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Engel Revne Rood family history, 1987
- Title
- Engel Revne Rood family history, 1987
- Identifier
- NAHA 2022/089
- Date
- 1987
- Creator
- Carson, Shirley Rood
- Description
- A compilation of photographs, pedigree charts, and family correspondences (1886-1934). Includes short biography of Engel Revne Rood (1865-1943), a native of Baldersheim, Norway, who left home at age 15. After four years of working on a freighter he saved enough money and settled in Leland, Illinois. Here he met and later married Ella Svenson in 1892. The couple moved to Oklahoma and later Bode, Iowa. Eleven children were born to them.
- Extent
- 1 folder
- Subject
- Genealogy & Local History
Collection
Citation
Carson, Shirley Rood, “Engel Revne Rood family history, 1987,” Norwegian American Historical Association, accessed October 17, 2026, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/catalog/items/show/12366.