| Summary: | Oswald, Ole, Ann, Gudrun and Ingward were born to the Klevmoens. Ingward passed away in 1958. In 1946 Ole took over the farm and the parents moved to Tacoma. In 1948 on the day he was to leave for Norway Mr. Klevmoen passed away. In the early spring of 1908 Mr. and Mrs. Edward McKeen and their sons, Charles and Floyd, came from Spencer, South Dakota, to live on their claim near Charlson. As the ice was breaking up in the Missouri River, it was necessary for the family to remain in Stanley for about a month until the river cleared and the ferry could operate. When Mr. McKeen had his family settled on their homestead, he clerked in Tveten's Store in Charlson before he started to farm. Although Mrs. McKeen and Floyd reside in New Town, Floyd continues to farm the homestead. Charles passed away in 1959. S. Th. Westdal was born in Iceland and came to America to locate in Minneota, Minnesota. In 1900 he married Pauline Sigurdson and they moved to Washington, D. C. where he worked in the Government Printing Office. Three of the Westdal sons, Alvin, Bernard and Stephen, Jr., were born there. In 1908 Mr. Westdal filed on a homestead about three miles north of Charlson. Shortly after filing he moved to Duluth, Minnesota, where he; was employed in the Government Land Department. Paul was born in Duluth. In 1910 the Westdal family moved to Charlson where the only daughter, Louise, was born. In 1919 Mr. Westdal became editor of the Williston Herald and the family moved to Williston. Mrs. Westdal makes her home there at this time. Mr. Westdal passed away in 1947. Bernt Anderson, came from Minnesota and filed on land in April, 1909, several miles west of Charlson. In October he built his homestead shack. Two brothers, John and Andrew, came to western North Dakota to make claims on land. John passed away during World War I in the flu epidemic and Andrew, after proving up his land, moved to Canada. In 1937 Bernt began the first of six terms as representative from McKenzie County in the North Dakota State Legislature. 22 Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited with Multi-Page TIFF Editor.
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