Knudson family: Mons and Maria (Bertha Maria Hansdatter Velo) Knudson, a book compiled and written by Betty (Knudson) Roberts

Name/Title

Knudson family: Mons and Maria (Bertha Maria Hansdatter Velo) Knudson, a book compiled and written by Betty (Knudson) Roberts

Entry/Object ID

2022.352.1

Description

This folder contains a 2019 book featuring the lives of Mons and Maria (Velo) Knudson of Clifford and Mayville, ND, written by their granddaughter Betty (Knudson) Roberts, and donated to the TCHS by granddaughter, Lois (Knudson) Haaland in 2020. Mons Knudson homesteaded in the Mayville area of Traill County in 1880, and at various times, operated businesses and farmed in and around Mayville and Clifford. Mons, age 31, and Maria, 17, married in 1880 in Caledonia, Minnesota, after Mons had homesteaded land in Traill County. they then moved to what became Mayville. Mons and Maria had eight children, including Henry, Minnie, Helmer, Bernhard, Manda, George, Joel and Edwin Knudson.

Cataloged By

John (Jack) Ludwig

Acquisition

Accession

2022.352

Source or Donor

Ardis (Knudson) Haaland

Acquisition Method

Gift

Location

Location

* Untyped Location

Resource Room

Building

Plummer House

Category

Exhibit