hints at him being French. The truth was recently uncovered by a Bertoldo ancestor on Ancestry.com who traveled to Gibraltar (Alex's possible birth place) in Europe and found Alex's birth certificate where it states that his father was from Tirol! and his mother was possibly Spanish. His father's name was Giovanni Bautista Bertola. (possibly Giovanni Baptiste Bertholet, of Rolette and Bertholet, prominent Priere Du Chien Traders in the early 1800's who were frequently visited by Bertholomew Berthold according to American Fur Company documents). I am looking for records showing BertheIomew's brother's or sister's names because I believe that Santa Fe Trail Pioneer Alex Berthold was Berthelemew Berthold's nephew. Many promenent fur traders of St. Louis sent the males in their families into other lands, particularly Mexico (New Mexico) in order to forge blood ties with the local weathy or influential families through marraige. In conclusion I hope this helps answer some of the questions you had and email me anything you might have on this subject because it is VERY interesting and Importent for American History--Sincerely John Garcia | |
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| Amber Brown from San Antonio, Texas | |
| I was wonder the events for 4Th of July. | |
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| Marjorie Berthold-Monroy from Carlsbad, CA | |
| Does anyone know Bartholomew Berthold's claim to fame and what hehadto dowith the Indian Reservation | |
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| julio saavedra from cape coral, florida | |
| i need more information . | |
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| Claus W (Bill) Berthold from Enfield, Connecticut | |
| Sounds like a great little town and definitely a place on my list to visit! Bill | |
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| LEslie Koller from Cherry Hill, NJ | |
| My mother's family is from your area. The names are Jeffrey, Mattern and Spraggins. Back in n1975 I visited our cousins farm - Darryl Jeffrey and his daughters, Terry, Tracey, and Tammy. I had the most wonderful time. I would love to find these girls and catch up. Any info would be appreciated. Thank you. Leslie Muraczewski Koller | |
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| Renae Berthold from Newcastle, NSW, Australia | |
| Just bored, and killing time, and stumbled across a town called Berthold! | |
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| Joanne Reall from West Springfield, MA | |
| I love the picture of berthold. If my daughter was still in grade school I would seriously consider moving out there. Enjoy your small town life-I envy you all. Joanne Reall West Springfield,MA | |
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| Lenny Berthold from Gretna, LA | |
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| Kathleen Moorer from Satellite Beach, Florida | |
| I enjoyed learning about your city! Thank you! | |
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| Tasha Bergeson from Plaza, North Dakota | |
| THIS TOWN IS COOL! | |
| Myles Berthold from , PA | |
| I'm a Berthold too!!!! | |
| Study Hall People ? from Berthold, ND | |
| Matt, you're right, and hello from study hall! | |
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| Curtis Sloan from Fort Benton, Montana | |
| I always enjoyed going to Berthold as a child,Visiting my relitives,the Schwedes and in later years Deavers. There was always a fourth of July parade or a Sunday afternoon base ball game. My parents farmed south of Coulee. Best of luck to all in and from Berthold. | |
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| Corinne Berthold from Reichenbach/Fils, Germany | |
| great name for this town!!!! :-) | |
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| Berthold Bingel from , NH | |
| Whole lotta Bertholds here. But only a couple with the first name! | |
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| WILLIAM BERTHOLD from McDONALD, PA | |
| Philip Lee from Rimrock, AZ | |
| This was very interesting. I hope more people find it on the web Being I left years ago, I still enjoy going "home" when I can. | |
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| CAROL KRAFT from BURLINGTON, ND | |
| Daniel Berthold from Sherbrooke, Canada | |
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| Melvin Lee Nokleby from Rancho Mirage, CA. 92270-4701 | |
| I remember many wonderful times in Berthold when I was young. Ice cream at the Salters Cafe. Seeing Bud at the store. Remember the tearing down of the old hall,with Jess Joiner,and getting in the way of building Bud and Paulines house and store. Wonderful Memories | |
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| amy berthold from Geneva, Indiana | |
| WOW and to think I was the only one with that last name. please email any time. | |
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| Mike Berthold from Mesa, AZ | |
| Just thought I say hello, my last name is Berthold unbelievable that there is a town named after me!! Looks like a beautiful location | |
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| mohamad ansary from shoshtar, | |
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| Jerome Depute from Malta, Montana | |
| I visit Berthold my old home town a couple times a year. It is always nice to see old friends. | |
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