| Summary: | SVEINN E. WESTFORD Svein E. Westford was born in Iceland December 4, 1874. In 1892 he arrived at Upham and during his early years was employed at the Mike Krupp Ranch east of Upham. On April 16, 1901 he was united in marriage to Helga Benson (deceased Dec. 24, 1954) who was also born in Iceland, but came to America as an infant. He homesteaded northwest of Upham in Bottineau County, but later bought land east of Upham along the Mouse River where he raised cattle until 1936. He served as school officer from 1907 to 1936, a total of 29 years, in Elm Grove School District in what is now Mouse River Township. He was a member of the Melankton Lutheran Church of Upham. There were fourteen children, eleven now survive; Mrs. David Turnipseed (Christine), 615 Washington St., Newton, 111.; Mrs. John P. Hillman (Pauline), Mountain, N. Dak.; Victor Westford, 3331 E. Marion, Seattle, Washington; Mrs. Oliver Lunde (Ellen), Upham, N. Dak.; Einar Westford, Newport, Perm.; Oscar Westford, 11308 5th N.E., Seattle, Washington; Grimes Westford, 456 Van Buren Ave., Oakland, California; Fred Westford, 17010 Via Margarita, San Larenzo, California; John Westford, 2605 Alabama St., Bellingham, Washington; Swain Westford, 2015 James St. Bellingham, Wash.; Mrs. John Cairns (Lillian), 743 N. 77, Seattle, Washington. In 1936 the Government purchased his land as part of the Lower Souris Refuge. At that time the family moved to Blaine, Washington, where they lived until 1947, at which time they moved to Bellingham, Washington, where he resides at the present time. JOHN ZURCHER John Zurcher was born near Berne, Switzerland in the Lower Alps. There he lived with his family on a dairy farm until his father died. Soon after, John came to America with his mother and five sisters to join his oldest sister who was already in this country. They first settled on a farm at Jackson, Minn., where they lived for five years. They then moved to Ulen, Minn, where they farmed four more years. In 1901, John moved to McHenry County and filed on a home stead in what is now Pratt township. The following year, thirteen emigrant cars from Ulen, Minn, arrived at Granville and all filed on land in the same township. Granville, about 30 miles away, was their nearest shipping point then. John returned to Switzerland in 1904 to visit his brother, Christ. On his way back to North akota, he stopped at Monroe, Wisconsin to visit his older sister. While there he met Ida Rindlisbacher, who also was a native of Berne, Switzerland. John had a crop to put in back in Pratt township so he returned to his home, but when fall again came, he went back to Wisconsin. He and Ida were married Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited in Multi-page TIFF Editor.
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