Below, a link showing Bertin's emigration 03 March 1902, DEPARTING Trondheim, as found by jwiborg1. Anthon Petrus Johns. Fosnæs, who, like Bertin, is also living at Beitstaden, immigrated on the same ship, same day, also going to Duluth, Minnesota.
http://gda.arkivverket.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&a...DEPARTING Liverpool, England (from Ancestry.com)
Bertin Iversen, age 21
Gender: Male
Birth: abt 1881
Occupation: farmer
Departure: 18 Mar 1902 from Liverpool, England
Destination Port: St John, Canada
Ship Name: Lake Superior
Master: C K Thompson
*** next to Bertin on this outgoing passenger manifest is Anthon Fosnas
ARRIVING St John, Canada
Name: Bertin Iversen, age 18
Born about 1884, Norwegian
Arrival Date: 31 Mar 1902
Port of Arrival: St John, New Brunswick, Canada
Ship Name: Lake Superior
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Residence Place: Drontheim [=Trondheim?]
Gender: Male
Destination: Duluth
Whether going to join a relative or friend: Ule Iversen <------- NOTE
Record Type: Ship Manifests, Line Number: 2
***Anthon Fosnas is next to Bertin on the the manifest
The above ARRIVING passenger manifest was found on Ancestry.com website, but perhaps the original can be viewed here:
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/immigration/immigratio...;
1917 WORLD WAR I Draft Registration
Bertran Cornelius Iverson, age 37
Address: R.F.D. 1, Okanogan county, Washington
Birth Date: 28 Mar 1881
Occupation: Farming, employed by self
Nearest relative: Geo. W. Anderson, friend, same address
1917 DECLARATION OF INTENT to become a U.S. Citizen
Filed 09 June 1917
Okanogan county, Washington
Berton Cornelius Iverson
Country of Origin: Norway
Source: Washington, Naturalizations, 1853-1980 (Ancestry.com)
Same record as above, from Washington State Digital Archives collection -
lists date of entry into the USA as 4/4/1902 12:00:00 AM
http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/Record/View/2F0E5782C75C69...1920 US CENSUS
Elmerton, Okanogan, Washington
George Anderson 51
Bert Iverson 41 b abt 1879 Norway, boarder, unmarried, to USA 1904, farm laborer
1930 US CENSUS
Rock Island, Douglas, Washington
Address: 13 Ceulral Way
Olaf I Abrahamson 65
Chris Wyniter 70
Berton Iverson 49 b abt 1881 Norway, unmarried, to USA 1909, laborer in railroad construction
John L Smith 51
1940 US CENSUS
Oroville, Okanogan, Washington
...listed living with the William Naggay family...
Bert Iverson 58, b abt 1882 Norway, hired hand (employee), naturalized US citizen
Residence in 1935: same place
WORLD WAR II Draft Registration 1942 (as transcribed on Ancestry.com)
Bert. Cornialos Iverson, age 61
Birth Date: 18 Mar 1881
Birth Place: Veran, Norway
Residence: Oroville, Washington, USA
Person who will always know your address: L.E.Phillips of L.E.Phillips Orchard
DEATH
Washington Select Death Certificates (Ancestry.com)
Bert Cornelius Iverson
Gender: Male
Age: 67
Estimated birth year: abt 1883
Death Date: 3 Jun 1950
Death Place: Tonasket, Okanogan, Washington
FHL Film Number: 2032910 * Reference ID: 10670
DEATH record link:
http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/Record/View/317472BCBDF97F...BURIAL
Bert Cornelius Iverson (1883-June 3, 1950)
Oroville Riverview Cemetery
Oroville, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=11...Same burial, on the Washington State Digital Archives website:
http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/Record/View/E15E77D1C1EED5...Thus seemingly Bertin never married.