Posted by: Frank Bendiktsen
Sat, Jul 12, 2008, 15:27:46
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I want to get in touch with Sonja Signor, who had a query about my relative Theodor Olsen some time ago. She knew that Theodor and wife mette lived in Spruce township, Roseau, MN. I have just done a 5000 mile road trip all around the US and canada, and visited Roseau on my way. After going trough the archives in city hall, several visits at the cemetarys in that area, I finally struck gold at the local museum. a lady there came up with info that said that Mette died there in 1942, and that Theodor then moved to Crookston, MN with their fosterson Bjarne (Sonja's grandpa?). Theodor died in Crookston in 1945, but was buried beside his wife at Spruce cemetary in Roseau! This couple had a son Annar (born 1901), but he died in 1908, and is buried next to his parents. Theodor and Mette was brother and sister to 2 of my great-grandparents, so I had a little ceremony where I put down some roses on their grave...
"Distance has kept us apart; but you're not forgotten! Love from Norway..."
Hope to hear from Sonja! Have more information...
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