On 26 June 1902, my 2nd-great-grandmother's brother Emil Richard Borg married Elizabeth Henrika Carlson in Porter County, Indiana. They were married by M. J. Lonner, Minister.
Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959, index and images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDHQ-6Q1), Emil R Borg and Elizabeth H Carlson, 26 Jun 1902; citing
Porter, Indiana, county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 1,686,211.
After their marriage, Emil and Elizabeth lived in Chicago, Illinois. Sadly, they were only married for a year and a half. Elizabeth died of pneumonitis on 31 December 1903. She was buried in Augsburg Lutheran Church Cemetery in Porter, Porter County, Indiana.
Emil had moved back to Porter County, Indiana by 1907. On 11 December 1907, he married Julia Maria Carlson in Porter County, Indiana. They were married by J. E Nystrom, Minister. Julia was Elizabeth's older sister (two years her senior).
Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959, index and images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDHQ-X1L), Emil Richard Borg and Julia Maria Carlson, 11 Dec 1907; citing Porter, Indiana, county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 1,686,212.
Emil and Julia remained married until his death in 1940. They had a daughter, Dorothy Elizabeth Borg, and a son,
Delmar Emil Borg.
This is crazy... I also have a "one husband/two sisters" story in my family tree... but he divorced one sister & married her identical twin sister! And... it was also in Porter County, Indiana! CRAZY!!
ReplyDeleteWow, that's really something! What were their names? I wonder if they knew my family.
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