Ole O. Melhus Family History
Collection
Identifier: SC 877
Scope and Contents
Contains mention of threshing, the men, horses, and equipment involved, cooking for threshing crews, Blanchard Farm, Smith Farm (also known as Belle Prairie Farm), Datus C. Smith, J.L. Grandin, paying road tax by working on county roads, farm land taxation, and the arrival and departure of the Dunkards.
Dates
- 1957.
Creator
- Ellingrud, Christine Melhus, 1885- (Person)
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Institute.
Copyrights
Copyrights to this collection are held by the Institute.
Biography
Ole O. Melhus emigrated fron Sogn, Norway to Kenyon, Minn. Wed Christine Hjellum, also of Sogn, Norway in 1884. They settled in Traill County, N.D.
Extent
2 Items (2 items.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Ole O. Melhus emigrated fron Sogn, Norway to Kenyon, Minn. Wed Christine Hjellum, also of Sogn, Norway in 1884. They settled in Traill County, N.D.
Provenance
Donated by Christine Melhus Ellingrud in September 1957 (Acc. 877).
Property rights
The Institute for Regional Studies owns the property rights to this collection.
- Belle Prairie Farm (Traill County, N.D.)
- Blanchard Farm (N.D.)
- Bonanza farms -- North Dakota.
- Church of the Brethren.
- Ellingrud, Christine Melhus, 1885-
- Family histories.
- Frontier and pioneer life -- North Dakota -- Traill County.
- Grandin, John L. (John Livingston), 1836-1912
- Melhus, Christine, 1863-1955.
- Melhus, Ole O., 1858-1928.
- Norwegian Americans -- North Dakota.
- Quantity cooking.
- Roads -- North Dakota -- Maintenance and repair.
- Smith, Datus C., 1853-1932.
- Threshing -- North Dakota.
- Traill County (N.D.)
Creator
- Ellingrud, Christine Melhus, 1885- (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Ole O. Melhus Family History
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Institute for Regional Studies Repository
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