FATHER:
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Erik Grinde
MOTHER:
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Randi Henjesand
BORN:
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April 10, 1864; Sogn, Norway
SIBLINGS:
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Synove (1865), Ole (1869),
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Oline (1878),
Karina Agnetta (1881),
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Edward Andreas (1882),
Sigurd Reinhart (1886)
MARRIED:
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Ole L. Aasgaard November 25, 1887
CHILDREN:
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Rina(1888),
Rina(1889),
Erling(1891),
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Idun(1893),
Alma(1896),
Dagny (1898), ,
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Idun(1900),
Ivanhoe(1903),
Wilfred(1905),
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Eva(1908).
DIED:
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October 18, 1939; Fargo, North Dakota
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BURIED:
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Zion Cemetery, Twin Valley, Minnesota
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PHOTOS:
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Brita with Siblings.
From left to right
Brita, (Sigurd or Edward), (Oline or Karina),
Ole, Synove, (Karina or Oline)
Either Sigurd or Edward is missing from the photo.
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Brita with Mother and Siblings.
From left to right:
(Sigurd or Edward), (Oline or Karina), Brita,
(Sigurd or Edward), Randi, (Oline or Karina), Ole.
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Brita Grinde with husband Ole Aasgaard.
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Brita with husband Ole Aasgaard.
Children: Erling, Rina, and Idun.
Idun and Rina both died and later children were
named for them.
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Brita Grinde Aasgaard, January, 1922, age 58.
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Brita Grinde Aasgaard, Christmas 1927, age 63.
Dress is the one she wore at the wedding of her
daughter Dagny to Sophus Thompson on December 29, 1926
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Brita and her siblings, June 19, 1936
Left to right, as Alma identified them on
back of photo:
Mother;
Uncle Sig from Rock Island, Ill.
Aunt Carrie from Crookston, Minn.;
Uncle Ole from Theif River Falls
Aunt Lena from Duluth, Minn.;
Uncle Ed from Twin Valley, Minn.
Picture was taken the day Twin Valley celebrated its
50th anniversary.
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Brita Grinde Aasgaard, May 1939, age 75.
Picture was taken in front yard of Fargo home
by Sophus Thompson.
Dagny always kept a framed copy hung in her bedroom
on Dyer St.
It is now hung in Erik and Sidney's home in Fort Collins.
She was a lovely person.
Brita Thompson Odegard was named in her honor.
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