Sivert Anderson
Trondhjem, Norway

 

Extracted from "A History of The People of Norman County Minnesota" (1976).

Sivert Anderson was born near Trondhjem, Norway on January 5, 1865. He

was one of 6 children born in his family. There are no known relatives

on his side left in Norway. His brother, Carl, came to this country in

1886 and first lived in Granite Falls, Minnesota and later went to

Fargo, ND. He induced his brother, Sivert Anderson, to come to this new

land. He left Norway in 1888.

 

He married Anna Helena Mikkelson,  f. February 2,1869 on the island of

Solund, Sogne Fjord, Bergen, Norway on October 27, 1895. She was

orphaned and raised by an aunt at the age of 8.

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