#8 Jacob H Jelle: (Dad at left with Jake seated (after 1932))
Jake was a brick mason in the Garretson, SD area who came to America in 1882 from Odda, Hardanger, Norway. He and two wives brought up 9 kids from three marriages. He lived near in MN near the SD border for many years prior to moving to Garretson and remarrying his brother's widow.
#9 Inger Oliner Olson:
Great grandma Inger has a really short life passing from TB at age 30. She was from Malselv, troms, Norway and they likely met on the ship. Her legacy was three healthy sons.
#10 John Martin Nelson:
Martin as he was referred to was another ancestor who traveled from Denmark to the US with his whole family. he farmed a fraction on the MN Sd border for years and years.
#11 Victor Gustaf Edlund:
Victor is yet another emigrant ancestor who came from Hogsby and Gotteborg to New York. He ran his own hamburger shop in El Campo, TX
#12 Bertha M Tucker
Bertha was mother of eight kids with Victor.
#14 John T Dawes - Postmaster murdered in Crockett, TX
#15 Johnnie A Gause
Johnnie was a remarkable widow raising eight children mostly by herself after husband J. T. was murdered.
