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Gerhart M. and Geoline Christensen
Husband's Full Name: Gerhart M. Christensen
Husband's Place of Birth: Copenhagen, Denmark
Husband's Father's Name: Christensen
Husband's Mother's Name: unknown
Husband's Siblings' Names: unknown
Wife's Full Name: Geoline Flolo
Wife's Place of Birth: Minnesota, USA
Wife's Father's Name: Ole O. Flolo
Wife's Mother's Name: Gunhild Espeseth
Wife's Siblings' Names: Ole Flolo, Knut Flolo, Carl Flolo, Anne Flolo, Ida Flolo, Louise Flolo, Alfred Flolo, Martin Flolo, Gerhard Flolo, Ingvald Flolo
Children's Names: Fern, Genevieve, Harriet, Woodrow and Gladys
Gerhard immigrated to America from Denmark as an infant in 1888. Gerhart and Geoline were married about 1910 in Minnesota. They came to Kongsberg, McHenry County, North Dakota the summer of 1917 where he ran the Rogers Lumberyard at Kongsberg. This town was first named Olivia, but because of confusion of similar names, the town name was changed to Kongsberg in 1916.
G. M. Christiansen was the manager of the Manfred Roger’s Lumberyard from 1924 - 1932. From Manfred they moved to Knox, Benson County, North Dakota.
They were active at Vang Lutheran Church in Manfred and she was a member of the Manfred Homemakers Club.
Gerhard died in September 1962 in Maddock; she lived until September 1991.