| Summary: | D. E. (DAVE) PETERSON Mr. Peterson was born in Boyd, Minnesota December 10, 1884 and settled in WilUams County in 1905. He homesteaded west of Zahl. Bessie McKee Peterson was born June 6, 1886 in Spring Valley, Minnesota. She came to WilUams County and homesteaded in 1906 In Winner Township Section 13. Mr. Peterson later married Bessie McKee and they made their home on her homestead and started a country store in which they sold groceries and hardware, and also was the managerpost office at one time. Mr. and Mrs. Peterson moved to Minot, North Dakota in the fall of 1925. There were five children, two died in infancy in September 1919. The three Uving are Harold at Creswell, Oregon; Florence (Mrs. O. A. Lonberg), Eugene, Oregon; and Vida (Mrs. Russell Barnes), WoU Point, Montana. Mr. Peterson passed away at Seattle, Washington in 1963. Mrs. Peterson passed away at Eugene, Oregon in 1964. E. B. JORGENSEN Eldor B. Jorgensen came to Winner Township from Nordland in Norway in the year of 1906 at the age of 37. His brother, the Rev. Christian Jorgensen, was here previously and assisted in finding the acreage of land which constituted his farm. He proved up the land and built a house on it for the family which came two years later in 1908. There were four children at that time: Henry, age 9, Einar, age 7; Ralph, age 5; and Johanna, age 3. They aU had an encounter with the measles on ship and were quarantined for about two weeks at the port of entry which is believed to be Quebec in Canada. They finally got to the Uttle home in Winner which became home for a long time for all and together weathered the severe winters that foUowed with the rest of the homesteaders. Farming was done by oxen for several years until they were finaUy replaced by horses. Grain was hauled to Springbrook mostly and some to WiUiston. The slow pace of the oxen and a trip to WilUston took three days, back and forth. Dad Jorgensen also walked to WiUiston sometimes and carried groceries home on his back. The neighborhood store opened at Marmon and butter and eggs were also carried there in exchange for staple gro ceries, a distance of about 5 miles from home. The children attended grade school at the Freeman No. 2 about 1 3/4 miles north of the farm. In the faU of 1913 the oldest boy, Henry, died at the age of 14. There was also a daughter born the same year, namely Borghild, who is now Mrs. Alvin Webb of Havre, Montana. Mrs. Jorgensen died in 1921 at the age of 46. Mr. Jorgensen Uved until 1942. He became 73 years old. The farm was sold to Luverne Smith. The house was sold to Sidney Solberg many years ago who moved it to their farm at the Christ Solberg place. Well, the family scattered of course as they grew up. Ralph was the last to leave after father passed away. Einar is presently living with his wife at 2631 Pine Street in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Ralph is at Windsor, North Dakota and Johanna who became Mrs. Oscar J. Haugen Uves in WiUiston at 501 West 18th Street. They are parents of three children who are also grown up, namely Bernard, Sharon and Larry whointurnhave families of their own. LARSON-SOLBERG Mr. & Mrs. E. Edwin Larson, Ella & Clara Members of the Bernt Solberg and Erik S. Larson families were among the pioneer homesteaders in the area which later became known as Winner Township having filed on land in the spring of 1904. Both couples had immigrated from Norway and settled near Eau Claire, Wisconsinwheretheywere near neighbors on the Chippewa Bottoms. There they worshipped in the same church and their children which totaled twenty, attended the same school. So it seemed quite natural that they would againbecome neighbors in this new land and that two of their children would be married - Ildrie Marie Solberg and E. Edwin Larson! In March of 1904, Erik S. Larsonandtwo 195 Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited with Multi-Page TIFF Editor.
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