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Letters from Ed. S. and Susanna Johnson of Hatton, N.D. to Susann’s Brother Johan Norum of Vaagenge, Rødøy, Norway (2013, with accompanying family history report & original letters, dating 1926-1966).
Storli Family Reunion, Lincoln City, Oregon (June 17-19, 1994). Includes family pedigree of Storli family in America (those descended from Ole Knutsen Storlie( 1832-1905) and Ingeborg Vallerdalen (1832-1911); The Ode Family: Gleanings of Family History (account based on a manuscript titled"Gleanings of Family History" by Anna Storli's niece, Sigrid Ode, who visited America from Norway in 1913-1914. Added to Ode's facts are additionalnotes given by Victor Storli; Victor Storli translation of article authored by Sigrid Ode (Arbeiderbladet, Aug. 1, 1939), "The Weather was bad, and many of the passengers seasick. At Last we arose to eat, An emigrant [Valdres] voyage of seventy years ago" based on an interview with Sarah Bergesen, older sister to Anne Ode Hagen Storli.
The Rodahl Family: The Descendants of Ole K. Bakken, Bergitte ‘Betsy’ Peterson, &Halvor Rodahl 1840-2012, by Jean Trueblood Bye. Family settled in Swift County, Minnesota.
Douglas and Jacquelyn Bakken, Bakken Family History, Day County, South Dakota (2013).Descendants of Ole Eriksen Bakken (1855-1939) and Anne Oline Ellanson(1865-1908).
Life Story by Orlean Nelson Rue (handwritten, 42 pages). Includes three sections: My Heritage, My Education, and My Present and Future Self. Note from donor, Oyvind T. Gulliksen: “Orlean Rue grew up on his parents’ farm in South Dakota and went to Concordia College [Moorhead, Minn.]. I assume he wrote his lifestory while a student at Concordia, as some sort of student assignment.”
The following notes were compiled by John E. Bye, Fargo, N.D., March 2013: Author Beryl Ebersviller Toftley appears to have used the immigrant letter format to tell the story of her grandmother, Norwegian immigrant, Betsy Larson and her family who lived in North Dakota and Minnesota. No publication date is given with Letters From Betsy typescriptbut it had to be done before 1977 when Toftley died. A copy was acquired by Connie Lillehoff of Fargo, although she does not recall when or how sheacquired the copy; it may have been an online purchase. BetsyEngebretsdatter was born July 6, 1862, according to church records, in theparish of Nes, Norway. Her parents were Engebret Larsen and KristianaLarsdatter and were living on the Folberg farm at the time of her birth. OnJune 18, 1880, Betsy and brother Edon were found in the Oslo emigrationrecords leaving for America with their destination listed as Elgin, Illinois.Edon and Betsy make their way to Northwood, N.D., where he homesteads northwest of Northwood and receives title to his land in 1888. Betsy married Frank George Smith on Sept. 4, 1887 according to Grand Forks County marriage license. By 1900 the family is living in Dickey County, N.D.(Porter Township) and there are six children listed (Della, Nora, Clarence, Florence, Marion and Dorothy. The family later moves to Otter Tail County, Minnesota. Betsy died on July 11, 1936 and is buried at the Vergas City Cemetery.