| Summary: | horses, 5 cows, some old machinery, hay and oats, and went into debt $3,700. With lots of hard labor, in 1942 they finally bought the place where they are still living. They are the parents of five children. Harold chqse teaching as his life's work and taught for 27 years before his death. He left his wife, the former Angela Weinman of Harvey, N.D., and 6 children, Dennis, Dean, Sharon, Mrs. Jim Muth; John, Diane, and Terry. James lives on a farm near Marion. He married Mary Matt and they have five children: Mary Lou, Duane, Bernie, Cindy, and Jane. Francis married Mercedith Larson, lives on a farm north of Marion, paints buildings in their spare time and have a family of 4 boys and 4 girls: DelRay.Florine, Marie, Kenny, Rich, Teresa, Jeff, and Julie. Marlys, Mrs. Harold Boughton, Montpelier, N.D., has three sons, Robert, Kalen, and Warren. Harold drives the school bus and has the Standard Bulk Station in Montpelier. Patricia, Mrs. Wm. Weiland, lives in Edgeley, N.D., and has two daughters, Cheryll and Paula. Bill is in the insurance business and Pat has a ceramics class of 25 people. The Trzpucs have 24 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren. They celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary, July 7, 1969, in St. Francis Church in Marion, with many friends and relatives. They also celebrated their 55th at the home of the Wm. Weilands in Edgeley. Mrs. Trzpuc remembers one bad snow storm when fuel and yeast became very short in supply. Her mother made yeast using corn meal. When the corn meal supply was exhausted in the neighborhood, she made a starter and many used that. The train was stuck and when the storm was over, men using scoop shovels dug the train out. TVEDT, GEORGE AND HILDA George Tvedt immigrated from Christinsand, • Norway, in 1881 with his parents, coming in a sail boat taking five weeks to cross the Atlantic Ocean. They came to Duluth, Minn. In 1882 they heard a story of how you could find gold at Sanborn, N.D., by just turning over the sod. They took the train to Sanborn in hopes of finding their fortune. His dad walked fourteen miles south to a family by" the name of Casper, and filed a claim on Sec. 20-138-61. There he built a sod house, a dugout, stable and a well. In 1885 a prairie fire came and destroyed all they had and in 1886 they bought a small house built of lumber from another homesteader who was getting disgusted with the hard life on the prairie. George and his brother, Ole, worked hard helping their father move this house to higher ground. In 1888 there was an early frost. They harvested only 83 bushels of wheat, most of it being ground into flour. They bought 7 lbs. of coffee for $1.00, 5 gallons of Kerosene and 20 lbs. of sugar for $1.00, and had 54 left to write a letter to Norway. They butchered an old ox which, by cooking all day, could be chewed if you had good teeth. In 1893 land was plentiful. If you had $300 you could buy a half section of land. No one seemed interested. In the fall of 1897 Ole and George did buy a half section of land for half crop payment and paid for it in two years. Then the land boom started. They built a 18x30 ft. granary that same fall and broke up 64 acres. Two years later it was all under cultivation. They had bigger machinery, drill, gang plows and more horses to ease the farm work. Gophers were feeding on the fields so there was a three cent bounty on them, which kept many boys busy trapping. In 1895 they were totally hailed out but had more cattle, hogs and poultry to get by on. 1900 was another dry year, getting only their seed back. In 1901, after the death of their father, Ole and George built a barn on the old homestead. In 1904 they bought a J. I. Case steam threshing machine, which they used for twenty years. In the fall of 1904, George bought a red wheeled buggy so he could go see his girl, Hilda, daughter of the Herman Hansons, and on March 22, 1905 they were married and continued to farm. There were some good years with paying crops until 1930 to 1940 . . . they were rough. It was during those years that they traded horses for tractors and cattle. Hogs and chickens were the only ready cash. 10 gallons of cream would bring $2.50, hogs were $4.00 per hundred, eggs about 8tf a dozen and there were delinquent taxes. George and Hilda were charter members of St. Thomas Lutheran Church and Ladies Aid in Svea Township. He was clerk of the school 20 years, served as school director for 3 years, served on the Meadowlake Township board as supervisor for 3 years and as constable for 3 years. After 36 years on the homestead, they moved to a farm near Kathryn, N.D., then to the Fingal community, and retired in Valley City, N.D. Their ten children are Augusta Lee, Florence Bergley, Edith Colis, Vivian Dunn (deceased), Wallace Tvedt, Rose Tvedt (deceased), Gordon Tvedt, Maynard Tvedt, Rose Collins and Leona Mazeikas. They have 38 grandchildren, 72 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild. VAN BRUGGEN, CLARENCE AND SHARON Clarence was born in Marion, N.D., on February 28, 1941, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. VanBruggen. Sharon Berger was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on February 2, 1944, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Berger. They were married in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on February 10, 1967. They purchased the former Roy Hoekstra farm and moved there in September of 1970. The farm is located 3 miles north of Marion and is a combination grain, dairy, and hog farm. They are the parents of three children, Marjean Sue, age 6; Loralyn Ann, age 4; and Matthew John, age 1. The VanBruggens are actively involved in the North Marion Reformed Church of which they are members. VAN BRUGGEN, WILLIAM AND MARY William was born in the rural Litchville, North Dakota area and lived in the Marion area all his life. Mary Bremer was bom in Melvin, Iowa. She came to the Ypsilanti area in 1925 with her parents and later came to the Marion area. William and Mary were married March 7,1940 in Greenland Township. They are presently farming. The Van Bruggens are the parents of four children. Clarence, living on a farm north of Marion; Henrietta of Los Angeles, California; Sylvia (Mrs. George Free) of Damascus, Maryland; and Esther (Mrs. Edwin Johnson) of Grand Forks, N.D. There are 3 grandchildren, the children of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence VanBruggen. VAN DYKE, HENRY AND DORA Henry Van Dyke was born in the Netherlands. In 1940, near Sanborn, N.D., he married Dora Van Hall, who was born in Iowa. They were lifetime farmers of the north Marion community before retiring to Litchville, N.D. two years ago. 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