Selmer Eilertson Full Name: Selmer Eilertson Place of Birth: Fram, Wells, North Dakota Name: Osmund Eilertson Mother's Name: Anna Karina Foss Siblings Names: Olga Ostenson, Ola, Borghild, Eilert

Pioneer Burials A Time of No Regulations At this time, in the early eighties, there were no regulations governing burials. I am citing a tragic instance in a sister county. It concerns a young mother living with her family on their claim thirty miles from the nearest town. This young woman had suffered with tuberculosis for several years, without treatment or medical aid. In early winter she died. A casket was made out of boards by kindly neighbors. Several women of the neighborhood prepared the remains for burial. Since the ground was frozen, the coffin was placed the north side of the shanty until spring, when interment could be made. In the absence of ministers, her brother-in-law Torstein O. Roble, officiated at the last rites. At the grave side, Norwegian funeral hymns were sung by the few mourners, the committal lines were pronounced and the remains of Mrs. Tollef (Jessie) Roble were consigned to earth on the lone prairie of Paradise Township near the country post office named Tiffany. 1897 Burial of Twin Girls A little twin monument in the Hovey family plat at Vang Cemetery near Manfred marks the graves of year-old twin girls who died 70 years ago when they succumbed to a virulent case of dysentery. In preparation for interment kind friends assisted in making caskets out of boards. These were lined with white sheets, the exterior painted black. Floral offerings were wreaths of wild fall flowers such as goldenrods, blue asters and baby sunflowers. In the absence of a clergyman the Deacon of the congregation, Mr. T. O. Roble conducted the grave side service. After the lines of the Committal Service were spoken on that beautiful autumn day, the remains of the twins were delivered to their final resting place. The inscription on the monument reads: Julia Matilda born October 25, 1896, died August 26, 1897 Nora Amanda born October 25, 1896, died September 6, 1897 Source: Sennev Nertrost Whipple Date: March 1966

Gerhart M. and Geoline Christensen Husband's Full Name: Gerhart M. Christensen Husband's Place of Birth: Copenhagen, Denmark Husband's Father's Name: Christensen Husband's Mother's Name: unknown Husband's Siblings' Names: unknown Wife's Full Name: Geoline Flolo Wife's Place of Birth: Minnesota, USA Wife's Father's Name: Ole O. Flolo Wife's Mother's Name: Gunhild Espeseth Wife's Siblings' Names: Ole Flolo, Knut Flolo, Carl Flolo, Anne Flolo, Ida Flolo, Louise Flolo, Alfred Flolo, Martin Flolo, Gerhard Flolo, Ingvald Flolo Children's Names: Fern, Genevieve, Harriet, Woodrow and Gladys Gerhard immigrated to America from Denmark as an infant in 1888. Gerhart and Geoline were married about 1910 in Minnesota. They came to Kongsberg, McHenry County, North Dakota the summer of 1917 where he ran the Rogers Lumberyard at Kongsberg. This town was first named Olivia, but because of confusion of similar names, the town name was changed to Kongsberg in 1916. G. M. Christiansen was the manager of the Manfred Roger’s Lumberyard from 1924 - 1932. From Manfred they moved to Knox, Benson County, North Dakota. They were active at Vang Lutheran Church in Manfred and she was a member of the Manfred Homemakers Club. Gerhard died in September 1962 in Maddock; she lived until September 1991.

Sven and Natalie Grane Husband's Full Name: Sven P. Grane Husband's Place of Birth: West Salem, Wisconsin Husband's Father's Name: Peder Swendson Grane Husband's Mother's Name: Maria Dorthia Larsdatter Husband's Siblings' Names: Peter N., Lars M., Petrena, Mekal, Maren, Anton, Berndt, Pauline, Anna Wolford, Olga, Delia, Benek Wife's Full Name: Natalie Jacobson Grane (Hattie) Wife's Place of Birth: Toronto, South Dakota Wife's Father's Name: Christian Jacobson Wife's Mother's Name: Ellen Caroline Johansdatter Wife's Siblings' Names: Lillian (Charles Fjerstad) Children: none Sven Grane (pronounced Grana) came to Manfred in 1896 with the Johnson brothers. He was the Manfred News Editor and wrote very colorful, informative items about Manfred each week from 1905-1907. From these news articles we have been able to gather history on the village and are very grateful to his work. This item was written Aug 24, 1906, and example of his writing: S. P. Grane has installed an Oliver in his sanctum sanctorum. He traded off his old “Williams” towards it when the general salesman Mr. Markwood was here. The typewriter is a standard machine, up-to-date in all particulars and is an honor to the man using it. Sven homesteaded the southeast 40 acres of Section 20 in Manfred Township. On this land he built a claim shanty with 2 x 4’s and attached vertical boards to the exterior. Later this land was transferred to John A. Johnson who owned the adjacent the land in this section. In 1909 he married Natalie, aka Hattie. They moved to Bowman, North Dakota. His wife Hattie died in 1936. He later moved to Oregon to live with his sisters and brothers. He died on August 30, 1959 in Salem, Oregon.

Dr. Peter A and Manda Boyum Husband's Full Name: Peter Arndt Boyum Husband's Place of Birth: Fillmore County, MN Husband's Father's Name: Arne E. Boyum Husband's Mother's Name: Anne Iverson Suphellan Boyum Husband's Siblings' Names: Iver, Eling, Berthe, Ole, John, Erick, Andrew, Ellen, Martin, Jorgine, Eddie, Julia, Maria Wife's Full Name: Manda Martinson Boyum Wife's Place of Birth: Clay Co, MN Wife's Father's Name: Sven Martinson Wife's Mother's Name: Thea Brenna Wife's Siblings' Names: Lydia, Alida, Calma, Chester, Milo, Ernest, Tilford, Alvin Children's Names: Arnie, Lowell, Frances (Tim) P. A. Boyum was the 12th child of Rev. and Mrs. Arne E. Boyum. He was born in southeastern Minnesota and attended public school there; entering Red Wing Seminary. He graduated in 1907 from the University of Minnesota. After a one-year internship at Swedish Hospital in Minneapolis he arrived in Manfred in the fall of 1908. He was a bachelor then, age 28. His office and living quarters were on the second story (southwest corner) of the C. C. Melby Store, at the head of the long flight of stairs. He stayed in Manfred until the spring of 1912. He then went to Devils Lake where he had a friend, Mr. Timbo, who was chief of police there. In about 1915 he went to Keene, North Dakota. This was then a one-horse town where my mother’s family lived. The town is about 30 miles northwest of New Town. It has been abandoned. There he met my mother, Manda Martinson, who was postmistress. They were married in Minneapolis in 1917 and spent much time there, as well as in Fillmore County, which is south of Winona. P. A. Boyum’s father, Rev. Arne Ellendson Boyum came to the USA from Norway in 1853 and to Minnesota in 1856. He was the president of the Hauge Lutheran Church in America for eleven years and he went on ski trips with Elling Elleson. In January 1919, soon after the birth of their first offspring, Arne Sewald Boyum, in Keen, the family moved to Harvey. The family of three boys, Arnie, Lowell born in 1921, and Francis (Tim) in 1923 along with my parents lived in a large house near the southwest corner of the school lot. Dr. P. A. Boyum retired in the spring of 1962 and died shortly thereafter at the age of 82. Mrs. Boyum died in the summer of 1986; Francis died in the summer of 1985; brother Arne died in March of 1997 and his wife Cecile Henry Boyum died in 2000. Dr. P. A. Boyum had seven grandchildren. They are children of Arne S. Boyum: 1) Arne S. Boyum, a lawyer in Rolla; 2) Kelly Boyum a lawyer in Fargo, and a daughter 3) Katherine lives in Chicago. Dr. Lowell E. Boyum and his wife Rebecca Pond had four children: 1) Peter A. Boyum, a medical doctor, lives in Stillwater, MN with his wife Nancy and children Andrew and holly; son 2. Thomas L. Boyum (deceased) was married one year to Robin Jaehning. He died in an accident (age 24) while a senior at the University of Minnesota Dental School; daughter 3) Thann R. Boyum is a doctor of veterinary medicine in North Carolina, son 4) William M. Boyum is a U. S. prosecuting attorney in Asheville, North Carolina. Submitted by Lowell E. Boyum

Nils and Marit Hovey Husband's Full Name: Nils Olson Hovey Husband's Place of Birth: Øystre Slidre, Oppland, Norway Husband's Father's Name: Unknown Husband's Mother's Name: Unknown Husband's Siblings' Names: Unknown Wife's Full Name: Marot Hoyme Wife's Place of Birth: Vestre Slidre, Valdres, Norway Wife's Father's Name: Unknown Wife's Mother's Name: Unknown Wife's Siblings' Names: Unknown Children's Names: Ole, John, Carl, Nora, Julia, and Marie Mrs. Marit Hoyme Hovey, long a resident of the Manfred community, passes away on Sunday, Aug 17, 1941 at the age of 84 yrs, 9 mos. and 19 days. She was born Nov 29, 1856 in Vestre Slidre, Norway and came to Laverne, MN in 1885 where she married Nils O. Hovey that same year. In 1893 the family moved to Wells County where they homesteaded just north of Manfred. Mr. Hovey passed away in 1921. Surviving children are Marie and Ole of Manfred and Carl of St. Paul, MN. Funeral services were conducted from the Vang Lutheran Church in Manfred of which she was a charter member. Rev J. M. Langseth officiated and interment was made in the church cemetery. Source: Obituary

Eldon and Emily Sommer Husband's Full Name: Eldon Sommer Husband's Place of Birth: Courtland, Nicolet, Minnesota Husband's Father's Name: Frank Albert Sommer Husband's Mother's Name: Emma Louise Schroeder Husband's Siblings' Names: Sylvia, Edwin, Vernon, Marvin Wife's Full Name: Emily Fuhrman Wife's Place of Birth: Bowdon, Wells, North Dakota Wife's Father's Name: John Fuhrman Wife's Mother's Name: Carolina Dietrich Wife's Siblings' Names: Johanna, Julius, Edward, Louis, Pauline, Ida, August, Benjamin, Walter, Peter, Elizabeth, Margaret, Robert Children's Names: Lyle ( Patty); Dorothy (Nick Faul); Eldon Dale (Vicki) Eldon was born in Courland, Minnesota and farmed in the Manfred area from 1916 until his health failed. In 1959 he and his wife Emily moved Carrington. He had been treated for a heart ailment and died unexpectedly in his car near Valley City.

Andrew and Liva Rogness Husband's Full Name: Andrew Jonson Rogness Husband's Place of Birth: Roykjenes, Ombo Island, Jelsa, Norway Husband's Father's Name: Jon Bardson Husband's Mother's Name: Magla Serena Olsdatter Bandeberg Rogness Husband's Siblings' Names: Mallin Roykjenes Husband’s Half Siblings: Astrid, Bard, Bronia, Oystein, Johanna, Ole Wife's Full Name: Liva Berg Rogness Wife's Place of Birth: Berget, Ytre Ramsfjell, Hjelmeland, Norway Wife's Father's Name: Salomon Jakobson Wife's Mother's Name: Anna Larsdatter Wife's Siblings' Names: Sophia Ramsfield, Anna Berg, Jakob, Lars, Bertha Kvitne, Endre Salomonson, Anna Rogenes, Elizabeth Ramsfield, Siri Salmondsdtr Children's Names: John, Anna Hauge, Sam, Selmer Melvin, Anton, Elmer, Martin, Jacob, Baby Girl, Lars, Lars Liva was the youngest child of Salomon Jakobson and Anna Larsdtr. She was born 12 September 1869 at Berget, Norway and baptized 11 October 1869. She died 16 August 1945 at Manfred, ND at the home of her daughter Anna. According to the information on census records, Liva came to the USA in 1894. Her mother, Anna Jakobson, accompanied her. Her sister Siri died in 1893 after a long illness and after she died, Liva and her mother decided to come to the USA as there was no one left from their immediate family in Norway. Brother Lars and his family were the last to live at Berget in 1890, I am not sure if Liva and her mother and sister lived there until they came to the USA or whether they had moved to Hjelmeland. The records in Norway say that Lars was the last farmer at Berget. When Liva and Anna came to the USA they came to the Buxton area, where all of the other Bergs had come to in the years previous to 1894. Liva's mother died soon after her arrival in the USA and is buried at the East Immanuel Cemetery, Buxton, ND In 1896 Liva married Andrew Rogness (half-brother of Ole Rogenes). Andrew came to the USA in 1891 at the age of 15 and stayed with Ole and Anna Berg Rogenes when he arrived. Andrew had worked for the railroad in the summers and had homesteaded near Selz, Pierce County, ND. When he and Liva married, they loaded their belongings on a horse drawn wagon and made the approximately 200-mile trip to Selz from Buxton. It probably took them about ten days or so to do this. They stayed in the Selz area until 1904. During this time, they had five children, John (1898), Anna (1899), Sam (1901), Melvin (1903) and Tony (1904). They lived in a sod house on their homestead in Selz. Sometime in 1904 Andrew bought a quarter of land in Fram Township, Wells County, ND from a man who wanted to return to Norway. This farm was located near Manfred, ND. Andrew and Liva had seven more children; three died in infancy, those that lived were Elmer (1907), Martin (1909) and Jacob (1911). Liva's grandson Richard Rogness says that he remembers his "bestemor" telling him that they could look out from their kitchen window at their home in Norway and see the fish swimming in the fjord. The Children of Andrew and Liva John (1898 - 1991) married to Edna Charles (1913-2002) on Aug 12, 1950, in CA, no children. Farmed in rural Manfred, Fram Township, ND. Anna (1899 – 2001) married to Tennes Hauge (1899-1962) on June 6, 1940. No children. Their farm was located north of Manfred. Sam (1901- 1971) married to Lillie Pepple (1908-1944) on Jan 1, 1927; on July 15, 1948, he married Myrtle Mortenson (1911-2006). She taught in Manfred for 27 years. Sam and Lillie had two sons; Richard and Allen, both have died. Sam was the Standard Oil bulk dealer for many years and then took on the management of the O & M Elevator in Manfred continuing until his retirement in 1963. Selmer “Melvin” (1903-1991) married Julia Gunderson (1903-1991) He was a banker at Lake Park, MN. They had two sons, Ronald and Paul. Anton (1904-1997) married LaVaan McCain (1914-2008) on Feb 20, 1941. Tony went to Dakota Business College in Fargo and began working for Standard Oil Co in Fargo in 1926. He also worked for the ND Automobile Association for 9 years. Tony and LaVaan had two sons, David and John. Elmer (1907- 1984) married Florence Eilertson (1907-1987) He was an electrical engineer and lived in the state of Washington. Martin (1909-1972) married Ruth Rasmusson (1918-1980) He was employed by Sears Roebuck and Company as a shipping clerk and lived at Tacoma, WA for 31 years prior to his death. Jacob (1911-1994) married Norma Rodne (1913-1985) on December 3, 1944, after Norma’s death, he married Fern Johnson Hakanson (1921-2005) on Nov 18, 1988. They farmed in rural Manfred, Fram Township. Jacob had no children.

Historic Buildings of Manfred Heritage Museum Anderson House Bank/Post office Cash Store Hotel Johnson Manfred School Melby-Rogness House Ostrem House Solheim House Solheim Station Vang Lutheran Church

Andrew and Julia Erickson Husband's Full Name: Andrew Erickson Husband’s Place of Birth: Wisconsin, USA Husband’s Father’s Name: unknown Husband’s Mother’s Name: unknown Husband’s Siblings’ Names: Henry Thon Wife’s Full Name: Julia Dokken Wife’s Place of Birth: Glencoe, Minnesota, USA Wife’s Father’s Name: Ole Olson Thon Wife’s Mother’s Name: Annie Erickson Wife’s Siblings’ Names: Oleanna, Andrew, Ingebjorg, Maria, Ingval, Ingebjorg, Matilda, Henry, Susie, Hilda, Adolf, Carl, Frederick Children’s Names: Minnie, Mamie, Inez Andrew Erickson ran the Manfred Woodworth Elevator in 1917 and the 1920 census indicates he is manager of a grain elevator. In May of 1925 the Ricksons moved to Moorhead where Andrew Erickson and Lars Rodne were partners of a large, thriving grocery store. The Ericksons were members of the Manfred Branch of the Red Cross during the First World War. They bought property from Alex Le Grande to build a house in Manfred in 1906. Julia died in 1960 in Seattle, Washington, Andrew died in Seattle in 1966.

Christ and Marion Anhorn Husband's Full Name: Christian E. Anhorn Husband's Place of Birth: Manfred, ND Husband's Father's Name: Johannes Anhorn Husband's Mother's Name: Christina Statel Anhorn Husband's Siblings' Names: John, Fred, Mathew, Gottlieb, Christina (Mrs. Chris Wagner); Othelia (Mrs. John Dockter) Wife's Full Name: Marion Johnson Anhorn Wife's Place of Birth: Near Ashley, ND Wife's Father's Name: John Johnson Wife's Mother's Name: Regina Johnson Wife's Siblings' Names: Louise, Herbert, Mabel (Bossart) Lillian (Nornstrom); Pearl (Musser), , Elsie (Holst); Children's Names: Crystal, John (Judy Schaaf) Christ was the first of the Johannes Anhorn’s children to be born in North Dakota. Christ went into business in Ashley in 1923 and there met his future wife, Marion. She was teaching a rural school in McIntosh County. Her father was an area rancher, and had the first Angus herd in McIntosh County. Early notes from the Manfred News indicate that in 1924 Chris Anhorn established a lunch counter in connection with his pool hall in, and in November of 1924 he sold the Manfred Hotel to Josephine Breyer. Property records indicate this is the building originally known as the Hotel Johnson, and later as the Sons of Norway Hall, on Main Street next to the café. Chris and Marion were married in 1930, moved to San Haven in 1937 where he was business administrator of the N D State Tuberculosis Sanitarium. In 1938 purchased the home farm in St. Anna Township, from the Anhorn estate and moved back to the Manfred community in 1947. Their son John has a Master’s degree in Architecture. His wife Judy has a Master’s degree in English. They live in Vermont. Their daughter Crystal died as a young woman at the age of 38. The artwork to the right was painted by Marion Anhorn and donated to the Wells County Historical Society in memory of her husband Chris. It hung in the reception room of Governor Guy’s office in the State Capitol in 1962. In addition to this painting she also did a striking oil portrait of Lawrence Welk. Mrs. Anhorn’s only formal training in art was at Ellendale Normal School, which she attended prior to her five-year stint of teaching. She and her husband moved to Fessenden following their retirement from farming. Chris passed away in 1964, Marion passed away in 1976. "Indians of the Prairie"

Ola Eilertson Place of Birth: Fram, Wells, North Dakota Name: Osmund Eilertson Mother's Name: Anna Karina Foss Siblings Names: Olga Ostenson, Selmer, Eilert, Borghild