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Ole and Inga Braaten
Husband's Full Name: Ole O. Braaten
Husband's Place of Birth: Torpe, Aal, Hallingdal, Norway
Husband's Father's Name: Ole Halstensen Braaten
Husband's Mother's Name: Ambjorg Olsdatter Trelude Lovsletten
Husband's Siblings' Names: unknown
Wife's Full Name: Inga Tollefsdatter Jorstad
Wife's Place of Birth: Oystre Slidre, Oppland, Norway
Wife's Father's Name: Jorstad
Wife's Mother's Name: unknown
Wife's Siblings' Names: unknown
Children's Names: Ambjor, Emma, Marit-Sophia, Ingebjorg, Karen, Carrie, Oscar, Joseph, Ernest (adopted at age 2)
Ole emigrated from Norway with his parents in 1856 at age 9. They first lived in Holden, Goodhue County, Minnesota. Inga emigrated from Norway in 1870 at age 16.
Ole and Inga were married in Minnesota in 1871 and lived in Goodhue County. In about 1910, they moved to Manfred, ND and continued to live there until their deaths. Igna passed in 1921 and Ole in 1927.