Sonia Helen (Nemitz) Berg (1906 - 1977)

Born 17 Jan 1906 in Minsk, Russia

Wife of Walter O Berg — married 29 Dec 1926 (to 26 Jul 1928) in Woodbury, Iowa

Wife of John Cregan — married 12 Jan 1952 in Detroit, Michigan

Descendants

Died 14 Jun 1977 at age 71 in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States

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Zona (Nemitz) Berg migrated from the Russian Empire to the United States.

Biography

Sonia Helen Nemitz was born in Belarus when it was part of the Russian Empire in 1906. At the age of six, in 1913, she arrivied in New York, NY with a relative on a steam ship. Her father, Gus Nemitz, had already arrived and she went to live with him in Sioux City, Iowa. Sonia's given name was changed Zona at this time. ^[1]

Shortly after arriving in Sioux City, Zona went to live at the Boys and Girls Home in Sioux City, where she stayed from 1914-1923. ^[2]

Zona married Walter O Berg in 1926, ^[3] they had 3 children: Billie Walter Berg, Bobbie Walter Berg, twins, and Katherine Patricia (Berg) Bonin. Walter died in 1928 and, later in life, Zona married 3 more times, lastly to John Cregan in 1952. ^[4] John was an Irish immigrant and they lived in Detroit, Michigan, where Zona was naturalized as a U.S. citizen in 1955. ^[5]

She had lived in Belarus, Iowa, Minnesota, Oregan, Michigan, and then moved Pinehurst, Texas to live near her daughter Katherine's family until her death in 1977. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ U.S. Dept of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service, Application to Create Record of Admission for Permanent Residence, Alien Registration No.0800-114122, Zona Helen Cregan. Document in personal collection of Kathy (Bonin) Elliott.
2. ↑ United States Census, 1920, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD99-B84 : accessed 5 March 2017), Zonia Nemetz in household of Elda Kenworthy, Sioux City Precinct 6, Woodbury, Iowa, United States; citing ED 212, sheet 28A, line 29, family 610, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 520; FHL microfilm 1,820,520.
3. ↑ Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDS-YRY5 : 8 March 2016), Walter Berg and Zona Helen Nemits, 1926.
4. ↑ Ancestry.com. Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952, [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. John Cregan and Zona Helen Berg, 1952. Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867–1952. Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics.
5. ↑ U.S. Certificate of Naturalization No.7375809, issued 03 May 1955 in Detroit, Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division to Zona Helen Cregan. Document in personal collection of Kathy (Bonin) Elliott
6. ↑ Ancestry.com. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Zona Helen Cregan, 14 Jun 1977, Texas Department of State Health Services. Texas Death Certificates, 1903–1982. Austin, Texas, USA.

• Kathy (Bonin) Elliott. Personal recollection, 25 Feb 2017.
• Iowa State Census, 1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903 /1:1:QKQ4-HC9W : 23 August 2016), Zona Neonits, Woodbury Township, Woodbury, Iowa, United States; citing Iowa State Historical Department, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,429,612.
• United States Census, 1930, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMKN-CLX : accessed 6 March 2017), Household of Johanna Berg, Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 60, sheet 9A, line 25, family 183, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 690; FHL microfilm 2,340,425.

Research Notes:

1. Given name is found as: Sonia, Zonia, Zona, Johanna. Family name as: Nemets, Nennites, Namits, etc.