The second of the series. For each immigrant family the ancestry of the husband and wife is provided as is the descendant information down 3 generations.
The story behind the lives of Gjertru Bogen and Carrie Grindeland, emigrants from Singsås Norway to Hendricks MN. Dedicated to the memory of Gjertrud Johansdatter Hermomoen (1847-1917) who,... More > from a destitute position in Norway, emigrated to America in 1898 and then brought 3 of her 4 children to America. For a woman to accomplish this, in my mind, she deserves the title "Heroine of Hendricks".
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"The Hendricks Trilogy" is 3 books in one and describes the events leading up to the emigration from Norway, the actual wagon train across the prairie in 1873 to form Hendricks MN, and the... More > stories of the first settlers.< Less
Three of the 6 children of Jakob and Berit Sørløkken of Budal Norway, have descendants that emigrated to America. This document gives the ancestry of Jakob and Berit, and also the... More > descendant lines of the three emigrants.< Less
This document details the ancestors and descendants of those who came through 1905 to settle in Hendricks MN and who were not on the 1873 wagon train.
Volume 1
This document contains the ancestry and descendants of each member of the wagon train that in 1873 crossed the Minnesota prairie to settle in what became Hendricks Minnesota.
"The Hendricks Trilogy" is 3 books in one and describes the events leading up to the emigration from Norway, the actual wagon train across the prairie in 1873 to form Hendricks MN, and the... More > stories of the first settlers.< Less
"One House" is a deeply intimate story about one particular family who emigrated to the Lake Hendricks area of Minnesota in 1873. However, it also is an every-person book about the... More > courageous immigrant experience!< Less
"One House" is a deeply intimate about one particular family who emigrated to the Lake Hendricks MN area in 1873 from Norway. However, it also is an every-person book about the courageous... More > immigrants who possessed the qualities required of such an adventure.< Less
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