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Is Oscar Schjeldahl in Prairie Pioneer: A Story of Adams County. 1976

denniss132  (View posts) Posted: 21 Apr 2007 6:53PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: SCHJELDAHL
Oscar and his wife, Hannah, homesteaded a farm near Haynes about 1908. He died in March 1957. Hannah died in Jan 1947. They are buried in Hettinger.

Son, Stanley, and his wife Laila stayed.

Any info about the SCHJELDAHL family would be appreciated.

Thank You,
Dennis Schjeldahl
Grand Forks, ND

Re: Is Oscar Schjeldahl in Prairie Pioneer: A Story of Adams County. 1976

lchunnme  (View posts) Posted: 22 Apr 2007 8:31AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: SCHJELDAHL, THORSEN, McDONALD, PETERSON
Dear Dennis,

Hello again! We have corresponded before on your line. In "Prairie Pioneers," there is a very short entry on your ancestors, which includes a wedding picture of Oscar and Hannah. They were a very handsome couple! I am including the article verbatim.

Letha Chunn-Mendivil
Coordinator, Adams County, ND, GenWeb
www.rootsweb.com/~ndadams/


MR. AND MRS. OSCAR SCHJELDAHL

Oscar Schjeldahl was born in Highlandville, Iowa on May 6, 1882 where he grew to manhood. He married Hannah Thorsen in 1907. Together they came to Clermont Township and homesteaded on a farm 2 miles northwest of Haynes in Section 19. They raised a family of five children and they all went to school in Haynes. Stanley lives on a farm a mile out of Haynes, still farming his dad's land; Earl lives in Vancouver, Washington; Aldene (Mrs. Burt McDonald) of Eldridge, N.D.; Lyle lives in Middlehadden, Conn.; and Lorraine (Mrs. Fred Peterson) in Sarasota, Florida.

In 1950, Oscar sold his farm and moved to Eldridge, N.D. to make his home and went into business with the McDonalds, where he lived and worked until he passed away on March 30, 1957.

Hannah Schjeldahl was born June 12, 1879 and passed away in January 1947.

Submitted by Stanley Schjeldahl

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