| Summary: | Vivian Wanda; Alice Louise (Mrs. Felix Sowada) lives in Sheridan, Wyoming. They have five children: Robert Peter, David Felix, Alice Eileen, Felix James and Paul Anthony; Eleanor Bernice (Mrs. George C Wilson) was born March 26, 1915, died in 1967. They had three children: Marlin Dale, Lois Diane, and Susan Kay; Lillian Florence (Mrs. Edwin Mason Knutson) was born January 28, 1918. They live in St. Cloud, Minnesota, and have three children, Joan Beverly, Elliot Arthur and James Edwin; Agnes Mathilda (Mrs. Tyler Henrikson) was born February 18, 1927. Tyler is a pilot for the N.D. State Game and Fish Commission. They have three children, Terence Allen, Jane Beth, and Raymond Tyler; Ralph Everett Peterson married Dorothy Billing of Fort Ransom (Joe Billing's daughter). Ralph farmed in section 2 and worked on highway construction. He was born June 27, 1930, and died February 10, 1966. They had two children, Colleen Kay and Colin Keith. Rudolph Eleseus Peterson was born January 27,1884, he was a son of Elias Peterson. He married Olga Helena Jorstad, June 18, 1919. (See Albert Jorstad history) Rudolph was a farmer. They had two children: Alma Christine (Mrs. George Ellsworth) was born August 11, 1920. She was married in 1949. They had an adopted daughter, Rebecca Ann Howlin, who married Leslie Vern Hekkers and had two children, Virginia Christina and Michael Leslie. Alma and George's own children were George Allen, who was born December 22, 1950 and Richard Leroy, who was born June 27, 1953. Rudolph also had a son, Elroy Richard, born January 8, 1924. After the death of his mother in July, 1924, Elroy was raised by Paul and Laura Peterson. Lars K. Pederson and his mother, Johanna Pederson, acquired the SWVi of section 27 in 1903. Johanna, also, had two daughters, Betsey (Mrs. Emet Lovelace) and Mary (Mrs. Lars Rufsvold). Andrew P. Rosevold homesteaded in section 26 in 1882 and sold his rights in 1885. Martin Rosevold came from Minnesota, in 1899. He acquired the NEVi of Section 22. His wife was the daughter of Oluf Eggen. In 1899, hesoldthequarterand â– eturned to Fergus Falls. Hans O. Runningen came to section 18 in about 1885. He homesteaded 80 acres here and another 80 acres in lection 7 of Black Loam, LaMoure County. He was single. He died in 1 933. Hans came here from Norway. )le O. Runningen, a brother of Hans, homesteaded a T haped quarter in section 18. His sister Carrie, kept louse for him. Ole erected very large and substantial mildings on this land, and he also owned land in other ections. He retired to Fort Ransom, and died there in 935. Thomas Ryan homesteaded a forty acre tract in section I of Fort Ransom Township in 1884. He sold this to -ovelace, and Lovelace sold it to Homuth. Otto Rasmusson was born February 14, 1901. He married Olga Helena Peterson (See Elias Peterson history) on July 16, 1936. Otto was a farmer. He died May 9, 1 963. They had three children: Ardell Keith, who was born February 24, 1938. He married Dorothy Guttormson, February 15, 1958. They have two sons, Richard Allen and Ronald Keith; Wanda Lee (Mrs. William Bassen) was born June 7, 1945, and was married June 16, 1962. They have two children: Lorelie Ann and Deborah Kay; Ruth Maris (Mrs. Daniel Larson) was born May 1, 1953. They have a son, Andrew, and a daughter. Paul Ronning was born November 27, 1860 in Christiana, Norway, and came here in 1889. Paul was the son of Paul Paulson, a Springer Township pioneer. Paul's wife, Maren, was born January 30, 1972, in Gudbrandsdalen, Norway. They were married in 1888. When Paul homesteaded he came on foot from Fargo to Valley City, following the railroad track as the rest of the valley was under water. He hired a team in Valley City and came to his homestead in section 15. Paul was a painter and a farmer. Paul and Maren had ten children:Lief was born January 3, 1891, and became a mechanic; Helga was born January 30, 1892 and became a housewife; Anna was born January 9,1894, a housewife; Luffa was born March 16, 1896, a housewife; Pauline was born October 20, 1897, a housewife; Palmer was born January 13, 1901, a mechanic; Magnus was born December 4, 1903, a mechanic; Hilmer was born April 16, 1907, a farmer; Perry was born August 6, 1910, highway maintenance; and Hortense was born December 4, 1915, and became a housewife. Christian A. Sandhei was born in Norway in 1879. He came to this country in 1901 or 1902. He had bonded himself to farmers in the Fort Ransom area for his passage over and after satisfying his contract attended Valley City Normal School in 1905 and 1906. He obtained his teachers certificate, taught school, then homesteaded in Adams County in 1907. He farmed, taught, and worked intermittantly for the next thirty years. In 1937, he returned to Fort Ransom after working some time in the State Hail Insurance Department. Here he farmed until he retired in the late 50's. CA. and his wife, Elise, daughter of Fort Ransom pioneer Hans Olson, werethe parents of five children, Chester, Elmer, Harold, Alfhild and Elsa May. At the time of his death in 1959, he had been the long time editor of the Nord Norge, a paper published by descendants of Norse settlers. He was the author of Fort Ransom Seventy Fifth Anniversary history book, and a history of Fort Ransom Township that ran in installments in the Litchville Bulletin in the late fifties and early sixties. Mrs. Sandhei resides in Parkside Home in Lisbon, N.D. Peter Simmons homesteaded the NEVa of section 5 in 1882. He had three brothers, Elif, Andrew and Eddie. Another brother, John, was a cobbler and harness maker in Fort Ransom. Peter Simmons farmed for several years but sold it to Martin and Randine Opgaard in 1910. Elof Simmons acquired title to NWVi in 1899 from Andrew Erickson. Andrew was the brother, often referred to as Andrew Simmons. Elof sold the land to Henrik Simonson. 52 Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited with Multi-Page TIFF Editor.
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