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Title

Letter from Ole Rølvaag to Jennie Berdahl, circa 1905

Identifier

p0584_09649

p0584_09650

Date

circa 1905

Creator

Rølvaag, O. E. (Ole Edvart), 1876-1931

Description

Jennie Marie Berdahl was born on June 1, 1879 in Minnehaha County, South Dakota to Andrew James and Karen Oline (Otterness) Berdahl. Jennie was born in a sod hut before South Dakota received statehood. She attended Augustana Academy in Canton, S.D. and was a county school teacher. Jennie Berdahl married Ole Rølvaag in 1908 and lived in Northfield, MN. Together they had four children: Olaf Arnljot (1909-1915) Ella Valborg Tweet (1910-2003) Karl Fritjof (1913-1990) Paul Gunnar (1915-1920).

Funding to digitize the O.E. Rølvaag Papers was provided to the Norwegian American Historical Association through the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, a component of the Minnesota Clean Water, Land and Legacy constitutional amendment, ratified by Minnesota voters in 2008.

Ole Rølvaag's letter to Jennie Berdahl.

Type

Text

Format

Letters (correspondence)

Contributor

Rølvaag, Jennie Marie Berdahl

Rights

No Copyright - the United States

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Bibliographic Citation

[Indicate the cited item here]. O.E. Rølvaag Papers. Norwegian American Historical Association, Northfield, Minnesota.

Is Part Of

P0584

O.E. Rølvaag Papers (P0584: Jennie Berdahl Correspondence)

O.E. Rølvaag Papers (P0584)