Dau of Olaus Larson and Lisa Olson (Olsdatter), Norway, although her SSN application lists them as Louie Larson and Lesey Olson (but also lists her as Beata).
Listed in the 1880 census at 1 mo as Roata.
Then listed in the 1885 Minnesota census and marriage record as Beata. But listed as Bertha in the 1900 and subsequent records.
She is listed in Stockton, CA in the 1940 census, widowed with 3 of her childre and having lived in Hindsville, ND in 1935.

[Obituary] Stockton Evening and Sunday Record - Friday, 20 February 1953, pg 29
JACOBSON
In Stockton, Feb. 18, 1953 Bertha M. Jacobson, wife of the late John Jacobson; loving mother of Maria Follansbea of Wisconsin, Lila Craig, Joe Jacobson, Oscar Jacobson of Oakland, Julia Stern of Stockton, Mabel Horst and Melvin Jacobson of Stockton and Donald Jacobson - of Benicia; a member of Hiawatha Council No. 21, Degree of Pocahontas, native of Minnesota, aged 72 years, 8 months, 26 days.
Friends are invited to attend funeral services Saturday. Feb. 21. 1953, at 2 p. m. in the chapel of the Martin Funeral Home, 445 N. American St. Graveside services under auspices of Hiawatha Council No. 21 of Pocahontas. IORM. Committal at Cherokee Memorial Park.

Stockton Daily Evening Record, 21 Feb 1953
Final rites were held today for Mrs. Bertha M. Jacobson, 72, of 25-B Hinkley, who died Wednesday in San Joaquin General Hospital after a long illness. Committal followed in Cherokee Memorial Park. A native of Minnesota, she was a Stockton resident 17 years and a member of the Hiawatha Council Degree of Pocahontas. Her husband, John Jacobson, retired farmer, died five years ago. Surviving her are eight children, Lila Craig, Joe Jacobson, Oscar Jacobson, all of Oakland, Julia Stern, Mabel Horst and Melvin Jacobson, all of Stockton, Donald Jacobson of Benecia, and Marie Follansbee of Wisconsin.