Story characters Olaf and Katrina in Norway in 1870 may have looked like this couple.
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Story characters Olaf and Katrina in Norway in 1870 may have looked like this couple.
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Norway to USA, 1870
We will Build a Barn, 1872
We will Build a Barn, 1872
This is where I will introduce more about Olaf and Katrina and their growing little family. They spend many days crossing the Atlantic Ocean and eventually arrive at Uncle Knut's large home in Madison, Wisconsin.
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We will Build a Barn, 1872
We will Build a Barn, 1872
We will Build a Barn, 1872
Olaf and Katrina will eventually build a barn in Dodgeville, Wisconsin where they will live the rest of their lives and help build a new community. Their family grows and they learn a lot about what it takes to homestead.
1885 - From Boy to Man
We will Build a Barn, 1872
1885 - From Boy to Man
Olaf and Katrina's firstborn, Severin, is only 10 years old when they leave Norway, in 1870. He may have looked like this young man as a young adult. By 1885, he is 25 and getting to know a young lady named Hilda rather well...