Family of Christoffer and Anne Rud Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 505
Scope and Contents
Family history of Christoffer and Anne (1821-1893) Rud (spelled Ruud in Norway) whose children emigrated from Aurdal, Valdres, Norway and settled in Zumbrota, Minn., later moving to the Goose River Valley in N.D., and were followed by their parents. Includes mention of life in Norway, settling in Minnesota, meeting relatives and friends who settled in the Goose River Valley, church services in their cabin, marriages of their children, brief mention of snowstorms and prairie fires, and social events. Added 1996 photocopy of retyped text containing some corrections with map & photographs.
Dates
- 1960
Creator
- Rygg, Lorraine. (Person)
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the NDSU Archives.
Copyrights
Copyrights to this collection is held by the NDSU Archives.
Extent
2 Items (2 items (7 leaves and 9 leaves).)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Family history of Christoffer and Anne (1821-1893) Rud (spelled Ruud in Norway) whose children emigrated from Aurdal, Valdres, Norway and settled in Zumbrota, Minn., later moving to the Goose River Valley in N.D., and were followed by their parents. Includes mention of life in Norway, settling in Minnesota, meeting relatives and friends who settled in the Goose River Valley, church services in their cabin, marriages of their children, brief mention of snowstorms and prairie fires, and social events. Added 1996 photocopy of retyped text containing some corrections with map & photographs.
Provenance
Unknown.
Property rights
The NDSU Archives owns the property rights to this collection.
- Blizzards -- North Dakota.
- Church buildings -- North Dakota -- Steele County.
- Family histories.
- Frontier and pioneer life -- North Dakota -- Steele County.
- Genealogy.
- Grassland fires -- North Dakota.
- Norwegian Americans -- North Dakota -- Genealogy.
- Portland (N.D.) -- Genealogy.
- Rud, Anne, 1821-1893.
- Rud, Christoffer Gunderson, 1811-1883. -- : Family.
- Steele County (N.D.) -- Genealogy.
Creator
- Rygg, Lorraine. (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Family of Christoffer and Anne Rud Papers
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Institute for Regional Studies Repository
Contact:
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu