Title: Bjerke family history, 1818-2004
Description: "This history documents the family of Erik Eriksen (1818-1907) and Berthe Maria Pedersdatter (1827-1920) who were born and raised in Hurdal, Norway. They raised eleven children, living in Hurdal, Vestre Toten and Hadeland. Four of the oldest children emigrated from Norway in the 1870s and lived in southern Minnesota. In 1880 Erik and Berthe Maria emigrated with their five youngest children and also settled in southern Minnesota. In 1882 the entire family moved to what became Beaver Creek Township in Steele County, N.D., west of Hatton, N.D. In America the family members took Bjerke as the family name"--T.p. verso.
Subjects: Family, Norwegian Americans, Genealogy
Places: North Dakota, Norway
People: Bjerke family, Erick Bjerke (1818-1907)