Person ID: I5857880234

Lars Andrias Modahl

b. 5 Feb 1862

Male

Events

Married: — Cottonwood, Lyon, Minnesota, United States

!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.