November 28, 1939

    It was a bitterly cold November 28, 1939  in St. Paul, Mn...likely sub-zero...when Albert Negstad and Edith Bergh were married.   I don't know who presided at the wedding, perhaps Rev. Olai Bergh, Edith's father at whose home, 2334 Carter Ave., in the St. Anthony Park area of St. Paul, the ceremony was held. Their wedding photo sows Edith with a knee length white dress, white shoes and holding a huge bouquet of flowers.  Albert is wearing a dark suit, bow tie and white shirt with a light hankie in the breast pocket of his suit.  The 6'2" Albert stands a head taller than the 5'4" Edith. Edith's hair is done with Marcel Waves popular in that day.
   Following the wedding the bridal couple took an extended tour of the east coast driving their year old, 1928 Ford Model A...(the car on which I learned to drive.  They did not return to their South Dakota farm until mid-February.  One of their early...perhaps their first?...stops was at the Palmer House in Chicago.  When Edith signed the guest register she mistakenly signed her name Edith Bergh.
    The Depression soon followed and family and circumstances ended the opportunity for extended travel.  They successfully maintained their farm through the depression even as they raised their four children who were born in 1932( Lucille), 1934(Richard), 1936(David) and 1938(Allan).
    The house where the were married remained in the family for many years.  After Olai's death Edith's sister Agnes and her husband Harold lived there while raising their two children.  Olai's wife, Minnie, lived with Agnes and Harold for many years.  Minnie died on Palm Sunday in 1949 while living with Albert and Edith.
    When Albert and Edith arrived home they were welcome with a traditional chiveree.  One of the persons participating in the chiveree got a bit careless and fired a shotgun blast through the eaves of the house.