Ed Berger was born in 1888 at Osterstalen, Norway, the son of Enock and Olena Berger. He was twelve years old when he came to Valley City with his widowed mother, Olena and sisters, Hilda, Margaret and Carrie. Anton Christianson, Olena's brother, encouraged the family to come to North Dakota. Ed Berger and Ida Moe were married in 1927.

Ida Moe, daughter of Marie King and Henry Moe, was born 1892 on the farm in Minnie Lake Township. Her father came from Iowa to North Dakota. Her mother, Marie, was the daughter of Nils Olsen King and Ingeborg Nelson, who came from Norway to Minnesota in 1864 and from Duluth, Minnesota, to (Valley City) Worthington in 1878. Henry Moe moved his family from the farm to Valley City to the house at 208 2nd St. S.E., in 1897. Ida attended public schools and graduated from the Valley City State Normal School in 1914. She loved music and took lessons from Mrs. Simenson and Katherine Fjelde; she taught school for five years; she played the organ for her church choir and accompanied for many groups including the American Legion Auxiliary chorus. Children are: Marilyn - Mrs. John Waitvwitz - 33 years in Washington, DC with the Pentagon Agriculture and State Departments. Lorn died at seven years. Gladden married Alane Glover - three children: Trudie, Connie and Frederick. He was twenty years in the navy. Died August 23, 1973 in a plane accident.

Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 28