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Olaf and Sarah Tansem
Husband's Full Name: Olaf Emil Tansem
Husband's Place of Birth: Minnesota
Husband's Father's Name: John O.Tansem
Husband's Mother's Name: Caroline Tansem
Husband's Siblings' Names: Brigitte, Christian, John Petter
Wife's Full Name: Sarah LeGrand, and Sadie Moore
Wife's Place of Birth: Skara, Ostergotlama, Sweden
Wife's Father's Name: Joseph LeGrand
Wife's Mother's Name: Anna Lindstrom
Wife's Siblings: Axel, Esther, Inez, David, Hulda, Gertrude, Harry, Clara
Children's Names: Hjalmer, Eva Ruth, Clifford, Daphne, Edna
Olaf is the man on the early picture in the sailboat with the photographer about 1900, see photo to the right.
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The 1880 census says he was born in Minnesota. He is listed in the 1900 census of Manfred Township. Olaf was a blacksmith and a farmer. He worked for Jens Renden and managed the Renden Blacksmith Shop.
Mr. Tansem homesteaded northeast of Balfour in 1902 and in 1933 rented his farm and moved to Velva.
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He is buried at the Vang Cemetery north of Manfred.
