Alamo, Appam, Corinth, North Dakota : golden jubilee, 1916-1966

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• Published: North Dakota State Library 2013
• Subjects: Alamo (N.D.) > History; Appam (N.D.) > History; Corinth (N.D.) > History; Williams County (N.D.) > History; Williams County (N.D.) > Biography; North Dakota > History; Local; Gaston; Greenland; Hannah; Homestead; Norway; Ryen; Sisters The; Three Sisters; Beaver Creek
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The next baby in our family was born July 24, 1920 and was named after his uncle, Oscar. The fifth living child was Vivian Rye (Mrs. Edgar Preslon of Provo, Utah). Our mother, Hannah Munkvold Rye, died In July, 1927. We three daughters went to South Dakota to live with her older brother and his wife, the John Munkvolds. Joseph Rye came to South Dakota about 1930. His younger brother, Oscar, remained with his father in North Dakota. He was in the Army Air Force for several years during World War II and died at WiUistonin 1951. AUred Rye died at 74 in 1962 at WilUston. He had lived in the area for over fifty years. JENSHAARSAGER Mrs. Alma (Rye) Anderson Left to right: Jens Haarsager, Knute Haarsa- ger, unidentified man In the fall of 1903 Jens Haarsager, Jens Eggan, K. K. Wangrud, John Greenland and Haaken Berg left LaMoure County to take up a homestead in WilUams County. Jens Haarsager filed on the S. W. 1/4 of Section 15 in Winner Township. The following spring (1904) they moved to their new homes. Jens Haarsager had a pair of black horses, Haaken Berg a pair of mules and a wagon and with others, packed aU their belongings in two box cars shipping it to Springbrook, North Dakota. This being the nearest railroad. In 1909 after proving up his claim, Jens Haarsager rented his land to AUred Rye and returned to LaMoure County to farm. He married Bertha Botner in 1912 and in 1915 with his family moved back to Winner Township where they farmed until 1935. Their children are Earl of Lynwood, CaUfornia; Blance, Mrs. Roy Sand of Litch- ville, North Dakota; Howard of Beaver Creek, Oregon; Florence, Mrs. Nels Brud- vig of Portland, Oregon; Shirley, Mrs. Jerry Schwanke of Gaston, Oregon. One son, James, passed away in September 1930 at the age of seven. Jens Haarsager passed away in Oregon City, Oregon in January, 1955. Mrs. Haarsager Is now living in Hills- boro, Oregon. JOHN H. EIDSVOOG Mr. Eidsvoog, Doris, Amy, Ellen, Herbert, Henning, Evan & Robert John H. Eidsvoog was born January 2, 1880 at Wallestrand, Norway and was educated there. At the age of 16 he left Norway by boat to come to the United States. He went to South Dakota and worked on a farm near Yankton for a time. He decided to leave South Dakota and come to North Dakota where he worked on a farm in Griggs County near Cooperstown. In 1904 he came to Winner Township where he proved up his homestead; he was one of the earUest settlers. His home was a tar papered shack of just one room. He had in his possession four horses which he used for hauUng coal, tiUlng the soil, hauUng stones, etc.; the means of transportation was horse and buggy. Most of the farmers used oxen at that time. Coal was used as fuel having to be hauled from a mine ten miles away. It usually took aUday to make the trip. In those days wheat was hauled to Springbrook where it was traded off for suppUes. This trip took all day too. In 1915 he decided to build a house with three bedrooms upstairs and one bedroom downstairs plus a kitchen, Uving and dining room combined. It seems the reason for this big house is a Miss Helga SorUe whom he married October 16, 1916 at Williston, North Dakota. Mrs. Eidsvoog came from Solar, Norway. She was born September 27, 1896 and educated there. She came over on a boat with her mother and three sisters. The couple had seven children, three daughters and four sons. The eldest, EUen, married Ragnvald Ryen. They have two sons 200 Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited with Multi-Page TIFF Editor.