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Kjorstad family history, 1997
Kjorstad Family History (prepared for family reunion, August 9-10, 1997). Family of John Bryn Kjorstad (1872-1942) and Rena Skinde Kjorstad (1885-1968) and nine children. They farmed near Williston, North Dakota -
Ivar Carlsen oral history, 2015
Fifty Years on Seven Seas: A Life On Board “The Ship”. Son of Sandefjord, Master Mariner, My Father Ivar Carlsen (2015, 60 page transcription, oral history conducted and edited by son, Carl Carlsen). Note from Carl Carlsen: “My father was born in Sandefjord in 1919 and was in the Norwegian merchant marine before and during WW2. ...in his narrative my father tells how he sought employment on American merchant marine vessels during WW2 and after [while based in the Philippines] in order to facilitate his acquiring American citizenship, which he did mid-century. Brooklyn figures into his narrative asa place to be while not at sea during the War and as a place to retain histies to Norway as a member of the War Sailors club after his retirement from decades of sailing with Gulf Oil. -
Dr. Kent S. Knutson biography, 2014
Biography of Dr. Kent S. Knutson (1924-1973) by Bishop Gerhard Knutson. Former president of Wartburg Theological Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa, and president of American Lutheran Church. -
Harold O. Hansen family history, 1905-1946
Includes: photocopies of the Christian Woldfarm house (Eagle Lake, Minnesota), family letter from Lillestrøm, Norway telling of the hardships endured under German occupation (photocopied, posted post-WW II, Feb. 27, 1946), photograph of workers taken in front of log mill, ca. 1905 (location unknown). -
Martin Pedersen Ruh reminiscences, 1916
Reminiscences by Pastor Martin Pedersen Ruh (1841-1923). Forty-nine pages, typescript. Translated by Brit Weisz, September 1974, . Chapters include: Memories ofE idsvold and Dean H.P. Krag (pgs. 1-4), My Last Christmas in Eidsvold, Norway, 1854 (pgs. 5-8), Emigrant Memories: A Voyage to America in 1855(pgs. 9-12). Ship William Tell sailing for Quebec, Some Reminiscences from Muskego [Racine County, Wisconsin] (pgs. 13-14), A Journey to Minnesota in 1856: The Founding of the Kristiania Settlement [Christiania, Eureka township, Dakota county, Minnesota] (pgs. 15-23). Includes comments on covered wagon caravan and families (Petter Hendriksen Ruh and family from Eidsvold, Johan Loe and family from Ringsaker, Johannes Thorbjornson Leine from Wisconsin, the brothers Ole and Stefan Thoreson from Hadeland, Christian Husevohn and family, plus Lars Johnson and family from Telemark), From the Pioneer Days in Minnesota (pgs. 24-27). Includes mention of Østen (Osten) Hanson and son Marbil, Rev. Beckman of Cannon Falls, Ole Bergh, and small anecdote of how a bible saved his eldest brother's life from a bullet during the Civil War, Reminiscences from My Student Days [Augustana Sem., Leland, Illinois](pgs. 28-37). Mentions Rev. Amon Johnson, student T.H. Dahl, assassination of President Lincoln, Our Supplement about the Jubilation--Synod in Decorah, Iowa, 1903 (pgs.38-42), Application for Acceptance Into the Synod of the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (pgs. 43-45), A Rare Fest[Springfield, Iowa Congregation anniversary (pgs. 46-49). -
Wickey-Vestlien family history, 1979
The Wickey-Vestlien Family History (prepared by Jordis Wickey-Berge, 1979). Cannon Falls, Minnesota resident John Charles Wickey (1833-1907) married (1) Julia Caroline Nielsen (1831-1869), (2) Dorothea Hagan (d. 1871) and (3) Ingar Mattson (1832-1923). Mentions: living near Midale, Saskatchewan, Canada(pg. 12), kerosene lamps and lanterns (pg. 12), spring flower bouquet for teacher (pg. 15), school-language issue (pg. 16), home remedies (pgs.16-17), Norwegian foods and groceries (pgs. 18-21), John Sigwart Wickey'sf uneral (pg. 24), bedbugs (pg. 26), laundry (pg. 26, 39), great hail storm (pg.31), dust bowl (pg. 34), flour sack dresses (pg. 69), Christmas (pg. 69). -
Anderson family history, 2008
An Anderson Family History: Hjartdaland Ringebu to Winneshiek County, Iowa (20008). Descendants of CharlesAnderson (formerly Kittel Olson Aakre,1847-1915) and KarenMortensdatter Høye Anderson (1846-1912) -
Skurdall-Skurdell-Skurdah family history, 1999
Skurdall-Skurdell-Skurdahl:Emigrants from Sør-Fron to Dakota Territory. A Norwegian-American Family History (1999). Descendants of Paul Skurdall, Anne Skurdall O’Bryan, PeterSkurdell, and Anton Skurdall. -
Celia and Linne Thompson correspondence, 1906-1976, 2014
100+ original letters, spanning the years 1906-1976, which were used as the basis of the book by Lester Swenson, These Two Are Champions: A chronological book of facts, history, letters, pictures and interviews about the lives of two amazing women [Celia (1884-1978) and Linnie Thompson (1884-1979) from Radcliffe, Iowa]. Celia served as a missionary and teacher in Madagascar, and Linnie worked as a nurse and family caregiver. -
Dalbotten-Midje photographs, 1870-1950
Album one: Sivert Midge (photographer: Brown, Ferguson), Mr. and Mrs. Ole Styve and three Ohnstad sisters, Erik Rudie family, mourning card for Ole S. Midje (died July4, 1907), Rev. J.N. Kildahl & Mrs. Kildahl, Missionary Aaus, Mr. and Mrs.Hans Midge, Mr. and Mrs. Mons Veum & children, Martha Midge, Mr. and Mrs. Ole Flam, Gurina Esterby Berg, Lars Ball, Sherman Loven, many infanta nd young children photographs, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Berg (wedding), Peter Henning, Peder Lowe, Martin Opsahls, Mr. and Mrs. John Edslom.
Album two: Roy & Guttorm Midje, JohnEdstrom, Mrs. Edstrom, Guttorm Torquam, Thorsten Oium, Gurina Esterby,Erling Hinderdahl, Mrs. Sandvick, John & Mrs. Holum, Joe Knute, Berta Holum, Mons Veum, Holum brothers. Photo studies represented: Dorge, Minneapolis, O.L. Thornbladh, Cannon Falls, Minn., Sumner, Northield, Minn., Lawin, Northfield, Minn., Miller, 417 Nicollet Ave., Minneapolis, A.Hunter, Zumbrota, Minn., Jacob L. Skrivseth , Hillsboro, North Dakota,Oleson, 226 Washington Ave. S., Minneapolis, A.P. Radcliffe, Cannon Falls,Minn.
Photographs of: Midje family photos from black photo album Cyrus and Helen, son Howard (undated), Martha Frettem funeral casket at Wangen Cemetery (undated), Myrtle Dalbotten baby picture (undated), Michael Dalbotten (right) and friend – Mike in a too-big coat, Andrew Nilsen Dalbotten (1857-1938) and Jensina Simonsdatter Hjellum (1857-1934) parents of Michael Jonathan Dalbotten and others (ca. 1880s), Fifth grade class picture from Kenyon School (1924-1925), Christine and Simon Dalbotten as children (undated), Myrtle and Arnold Dalbotten – Simon’s children (undated), Nels and Hannah Dalbotten – Wedding picture, family picture with two sons Halvor and Andrew (ages approx. 7 and 10), family picture of all four, picture of the couple, twins Juel Clifford and Joseph Clarence Dalbotten (died around one year old) (undated), Thelma Bratten – first cousin of Archie and Janise Dalbotten, Mr. and Mrs. Timon Braaten (Mrs. is Christine nee Dalbotten, Michael’s sister)(undated), Marie Braaten, daughter of Timon and Christine – Confirmation picture, Amanda Bratten, Ann Braaten’s sister – confirmation picture, Kari, Ida and Knute Dalbotten, siblings, Georgina Lee (unverified), Irene Lee Radke’s mother and cousin to Michael Dalbotten, Wedding pictures of Albert Dalbotten, son of Andrew and Jensina (Gjellum) Dalbotten, and others.