Esmond diamond jubilee, 1901-1976, Esmond, North Dakota

• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: North Dakota State Library 2014
• Subjects: Akra; Burlington; Canada; Girard Lake; McCormick; Mercer; Osborne; Pacific; Iceland
• Online Access: http://cdm16921.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/ndsl-books/id/26476

parents were Einer and Ingebeard Ingaldson. They came from Iceland and settled in Phinney, Manitoba, Canada and then Akra. He was a laborer and she was a housewife and mid-wife. They raised eleven children. Thorstein and Margaret met in Pembina County and were married in January, 1917. They started out as farmers in Svold, and later moved to Walhalla where they operated a cafe and hotel until 1941. They moved to St. Paul, Min. and operated another cafe until 1950, then they moved to Esmond and operated a cafe. In 1958 they retired and made their home in Renton, Wash. Mr. Dalsted died May 8, 1965 at Renton. Mrs. Dalsted died June 27, 1971, also at Renton. They had eight children: Marvin and wife Pauline Rose live in Santa Rosa, Calif. He owned a grocery warehouse until he died at the age of 51, January 21, 1972. Thev had two daughters. Einer and wife Irene (Hoffner) live at Seattle, Wash. He is a foreman at Kenworths. Irene is a switchboard operator at Pacific Car and Foundry. They have five children, three girls and two boys. Wilford married Jackie (Longton) of Walhalla. They live in Bloomington, Minn. He is half owner of Dalsteds Interior Decorating. They have five girls and two boys. Harold and wife Luciann (Lucier of Walhalla) live in Prior Lake, Minn. He is half owner of Dalsteds Interior Decorating in Bloomington. They have six children, five girls and one boy. Marie and husband Tony Bartsch live in Esmond. He farms in East Fork Township and she manages the C and R Lounge and Bowling in Esmond. They have four daughters. Anna Mae Anacher is a housewife and has four children and lives in Redmond, Wash. Mr. and Mrs. Dalsted lived to enjoy twenty-two grandchildren and eighteen great-grandchildren. THE PATDELMORES The name Delmore was an important one in early Northern Pacific Railway history in North Dakota. Peter Delmore, brother of Pat, was a N.P. mainline conductor in the early history of Esmond. Pat and his family came to Esmond about 1910 and was conductor for several years on the Esmond-Oberon branch before returning to Jamestown where he remained the rest of his railroad life. The Pat Del mores had three sons: George, Bernard and Mike. George followed in his father's footsteps, as did the other two boys. George and Bernard became brakemen, then conductors on the Dakota Division (Fargo) of the Northern Pacific. Mike started as a brakeman on the same division, and was promoted to a high position at Billings. George passed away at Mandan several years ago. Bernard has retired and lives in Fargo. Mike is still living in Billings, now with the Burlington Northern, successor to the N.P. GEORGE H.DICKEY The International Harvester Company was composed of several branches in the early days of Esmond. These branches of the parent company often were in competition with one another. Such was the case in Esmond. One of the branches of International was the Deering company, makers of the famous Deering binder. Another was the McCormick, another the Acme, another the Osborne. All of these had representatives in Esmond at one time. A company called "Dickey and Sanborn" erected a large building on the N.P. right of way, just southwest of the present Esmond Implement. Dickey and Sanborn sold furniture, farm implements of all kinds and just about anything that the farmer wanted. MR. ANDMRS. EINER DALSTED Einer Dalsted, son of Waldmore and Margaret Dalsted, married Irene Hoffner, daughter of George and Elizabeth Hoffner of Esmond in November of 1941 at Camp Claiborne, La. where E iner was stationed in the Army. After Einer's discharge from the Army they farmed west of Maddock for a few years. They operated a grocery store at Fillmore in Impark Township for a number of years, before moving to Seattle. Irene is a former teacher. Tothis union five children were born: Twins, Linda and Lynn, Anita, Danny and Wilfred, called Buddy. DALEDEIDE Dale Deide was born February 6, 1938 near Mercer, in Sheridan County, to Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Deide. He was reared at Mercer. Dale had been married a number of times. While in Esmond, he was married to the former Carol Oakland. They had no children. Dale worked as a mechanic for the Esmond Implement Company. On June 25, 1971, he married Genevieve Sandbo at McClusky. He was a heavy equipment mechanic and worked on a construction site at Custer, Mont. Dale died from injuries suffered in a car accident in June, 1973. He had three step-children: Timothy, Deanna and Debra. G.H. Dickey came to Esmond from Wisconsin via Fargo. He was a friend of Senator Robert M. LaFollette, who later became a candidate for president of the United States. Mr. Dickey had studied law in Wisconsin and was a great-great-grandson of Matthew Dickey, a private at Valley Forge in the Revolutionary army. Mr. Dickey was campaign manager for Robert LaFollette when he won his first term as governor of Wisconin. On his graduation in 1879, George Dickey moved to Dakota territory and in 1882 was elected to the territorial legislature as the youngest member ever to have served, and Dickey County was named after him. The Dickey-Sanborn partnership was dissolved when Mr. Sanborn went into the hardware business in Esmond. Mr. Dickey then carried on in his implement business in Esmond until his untimely death by heart failure in 1923. Mr. Dickey was a distinct asset to his community. He had two sons, Dr. Lloyd B. Dickey, deceased, of Mill Valley, Calif, and Walter Dickey of Oakland, Calif., now also deceased. His daughter, Elizabeth, married Merl Thomas. She passed away in 1923, living at Towner at the time. Mrs. Dickey's maiden name was Agnes Thomson. She was a lover of nature and spent much of her time in the summer months raising poultry, sometimes alone on a farm in the Girard Lake area. She passed away in California at the age 87 many years after the death of her husband. The Dickey family was surely an asset to the frontier town of Esmond. 113 Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited with Multi-Page TIFF Editor.