Elaine Rognstad, daughter of Ole and Julia (Isakson) Rognstad

Name/Title

Elaine Rognstad, daughter of Ole and Julia (Isakson) Rognstad

Entry/Object ID

2025.212.1

Description

Elaine Barbara Rognstad is written on the back of this photograph. Elaine was born in 1927 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, to parents Ole and Julia (Isakson) Rognstad, who farmed in Grant Township in Dunn County, Wisconsin. Ole Rognstad was a 1st cousin to Stina (Halvorson) Hovet. Stina was an early 1900s resident of Hillsboro, ND (see Catalogit entry 2024.499.1]. Stina came to Buxton in Traill County in 1877 with her parents Ole and Ingeborg (Rognstad) Halvorson and brother Mathias O. Halvorson, a successful Buxton merchant in the early 1900s (see Catalogit entry 2025.210.1].

Acquisition

Accession

2025.212

Source or Donor

Hovet Collection

Location

* Untyped Location

Resource Room

Building

Plummer House