| Summary: | Family of Anton and Thora Braaten - back row left to right: Ann (Mrs. Sy ver Haugen), Ole, Inga; front row left to right: Maria (Mrs. Ole Hayne), Anton (father), Martin, Thora (mother), and Margaret (Mrs. Nels Hagen). ANTON BRA ATEN ~ Anton Braaten and Thora Hain (1854 -1910) were both born in Norway where they were married. With their family, Anton and Thora came to America and settled in Ferry Township about 1893. Most of their years were spent in Manvel. For a time, Anton was section foreman at Manvel and lived in the section house then. After his wife's death in 1910, Anton went back to Norway where he died in 1932. Anton had eight brothers and one sister; several lived with their families near Manvel many years ago. Anton and Thora Braaten had six children: Inger (1880-1904); Ole (1879-1928), who married Ella Olson; Anna (Mrs. Sever Haugen), 1883-1960; Maria (Mrs. Ole Hayne), 1889-1920; Martin (born 1894); and Margaret (Mrs. Nels Hagen), born l"892. Only two of the children are still living - Margaret at Seward, Alaska, and Martin, the only one born in the United States, at Manve'. KNUTE BRAATEN, SR. - Mr. and Mrs. Knute Braaten, Sr. came with their family to the Manvel area in 1916 and located on what is now the Lawrence Hudgel farm. Most of the child ren were grown by the time they came to North Dakota. Mr. and Mrs. Knute Braaten, Sr. and daughter, Mabel taken in 1915. Knute Braaten, Sr. came from Norway when he was ten years old (1860). His family homesteaded in Rock County, Minnesota, and then made the move to South Dakota in 1901. Most of the Braaten relatives still reside in that state. Knute Braaten, Sr. married Barbara Korstad in 1883. They had ten children: twins and a daughter, Rachel, who died in infancy; Mary (Mrs. Elmer Johnson, deceased); Mabel (Mrs. Oscar Nelson), Grand Forks; Albert, Valley Memorial Home, -12- Grand Forks; Ole (died 1952); Henry (died 1933); and Knute, Jr. and Theodore of Manvel. Knute, Sr. died in 1927 when he was 78 years old; his wife Barbara was 78 when she passed away in 1938. Knute Braaten, Sr.'s brother, Harvey Braaten, never lived here, but some of his life is of interest. Harvey was old enough to fight in the Civil War when the family arrived in the United States in 1860. At that time, a draftee could hire someone else to go in his place by paying him so much per day. This money looked good to a young man who had just arrived in this country. So, Harvey fought in the Civil War. However, although he lived to be 96 years old, he never collected any pension. He had not enlisted for himself but had gone in someone else's place. Harvey Braaten homesteaded in Canada where he remained. Besides farming, he was a stone mason. He was still actively building bridges of stone and concrete when he was 90 years old. DAVID BROWN ~ David Brown was born in Ayrshire, Scotland in August, 1830, immigrated to Toronto, Canada, in 1855, and engaged in farming and saw-milling there. He was married to Mary J. Sheppard, a native Canadian. He served in Parliament in Ottawa, Canada. In 1880 Mr. Brown and his family came to the Valley and took a homestead about seven miles north of Grand Forks, In 1890 David Brown and his two eldest sons, Wm. D. and Edward Brown, got their citizenship papers. David and Mary Brown had seven children; the boys - Wm. D., Edward, Wilmot and John - all became owners of land. Mr. Brown and boys owned and operated a large amount of land ~ the area became known as the Brown Settlement. Their daughters are Nancy Russell of St. Vincent, Minnesota, and Elizabeth Robertson of Grand Forks, North Dakota. The youngest child died in infancy. After becoming a citizen of the United States, David Brown remained active in civic affairs. He was a member of the school board and township board, serving as chairman and helping to organize the township, at which time he served as Harvey Twp.'s first chairman. He was the owner of the first automobile in the county, a steam drive, single seat affair. Later he purchased a single seated Cadillac. Mr. Brown passed away December 28, 1920; Mrs. Brown, January 21, 1921. The elder Mr. Brown's son W. D. Brown (1858- 1942) was the father of Hilliard (died 1963); Archie; Donald S. (died 1962); Herbert of San Francisco; Rev. Walker Brown (deceased); Ralph (deceased); and Ethel (Mrs. Reuben A. Hoverson) of Vallejo, California. Archie now lives on the W. D. Brown farm. Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited with Multi-Page TIFF Editor.
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