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I Couldn't Milk Another Goat: Goodbye Norway - Hello Minnesota
The story of Carrie Kirkeeide Thorson (1878-1974) leaving Norway in 1903 to move to Minnesota. Written by Paul Stephen Arneson. "Why did a young Norwegian lady take this trip knowing she would likely never see her family again? Why Minnesota? What was Minneapolis like in the early 1900s? How did she and her husband and children fare during the Great Depression? What were the hardships they suffered during World War II? How did she keep her sanity outliving four of her five children?" -
Martin and Mathilda Teigen papers, 1909-1999
Collection of imges, correspondence, newsletters, and documents relating to Martin and Mathilda Teigen and their children. Also includes "Historical Highlights of Bottineau County." Mathilda Wollan Teigan (1878-1957), born in Pope County, Minnesota was the sisth child of Andrias and Iverine Wollan who migrated to the US in 1860 and 1867. She grew up in Pope County, studies music in Minneapolis and then movd to Bottineau County, North Dakota where she homesteaded, taught music, and played the church organ. She married Martin Teigen in 1905. Martin Olsen Teigen (1872-1953) was born in Blue Earth County, Minnesota. His paretns, Ole Larson Teigen and Birtta Brekke Teigen, migrated to in 1868. He grew up in Jackson County, attended Luther Academy in Decorah, Iowa, the University of Minnesota, and Luther Seminary in St. Paul. Ordained a Lutheran pastor in 1900, he served several North Dakota congregations until 1913, when he retired from the Minnestry and became a farmer. -
Jordahl letters, 1890-1950
Jordahl letters: Original letters transcribed by Ruth Jordahl Anderson Collection of letters that tells the story of two sisters, Ida and Martha Wangen, who married two brothers, Jens and Sivert Jordahl. -
Doris Orton Greear letters, 1865-2012
The Letters of Doris Orton Greear Reminiscences of pioneer days, Orton family history of Clay County, South Dakota. -
Branstead family history, 1866-
Branstead Family: Norway to America In 1866, Lars Jonson Branstad, a single man from the fyords of western Norway left his parents, sisters and brothers, to cross the Atlantic for Chicago. He was a skilled carpenter. A strong Norwegian community and the Lutheran church welcomed him. Elizabeth Branstead is a third generation Norwegian American who regales with photos and stories of Vikings, immigration, and new life in Chicago and California. 175 pages, photos, maps, charts, text. -
Bonhus family history, 1844-1974
From Pioneer Farm to Urban Store: The Bonhus Family History from 1844 to 1974 Description from the book: "This is a family history that begins with a husband and wife coming from Norway to the united States in 1844, one Anders Bonhus and Anne Olsbrygge Bonhus and ends with the death of their grandson Carl Alffred Bonhus in 1957. It is a family history that attemps to sketch the web of family relationships that existed for each of the generations cover and the cntext of the times in which each generation lives. A life is not readily revealed in a simple recitation of birth date, place of birth, deaht date, and place of death. Each individual in a family tree lives out his or her days in the midst of an extended family, often presided over by a patriach and matriach while events near and far impact daily esitence. Family relationships and these events determine the path a life takes which in turn affects each succeeding generation. These are the themes in this Bonhus Family History." -
Yours' Andreas: 15 Years of Letters Home
Description on the back of books reads: "Sometime in the 1980s, a box of old letters was discovered in the attic of a bakery in Levanger, Norway. The collection turned out to be letters written by Andreas Strømsøe from 1892 to 1906 to his parents back home in Levanger. The 80 letters translated in this book give a unique picture of the immigrant experience in New York, North Dakota, and Minnesota, as well as personal views on both events in Norway and America. Enjoy this incredible history from a bygone era!" -
Glen B. Hoidale biography, 1901-1984
A biographical sketch by Glen B. Hoidale and two cassette tapes covering the life of a Norwegian American who after a life at sea came to the United States in 1924. He worked for a time as a safety inspector in New York and Pennsylvania. He moved to Wichita, Kansas, in 1928, where he was a salesman for the International Correspondence Schools until he retired in 1966. -
Ole J. Haaland family history, 1928
"History and Memories from Pioneer Times in Winnebago County, Iowa," first appeared in Norwegian in Visergutten, January 12, 1928. This translation is by a grandson, H. O. Folkestad. Ole Haaland came from Skjold, Stavanger, Norway, in 1858 to Dane County, Wisconsin, and migrated to Iowa in 1965. -
Carl J. Foss narrative, undated
"The Immigrants: An Autobiography," a 95-page story of the life of John (presumably the writer) who was born at Raak in the Bjugn Fjord area of Sør Trøndelag. He emigrated in 1902, via Hull and Liverpool, and came to Virginia, Minnesota, where he became a construction worker in Mesabi Range towns. His wife, Inger, arrived in 1905, and the story continues with their family life. They lived in different places in the United States, Canada, and Alaska. The story ends with a note about their life in Palo Alto, California. While in Virginia, Foss was converted to Methodism by Carl Schevenius.