| Summary: | has always lived on. Mr. Sondreaal's wife, Gurine Sondreaal, was born Feb. 22, 1867, near Northwood, Iowa, of parents Mr. and Mrs. Per Son- I dreaal She was married to Even March 18, 1882. Eleven children were born to them: Helen (Mrs. M. W. Sondreaal), Caroline, Beata (Mrs. T. Tweeten), Pearl (Mrs. Andrew Kari- vold), Emma (Mrs. Oliver Nelson) Elvina (Mrs. Oscar Septon), Alida (Mrs. Jack Peterson), Theodore, Edwin, Gilmore, and Howard. Even died Nov. 30, 1933, and Gurine died Oct. 7, 1958. LAURITZ BJERKE was born June 19, 1867 in Hadeland, Norway, and came to Beaver Creek in 1881. He married Berthea Bye, daughter of Arne and Johanne Bye, at the Goose River parsonage April 12, 1903. Berthea was born in Newburgh Township January 11, 1884. They had two children Artha (Mrs. August Peterson) and John. Lauritz died July 29, 1955, and Berthea died July 1, 1935. ANDREAS TOSTERUD was born Sept. 22, 1854 at Feiring, Norway, of parents, Erick and Marie Tosterud. He left Norway in 1882 and came directly to Northwood, N. D. Being a carpenter by trade, he found work right away. He filed homestead in Beaver Creek on July 30, 1884, where he made his home the rest of his life. Oline Olson Ness was born Feb. 27, 1866, at Hadeland, Norway, of parents Johanne Paulson and Ole Olson Ness. She left Norway in 1881 and came to relatives in Decorah, Iowa, and from there to Northwood, N. D., April 4, 1885. Andreas and Oline were married by Rev. Waage. They had three children: Ida (Mrs. Theodor Walsvik), Olga (Mrs. Andrew Leral), and Elmer, who is now the owner of the homestead. In the early 90's the frame houses begj»n to be built. Mr. Tosterud leased his land to Edward Norgaard in 1891 and did only carpenter work for a number of years. Andreas passed away Feb. 4, 1922, and Oline passed away Nov. 28, 1942. VEBJORN MIKKELSON SONDREAAL was born in Hoi Hallingdal, Norway, in 1849. He was married in Norway to Bergit and they had three children: Mikkel, Bergit (Mrs. Ole Solem) and a baby girl. They came to this community in 1878. In 1879 Veb- jorn went to Fargo for supplies and when he came home he found his wife had given birth to a baby girl and both mother and babe were dead. Mikkel and Bergit were adopted by their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Mikkel Sondreaal. In 1884 Vebjorn married Olava Torgerson at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thor Torgerson, by Rev. A. J. Vaage. To this union were born 14 children: Thor and Gilbert, drowned in the Goose River near their home in 1916, Engebret, Guri (Mrs. Ole Langager), George, Knute, Arthur, Bernhard, William, Martin, Beata (Mrs. A. Hjelmen), Olga (Mrs. John Aaland), and Marget (Mrs. Peter Dahl). They also reared two grandchildren, Guri and Oscar Langager. They homesteaded in Beaver Creek on the SE quarter of section 12 and lived there until 1904 when they moved to Newburgh to what is now called the Gust Haga farm. Vebjorn passed away Nov. 26, 1928 and Olava passed away in Jan. 27, 1955. EVEN E. SONDREAAL was born in Hoi, Hallingdal, Norway, Dec. 10, 1858. He was raised by his foster parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mikkel Sondreaal. He left Norway in 1878 and homesteaded on the farm his family 60 HALVOR BENSON was born in Valders, Norway on Nov. 26, 1860. At 10 years of age he came with his parents to Boscobel, Wisconsin. In 1882 he came to Beaver Creek and homesteaded on the NW quarter of section 22. He was married to Christine Tobiasson in January, 1890. Christine was born in Christiansand, Norway, on April 4, 1867, and came here in 1889. They had eleven children: Bernard, Clarence, Emma (Mrs. Ingvald Anderson), Albert, Signe (Mrs. Bob Myers), Garfield, Berthine (Mrs. Carl Berg), Esther (White), Ferdinand, Hilda and Oscar. Halvor died March 31, 1929. Christine (see photo) is still living at 92 years of age, in Richmond, California with daughter, Berthine. PETER LAURITZ COLTOM was born in Ostre Toten, Norway, Feb. 13, 1860. He married Sophie Wilhelmine Rice at Sacred Heart, Minn., April 17, 1888. Sophie was born March 3, 1866. They had eight children: Josephine (Mrs. Gilbert Aasen), Olava (Mrs. Albert Odden) Emma (Mrs. C. Bye), Cora, Clara (Mrs. Elmer Halvorson), Christie (Mrs. Karl Kringle), Minerva (Mrs. Armand Tharoldson) and Henry. Peter homesteaded and lived on what Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited in Multi-page TIFF Editor.
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