Gustav and Augusta Boese Husband's Full Name: Gustav Boese Husband's Place of Birth: Shonviese, East Prussia Husband's Father's Name: Julius Boese Husband's Mother's Name: Catharine Krueger Boese Husband's Siblings' Names: 1st Wife's Full Name: Augusta Pohlke Wife's Place of Birth: Russia Children's Names: Arthur, Louis, Hugo, Leo, Baby Boy (died) 2nd Wife's Full Name: Wilhelminia Wife's Place of Birth: Germany 3rd Wife's Full Name: Maria Broschat Wife's Place of Birth: Preussen Children's Names: Erich, Arno, Aimee, Elmer Within his lifetime, Gustav experienced many joys and also much sorrow. Like his father, Gustav lived in three countries over the years. He was born at Shonviese, East Prussia Germany to Julius and Catharine Boese on October 9, 1859. At age six, Gustav, his parents, and two siblings moved to Russia in the hopes of better opportunities. Gustav grew to manhood there, and in about 1882 he married Augusta Poelke who was born 1862 in Russia. Their first child Arthur was born in 1883 and their second child Louis in 1884. In 1886, Gustav, his wife Augusta and their two children made a harrowing escape from Russia together with his father and family. Having crossed safely, they then made their way to Hamburg, Germany were they immigrated together to America on the ship Polaria arriving at New York on June 21, 1886. Gustav and Augusta settled at Madison, South Dakota where their son Hugo was born April 9, 1887, son Leo on April 11, 1889, and another son in 1891 who died at birth. During that same year, Augusta had to be admitted to the State Hospital in Yankton. In 1893, Gustav and his children moved to Manfred Township by ox team. Sadly in 1899, his wife Augusta and sixteen other women perished in a fire at the Yankton State Hospital. On January 17, 1900, Gustav became an American citizen witnessed by Karl Radke and Rudolph Fiebich. He married Wilhelminia (Minnie) Rappuhn, widow of Gustave Rappuhn, but this marriage did not last. Tragically, his oldest son Arthur died in 1907 when dragged by a team of horses. In time, Gustav went to California where he became a carpenter. On November 12, 1914 at Lodi, California, he married for a third time to Maria (Mary) Broschat born March 17, 1881 at Labiau, East Prussia Germany. Their child Erich was born August 30, 1915, then Arno on June 10, 1918, and Aimee on February 21, 1923. Sadly, two of their children died young: Baby Aimee on July 10, 1923 and 5½ year old Arno on January 23, 1924. Their last child Elmer was born November 27, 1924. Maria died at San Joaquin, California on February 16, 1938 and Gustav died at Modesto, California on September 30, 1942. Source: New Manfred News December 2003 – page 5

Oliver and Agnes Berve Husband's Full Name: Oliver Berve Husband's Place of Birth: Buxton, ND Husband's Father's Name: Ole Berve Husband's Mother's Name: Anna Berve Husband's Siblings' Names: Jonas, Hannah Ramsfield, Cecilia, Olga, Egert, Olida Ravnaas, Eilert, Casper Wife's Full Name: Agnes Hagen Berve Wife's Place of Birth: Hawley, Clay, Minnesota Wife's Father's Name: Syvert Hagen Wife's Mother's Name: Susanne Helene Solem Wife's Siblings' Names: Mathilda, Hannah, Selma, Mabel, Morris, Lester, Nora, Orville, Leland Brothers Eilert and Oliver Berve Mr. Berve was born November 26, 1894, at Buxton. In 1895 he came with his parents to a farm in Fram Township, Wells County. He married Agnes Hagen December 6, 1948, at Harvey. They farmed northwest of Fessenden until 1959, when they retired. Then they moved to Harvey where they since have lived. Mr. Berve was president for many years of the Bethel Lutheran Church Council. The funeral was Saturday, November 1980, at the Bethel Lutheran Church, rural Manfred, burial in the church cemetery. Survivors include his wife and several nieces and nephews. (source - obituary)

Lars and Gina Burkum Husband's Full Name: Lars Burkum Husband's Place of Birth: Lærdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway Husband's Father's Name: Ola Olsson Børko Husband's Mother's Name: Anna Persdotter Mo Husband's Siblings' Names: Jens Olsson Bøe Brita Olsdatr, Per Olsson, Ola Olsson Nordre Bøekjo Wife's Full Name: Guri Gudbrandsdatter Rogne Wife's Place of Birth: Rogne, Øystre Slidre, Oppland, Norway Wife's Father's Name: Gudbrand Kristensen Rogne/Melby Wife's Mother's Name: Marit Olsdotter Rogne Wife's Siblings' Names: Kristen, Ola, Gudbrand, Ragnhild Children's Names: Lester and a child who died at childbirth Gina Burkum Lars Burkum Guri (known as Gina) Rogne was born at the Røgnemarke Farm in Rogne, Øystre Slidre, Norway on January 7, 1876, the fourth child of Gudbrand Kristenson Rogne and Marit Olsdotter Rogne. Gina, together with her brothers Kristin, Gudbrand, and Ole decided to immigrate to America, and thereafter settled at Manfred where they had relatives living. It was through her Uncle Torstein K. Rogne, that she met and married Lars Burkum (Bjørkum). Lars was born in Lærdal, Sogn og Fjordane,Norway in 1856 and immigrated to America where he became friends with Torstein K. Rogne. In 1894 the two joined together as partners for the first general store at Manfred. It was named “Rogne and Burkum”. Torstein later sold his interest and moved to Canada. In 1905, Lars built a new store building naming it the “L. O. Burkum Store”. Lars and Gina’s first child died at birth on March 20, 1910. In 1912, a son, Lester was born. Gina was a very loving mother for Lester. She kept her home spotless and was a marvelous hostess. In addition to sewing, she was very talented with handwork such as crocheting and Hardanger. Her work was precise and beautiful. Fortunately, many of the pieces she created are on display at the Manfred Heritage Museum. After selling the Burkum Store in 1916, Lars and Gina bought a farmstead three miles west of Manfred. Here they farmed the rest of their lives. Gina died July 11, 1941, and Lars died two years later on July 7, 1943.

Ernest and Eva Braaten Husband's Full Name: Ernest Benjamin Braaten Husband's Place of Birth: Goodhue, Minnesota Husband's Father's Name: Ole O. Braaten Husband's Mother's Name: Inga T. Braaten Husband's Siblings' Names: Oscar Braaten, Carrie (M. Evenson) Wife's Full Name: Eva Florence Iverson Wife's Place of Birth: Fessenden, ND Wife's Father's Name: John Iverson Wife's Mother's Name: Ingebjorg Dovre Wife's Siblings' Names: Hilda (James Olstad), Rakel (John Dovre); Irvin J. (Margaret Rogne); Josephine (John Brekke) Adolph (Anna Dovre), Clarence, Erling, Elmer, Infant, Agnes, Alfred Children's Names: Erling (Margaret McGough), Roland (Betty) and Reuben (Beverly Laske) Ernest Benjamin Kvam was born in 1894 in Red Wing, Minnesota. His parents were Norwegian immigrants. His mother died when he was two years old and at that time he was adopted by Ole O and Inga Braaten. His name was then changed to Braaten. Eva Florence Iverson was born in 1896 in Fessenden. Eva and Ernest were married in 1930 at Manfred, ND. They lived in the “Boese” house across from the school house. Ernest worked as a carpenter and also worked for various farmers in the area. Eva was well known for being an excellent seamstress. They were active members of the Vang Lutheran Church. In 1939 they moved to Fessenden and transferred their church membership to First Lutheran. Ernest passed away in 1967, Eva passed away in 1983.

Rudolph and Martha Hieb Husband's Full Name: Rudolph Hieb Husband's Place of Birth: North Dakota Husband's Father's Name: William Jacob Hieb Husband's Mother's Name: Almilia Gonski Husband's Siblings' Names: Selma Wife's Full Name: Martha Helen Neuman Wife's Place of Birth: Wells County, North Dakota Wife's Father's Name: Adolph F. Neuman Wife's Mother's Name: Alvina Krause Wife's Siblings' Names: Hilda Kitzman, Elsie Hanson, Lawrence Neuman Children's Names: Raymond Hieb Rudolph and Martha Hieb In 1947 Rudolph Hieb accepted the Standard Oil Company bulk agency in Manfred, recently vacated by Orlien Melby. Mr. Hieb was in the plumbing and excavating business while in Harvey and owned and operated the Hieb Trailer Park. Martha Helen Neuman was born in Wells County, and married Mr. Hieb at Fessenden. They farmed at Chaseley and then lived at Harvey and in California before she came to Moorhead in 1972 Survivors include a son, Raymond, two sisters and a brother, Mrs. Herbert (Hilda) Kitzman, Jamestown; Mrs. Elsie Hanson, Cathay, Lawrence, Bowdon; and three grandchildren. Burial was in Sunnyside Cemetery, Harvey. Info from their obituaries.

Matt and Jerret Husband's Full Name: Mathew B. Biever, Jr. Husband's Place of Birth: Manfred, North Dakota Husband's Father's Name: Mathew Biever Husband's Mother's Name: Elizabeth Schneider Biever Husband's Siblings' Names: Joseph Biever, Anna Jenny, Albert Biever, Ella Biever, Frank Biever, Josie Breyer Wife's Full Name: Jerret J. Hollar Wife's Place of Birth: North Dakota Wife's Father's Name: Isreal Jackson Hollar Wife's Mother's Name: Cora Lee Zirkle Wife's Siblings' Names: Annie, Charles, Jack, Ollie, Rosebud, Sallie, Tesse (1) Gustav Goedecke, (2) Henry McBain Child's Name: Orris Biever Mrs. (Jerret) Biever was the postmistress in Manfred starting her career in April 1925 and continued until 1944. Matt ran the gas station – most likely located on main street in Manfred. There was a gas station on Block 3, Lot 6 (east of where the Bank was located) during the time period. Math was born in 1894; Jerret was born in 1899. They were married April 30, 1917 in Fessenden.

Irvin and Margaret Iverson Husband's Full Name: Irvin J. Iverson Husband's Place of Birth: Lyon, Minnesota Husband's Father's Name: John Iverson Husband's Mother's Name: Ingebjorg Dovre Husband's Siblings' Names: Hilda, Rakel, Martha, Eva, Adolph, Josephine, Clarence, Erling, Elmer, Alfred Wife's Full Name: Margaret Rogne Wife's Place of Birth: Oppland, Norway Wife's Father's Name: Bendik Eriksen Rogne Wife's Mother's Name: Kari Knutsdatter Nyhagen Wife's Siblings' Names: Carolyn, Emil Children's Names: Marlow (died age 2), Irene Wedding Picture of Irvin and Margaret Irvin Iverson and daughter Irene Word was received here last week Thursday that Mrs. I. J. Iverson, formerly of Manfred, passed away at her home at Colorado Springs, Colorado in May 1921. Mrs. I. J. Iverson, formerly Miss Margaret Rogne, of Manfred was born in Norway in 1892. When only nine months of age she came to America with her parents, who located at Manfred where Mr. Rogne took up a homestead. She lived with her parents until 1915, when she married Irvin J. Iverson. They made their home on a farm northeast of Manfred until last fall, when the farm was rented and they left to find medical aid for the deceased. Two children were born to this union, Irene, now four years old, and a son Marlow, who preceded his mother to Eternity last July. Last fall the Iversons left for Minneapolis and Rochester, Minn. and finally went to Colorado Springs, in an effort to improve Mrs. Iverson's health. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. Rogne, left for the west some time ago and Miss Caroline Rogne, a sister, who had been teaching in the local schools, left a few weeks ago, and arrived in time to be with her sister when the end came. Mr. Rogne, however, returned to Manfred three weeks ago to attend to springs work there. Source: Obituary Irvin died in California in 1969.

Donald and Lillian Breyer Husband's Full Name: Donald Breyer Husband's Place of Birth: South of Manfred Husband's Father's Name: Anton Breyer Husband's Mother's Name: Josie Biever Breyer Husband's Siblings' Names: Robert and Joann Wife's Full Name: Lillian Gustafson Breyer Wife's Place of Birth: Near Plaza, ND Wife's Father's Name: Conrad Gustafson Wife's Mother's Name: Emelia Gustafson Wife's Siblings' Names: Bill Gustafson Children's Names: David, Jim and Patricia Don was born on December 14, 1927, to Anton and Josie (Biever) Breyer on a farm south of Manfred, moving into Manfred he attended grade school there. He graduated from Fessenden High School. Lillian was born on September 29, 1931, to Conrad and Emelia Gustafson on a farm near Plaza. They moved to Heimdal where she attended grade school and two years of high school before graduating from FHS. Don and Lillian were married on April 25, 1950, and the parents of three children: David, Jim and Patricia. Don worked in road construction for several years, but when time came for the oldest to begin school in 1956, they moved to Fessenden for the school year and traveled with the construction work during the summers, claiming Fessenden as "home." Lillian became a secretary again in 1957 for the Wells County state's attorney. In 1960, they built their home and settled down in Fessenden. Don worked for Schmidt Painting until Mr. Schmidt's death and then established his own painting business in 1976. Don and Lillian's three children attended Fessenden schools and graduated from FHS. David attended NDSU for a year, but college was not for him, so he moved to Minnesota, worked for John Deere, steel construction and now has his own business of carpentry. He was married in Minnesota and has two sons, Troy and Matt. Jim graduated from UND with a major in accounting. He married Mary Wallace, a FHS graduate on June 2, 1973. They have two girls, Beth and Jamie. After living a number of years in North Dakota they moved to Chandler, AZ. He has a printing company and Mary has continued in the medical field and also does volunteer work in their church. Patricia graduated from UND in accounting. She has worked in several fields of accounting and many different areas, but is now situated back in Los Angeles, CA as controller for a book publishing company. Source: Fessenden Centennial Book 1893-1993

Victor and Louella Harrison Husband's Full Name: Victor Edward Harrison Husband's Place of Birth: Venturia, McIntosch, North Dakota Husband's Father's Name: Edward Harrison Husband's Mother's Name: Clarice Husband's Siblings' Names: Bobbie Kolmeier Wife's Full Name: Louella Boese Harrison Wife's Place of Birth: Manfred, North Dakota Wife's Father's Name: Louis Boese Wife's Mother's Name: Ella Mennegar Boese Wife's Siblings' Names: Violet Kittelson, Raymond, Harley, Mildred Soiseth, Ervin, Wesley, Richard Children's Names: Glenda Sherman, Victor, Debra Lochow, James Louella was raised in the Manfred community. She married Victor Harrison in 1942. Victor was the depot agent in Manfred for many years. They raised four children, Glenda, Victor, Debra and James. Victor passed away in 1973. After Vic passed away Louella married Douglas Oglesby. They lived in Enderlin, where Douglas was superintendent of schools. After he retired they moved to Valley City. Louella passed away in March of 2011.

Louis and Ella Boese Husband's Full Name: Louis Boese Husband's Place of Birth: Odessa, Russia Husband's Father's Name: Gustav Boese Husband's Mother's Name: Augusta Poelke Husband's Siblings' Names: Arthur, Hugo, Leo, baby (deceased) Wife's Full Name: Ella Mennegar Wife's Place of Birth: Humphrey, Platt Co, NE Wife's Father's Name: Richard M. Mennegar Wife's Mother's Name:Amelia Schriman Wife's Siblings' Names: Willie, Ben, Eddie, Emma, Roy, Louisa, Eva, Leo Children's Names: Richard, Raymond, Harley, Mildred Soiseth, Ervin, Louella Harrison Oglesby, Violet Kittelson, Wesley Boese Louis Boese, son of Gustav Boese, was born in 1884 in East Prussia. He came to Manfred Township in 1893 from Madison, SD. As a teenager he went to Washington. In 1906, he married Ella Mennegar. Louis and Ella Boese were the parents of eight children: Richard and Harley of Harvey, Ray of Miles City, Montana, Mildred Soiseth of Kenmare, Ervin and Wesley of Manfred, Louella Harrison Oglesby of Garrison, and Violet Kittelson. Later in life, he came back to Manfred farming south of Manfred. In 1915, when his father Gustav moved to California, Louis moved on the homestead farm southwest of Manfred in Section 32. His father, Gustav, homesteaded this. He enjoyed music and was a member of Manfred Cornet Band. Growing with Pride (adapted with family information)

Manfred in 1893 P. B. Anderson, one of our first settlers, said he did most of his pioneering in the southeast corner of Eddy County. He filed on land there in 1885 and lived there six or seven years, but struggled to make ends meet. It was 30 miles to nearest market. If they were lucky enough to raise a crop, the expenses of threshing and marketing took nearly all the profit.. The settlements of half a dozen families were all equally poor. Wells County With the coming of the Soo Line Railroad through North Dakota, opening of new lands in the northwestern part of the state land for settlers close to railroad became available. In the spring of 1892, T. K. Rogne, Nels Hovey and P. B. Anderson struck out looking for a better place to make a new start in life. Having been hampered with long distances to market they agreed not to go more than three miles from the railroad survey. They commenced to prospect where the survey crossed the James River near Kensal. They took notes of different quarter sections as they went along. After they got out in the center of Wells County the settlers were very few and far apart. There was not a house where Fessenden now stands. Bob Roberts was putting up a building near the fairgrounds. A mile or two to the northwest, Al Bean had a claim shanty and that is where we spent our first night in Wells County. They continued on their land hunting trip to the western border of the county. The last settler was on the eastern bank of the Sheyenne River. West of the river, a fire had just swept the prairie so the land was black as far as we could see. The land looked like a desert. They went as far as five miles from where Harvey is now located but had to turn back as there was no feed for their horses. The next night they were quartered in William Montgomery's granary. Montgomery and Shaw had settled there three or four years before and a post office was established there called Whitby. Mail brought from Sykeston once a week. At this time, it was known that a railroad station would be built at Fessenden, and we figured another would be put up where the Railroad crossed the Sheyenne River as there were 16 miles between those two points. There necessarily would be another halfway between. A Decision Was Made After looking over their field notes of the descriptions taken down Rogne and P. B. agreed to file on Section 20 and 29, taking some of each section. This location was just halfway between Fessenden and Harvey so we figured we would not miss getting close to a town. Going back, we stopped at Sykeston and made an application for filing with Webster Sanford, Clerk of Court at that time. P. B. was the first Norwegian settler in Manfred Township. Building a Shanty In July that same year Rogne, L. O. Burkum and P. B. Anderson came back and brought a load of lumber and put up a shanty 12 ft. by 16 ft. They also put up about 25 tons of hay. The mosquitoes were quite bad at night. After completing our haying, we back to Eddy County again. Late in the fall P. B. came back out to Wells County again. This time he had C. O. Roble with him. P. B. filed on Section 20; a part of this land is where the village of Manfred is now located. By this time the railroad graders were at work and the grade was nearly finished. Embarkment The next spring he loaded his worldly possessions in a wagon drawn by three oxen and two cows led behind and started out for what he expected to be the promised land. The first day he was overtaken by a snowstorm so had to stay with a farmer about 10 miles east of New Rockford. The next day he managed to get into New Rockford. Bright and early next morning he left Rockford. Every low place was filled with water, so he had quite a time in coming through. He crossed the James River at John Gosses place on a bridge. Coming three or four miles west he met a farmer who informed him that it would be impossible to cross the river at the next crossing as there was no bridge. He stopped that night out on the prairies. The next morning, he went back and re-crossed the bridge at Fosses and followed the south side of the river. This was Sunday and a very beautiful day with bright sunshine. April 21, 1893 About three miles east of the claim P. B. was overtaken by his brother-in-law, P. B.'s wife, and his three husky boys ranging in age from three to six years. They drove a horse and buggy. Coming out to the claim they found the shanty they expected to stop in was plumb full of snow. They had a small tent, so were not so bad off after all. The next day they cleared the snow out, moved the shack on a dry spot and before night they were domiciled in their new home. This was April 21, 1893. Manfred Township In Manfred Township there were already four settlers--Charles Bartz, Frank Kolosky, Jesse Fincher, and William Goedecke. These families had been here for about three and one-half years or so before Anderson’s appearance. Two or three weeks after their arrival, T.K. Rogne and family came out and built their shanty with about 30 rods from Andersons. From then on things commenced to move very fast. In the last part of May, the rails were laid, and trains began to run. New settlers came in thick and fast and all land subject to homestead was gobbled up in short order. Manfred Thrives The town site of Manfred was laid out on Section 28, water tank put up, section house built, and the O & M Elevator built with R. C. Jacobson, as agent. Rogne and Burkum erected and started a general store; a lumber yard opened up, a blacksmith shop--everything was humming. The old settlement here was called the James River. The settlement here was called the James River Crossing. There was a road or trail crossing the James River just below the present Manfred Dam. The settlers had already organized a school district and named it St. Anna and built a schoolhouse in St. Anna Township. Both Rogne and P. B. had children of school age. They had to be looking for better school facilities as for us the road to the old school would be in the neighborhood of four miles. Manfred School District The school district was composed of two townships. After some wrangling, an agreement was made to divide and for us to organize a new school district naming it Manfred. The old St. Anna School House was moved up to a location one quarter mile west of Manfred on the south side of the railroad and St. Anna built a new schoolhouse about one and one-half miles further south. The first teacher was Miss Sadie Hutchinson and the next was T.H. O'Neal. Business Increases The nearest post office was Whitby, about seven miles distant. In 1884, the Manfred Post Office was established with T. K. Rogne Postmaster, and another store was started by Benson and Willborg. Two more grain elevators were built and put in operation. In 1905, the Manfred Farmers Elevator Co. was organized with T. O. Roble as president and P. B. Anderson, secretary and manager. Before the building of the Sykeston-Turtle Lake branch of the Northern Pacific and the Surrey cutoff by the Great Northern Manfred was a lively trading center. More than 600,000 bushels of grain was marketed yearly through the four grain elevators only. Through the Farmers Elevator, of which he had records, in good crop years were marketed 225,000 bushels a year. The Norwegians organized and built a church in 1905. Manfred has outlived two schoolhouses and is already casting about for another. Manfred at its height of prosperity boasted of three or four general stores, two hardware stores, two blacksmith shops, two lumber yards, two barber shops, two pool rooms, bank, drugstore, livery barn, feed mill, doctor, and butcher shop. Taken all in all, a real lively place. The advent of automobiles and good roads brought ruin to the small towns. Every Tom, Dick, and Harry had to have an automobile and for to have somewhere to go, had to go to a bigger town. Everybody had to have an automobile regardless of whether they could afford it or not. This likely is one of the main causes that so many are now clamoring hardship.

Nels and Annie Overrein Husband's Full Name: Nels Hansen Overrein Husband's Place of Birth: Steinkjer, Nord Trondelag, Norway Husband's Father's Name: Hans Olsen Husband's Mother's Name: Anna Hendrietta Andersdtr Husband's Siblings' Names: unknown Wife's Full Name: Oliana (Annie) Stromme Wife's Place of Birth: Norway Wife's Father's Name: unknown Wife's Mother's Name: unknown Wife's Siblings' Names: unknown Children's Names: Helen, Olaf 2nd Wife’s Name: Nanna Straume Nels Overrein immigrated from Trondelag, Norway in 1906. While in Manfred he worked for the wagon shop and also as a blacksmith for Jens Renden, who was from the same area in Norway. In 1908 he joined the Manfred Band, playing a “horn”. Nels worked as a blacksmith for the wagon shop in Manfred. He also worked for Jens Renden in his blacksmith shop. Both Nels and Oliana were born in Norway and came to this country in 1906 and 1908 respectively. On January 14, 1910 they were married in Fessenden. Their plan was to make Manfred their home for the winter and move to Montana in the spring where Nels had a homestead. They had two children, Helen, born in North Dakota and Olaf born in Montana. The 1920 census reveals that Nels was a widowed and living with his stepbrother in Bellingham, Watcom, Washington. On April 20 1921 he was married to Nanna Straume in Bellingham. He was a blacksmith and continued to live in Washington until his death at age 95.