| Summary: | 'Midi# t nbpitmmwbbbbbhhr Kjerstie Krogstad Aamodt spinning outside her home. They farmed with horses, milked cows and gardened. Kjerstie would card and spin wool and knit mittens, stockings and other clothes for the family. Sever had a large potato patch. They planted a grove of trees behind the house they built. Sever diligently picked the potato bugs off the plants and would hang his small bucket of kerosene on the same branch when he had finished. Sever and Kjerstie had eight children, five boys and three girls. Andrew, Gilbert, Rasmus, John, Severin, Anna, Ellen and Regina. Some of their hardships were when Gilbert was shocking and died when lightening struck him Aug. 1,1914. The flu of 1918 took son Rasmus’ life in November 1918. The family walked most of the time to school and church. They were baptized and confirmed members of Sheyenne Church. They would walk in groups because wolves would sometimes come around. Sever died May 24, 1928 and Kjerstie passed away Sept. 19, 1929. Sever Aamodt was Trustee and sometimes Deacon at Sheyenne Church for 17 years between 1903 and 1920. Sever and Kjerstie have 27 grandchildren. Andrew married Gerda Klinge and their children are: James (wife, Hannah), Clara (Mrs. Krugar Haugland), Ruth, Rudolph, Adolph (wife, Violet), Severin (wife, Millie), Einar (wife, Loretta Deehr). Anna married Thomas Christenson. They lived near Hamar, N.D., then moved to Athena, Ore. Their children are: Sever (wife Bernice Hovdeness from Hamar), Elmer, Athena, Ore., Bert, Athena, Ore., Hamlin, Mary (deceased), Alvina (Mrs. Willie Miller), Athena, Ore., Carsten. John married Emma Helgeland and they had one daughter, Hannah (Mrs. Lee Quanbeck), McVille. Ellen married Sever Quam of Warwick, N.D. and they have seven children: Sigurd (killed in WWII), Gilman (wife, Ruth), Devils Lake, N.D., Martin (wife, Margaret), Warwick, N.D., Alvera (Mrs. Elmer Tibkke), New Salem, N.D., Ingar (deceased), Lenora (deceased), Kenneth (wife, Dorcas), Warwick and Devils Lake, N.D. Severin married Mable Arlien and their children are: Katherine (Einor Aaser), (Mrs. Alfred Holweger), Moorhead, Minn., Severin Jr. (wife, Jeanie), Bozeman, Mont., Sanford (wife, Joann), Martinez, Calif. Regina married Alvin Vrem of Pekin, N.D. and their children are: Paul (wife, Bonnie) (deceased), and Louise (Mrs. Tom Kurtti), Fargo, N.D. Severin and Mabel Aamodt Severin Aamodt was born June 12, 1900 to parents Siver and Kjersti Aamodt on the family farm in Nesheim Township. After his marriage to Mabel Arlien on March 31, 1928, Severin also farmed in Nesheim Township. Mabel was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Arlien, born June 14, 1908 in Bergen Township. Severin and Mabel moved to McVille in 1946 where they purchased the Earl Lee residence. Severin and his son, Sanford, operated a draying business in McVille in 1949-50. They are the parents of three children: Severin M. Jr. was born September 21,1939, retired from the U.S. Navy, and is living at Bozeman, Mont., where he is employed at a hospital. Sanford J., born Oct. 17, 1931, is employed as a custodian at Martinez, Calif. Katherine M. Holweger is employed as a kitchen server at North Junior High in Moorhead, Minn., where she makes her home. Mabel Aamodt passed away Oct. 3, 1968 at McVille and Severin died March 31, 1982. (1-r) Irene Dundas, Alma Arneson, Sidney Arneson, and Vivian Casad (1976) Olaf and Alma Arneson Alma Arneson was born on Jan. 26,1889 to Mr. and Mrs. S.S. Quanbeck. She married Olaf Arneson July 31, 1913. Two children were born to this union: Sidney, who married Irene Lofthus and farms the home place with his son, Brian; and Vivian (Mrs. John Casad) of Yuba City, Calif. Another niece raised by Alma, Mrs. Robert (Irene) Dundas, resides at St. Clair, Mich. Olaf died Jan. 31, 1924 and Alma died Dec. 12, 1982. Ole and Gunhild Aslakson Ole Aslakson (Hegstad), son of Aslak Johnson, was bom in Telemarken, Norway in 1853. His wife, Gunhild, was born in 1851. He arrived in New York City in 1874 and they settled near Farmington, Minn. In 1882 the Aslaksons and other families came to North Dakota in ox-drawn wagons, bringing 7 head of cattle along with them. Ole Aslakson planted a tree claim in Nelson County, south of McVille on the southeast quarter of section 34, and built a sod house there. After a few years he obtained lumber for a house from the Lee Mill on the Sheyenne River. This house was one of the first wood frame houses in Nelson County. A few years later, they moved this house to Griggs County, northwest quarter, section 8. Their two tree claims can still be seen. The Aslaksons were among the early pioneers who started a Lutheran congregation south of Kloten. This group split and formed West Prairie and Valley Grove Churches. 790 Scanned with a Czur book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited in Adobe Acrobat Pro
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