Jean Agnes Mikkola

Jean married Stuart James Hanley [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Wayne married Gladys Virginia Modahl [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!SO: D-002, MRIN-1018, MRIN-531* (complete).
PROBLEM: D-002 and MRIN-531 list BD as 9-28-1887. MRIN-1018 lists 9-28-1888.
EDUCATION: in Norway.
MILITARY: U.S. Army, WW I, private, 1917.
OCCUPATION: Farmer.
RELIGION: Lutheran.
NOTES: MRIN-531 indicates he was also known as Sam.
BURIAL: Nevis Cemetery.

Sigbjorn married Ole Fina Amelia Underland in 1921 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States. Ole was born on 5 Apr 1897 in Bergan, Mælum, Skien, Solum, Telemark, Norway; died on 20 Jan 1987 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!SO: MRIN-532, PC attached to MRIN-1246.
BIRTH: Listed as `near Bergen'.

Notes:

!SO: D-002 Lists name as Lars Andrias Modal.
MRIN-531 lists it as Lars Andreas and gives the following surname
variations: Sigbjornson (Modahl) Modal Lee, Modals Bakke.
Comment: I will use Lars Andreas Modal until further clarified.
NOTES: D-031 lists name Lars Andrias Sigbjornsen Modal.
EDUCATION: Norwegian Higher Learning.
MILITARY: Norwegian Army.
OCCUPATION: Teacher in Norway, Farmer in America.
BURIAL: Nevis Cemetery.
NOTES: Bertha Ann (Modahl) Larson of Falls Church, VA relates in MRIN-531 that her grandfather Lars, together with his brother, his father and their
father's father were all school teachers in Norway and quite well off. However, Lars didn't like teaching - and was poor - so he left Norway and went to live with his Uncle in Cottonwood, MN. With money he saved while working on the railroad there and with a loan from his Uncle, he brought his wife and seven children to America. His wife died shortly after arriving in Cottonwood and is buried there. Lars needed help raising his young family and he wrote to his wife's widowed sister in Norway asking her to come to America and marry him. She did, bringing three children with her. They found a small farm on a small lake (7th Crow Wing) in Nevis, MN and there they lived out their remaining years. NOTE: MRIN-531 goes on to list some achievements and notations for several of Lars' grandchildren.

Lars married Bertha. Bertha was born on 25 Jul 1864; died on 18 Feb 1906. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!SO: D-002 lists only the first name and spells it Berte.
Gives birth and death dates. Indicates there are 7 children, names 5
MRIN-531 Lists first name only, spells it Bertha. Names 7 children.
D-029 list name as Berte.