Fort Ransom area history, 1878-1978

• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: North Dakota State Library 2014
• Subjects: Norway; Gertrude; Ingeborg; Mo i Rana; Leland
• Online Access: http://cdm16921.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/ndsl-books/id/6023

This used to be Bery Kenyon's home - now deserted (Mrs. Morelock), Ray and Dale. Arthur married Ethel Berntson, daughter of Hans Berntson, and their children are: Myrna (Mrs. Schmelsback), Rodney, Richard, and Leone (Mrs. Kulsrud). Hjalmer Hanson married Palma Henrikson and their children are: Barbara (Mrs. Telvin Slattum) Joel and Leland. The five Hanson brothers all farmed in Fort Ransom Township. Conrad was also in business in Fort Ransom and active in community affairs. Hans, Elmerand Arthur live in Fort Ransom. Ray, Elmer's son, and Floyd, Hans' son, farm in the township while Leland, Hjalmer's son, farms in Northland. Ray married Doris Johnson and Floyd married Mavis Anderson. Their children are Bryan, Jeffrey, Darren and Brent. Ray and Doris have two children, Gary and Gayle. Peter G. Gabrielson came in 1904 and farmed the SEV4 of section 20 and sold it in 1930. He came to Fort Ransom in 1893. He was a brother of Mrs. Peder M. Anderson and an uncle of Andy Anderson's. Johannes H. Haarberg and wife, Ingeborg, came in 1888 and settled in section 28. They were elderly people and died in the 1890's. They had two childen, Andrew Haarberg and Anna (Mrs. Andrew Erickson). H. Haarsager settled on the NWU of section 8 in the nineties. W.C. Heckle came to Fort Ransom Township in the nineties and settled in section 6. In 1910 he was operating 240 acres in that section. He moved to Hanson Township. Ole Mikal Henrikson came from Mo i Rana, Norway, where he was born in 1856. He came to section 2 in Family of Nels Anderson - Standing: Kernel, Harold, Alvin, Andor. Seated: Nels and his wife Gertrude (Peterson) 42 Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited with Multi-Page TIFF Editor.