From the local history book "Prairie Progress Commemorating the Macrorie District" (1982, pp. 578-579)...
... Palmer, born in 1897 at Rosby, Minnesota. When hard times came upon the settlement in 1905, Palmer came with his family to Canada, where they homesteaded in the Westhope district east of Bratton. In the bitterly cold winter of 1907, Anna [his mother] passed away.
As the eldest child, [ten]-year-old Palmer had to assume many responsibilities, caring for the younger children, helping with the chores and attending West Star School when possible. [Later] having purchased a half section of land bordering on the north side of his father's homestead, Palmer began farming at an early age. For several years he continued to live at home, helping out his stepmother, Mary (Torvestad) and working his land.
In 1929, Palmer married Marie Rudlang who had emigrated from Ulnes, Valdres Norway in March of 1928.
... Palmer, born in 1897 at Rosby, Minnesota. When hard times came upon the settlement in 1905, Palmer came with his family to Canada, where they homesteaded in the Westhope district east of Bratton. In the bitterly cold winter of 1907, Anna [his mother] passed away.
As the eldest child, [ten]-year-old Palmer had to assume many responsibilities, caring for the younger children, helping with the chores and attending West Star School when possible. [Later] having purchased a half section of land bordering on the north side of his father's homestead, Palmer began farming at an early age. For several years he continued to live at home, helping out his stepmother, Mary (Torvestad) and working his land.
In 1929, Palmer married Marie Rudlang who had emigrated from Ulnes, Valdres Norway in March of 1928.
From the local history book "Prairie Progress Commemorating the Macrorie District" (1982, pp. 578-579)...
... Palmer, born in 1897 at Rosby, Minnesota. When hard times came upon the settlement in 1905, Palmer came with his family to Canada, where they homesteaded in the Westhope district east of Bratton. In the bitterly cold winter of 1907, Anna [his mother] passed away.
As the eldest child, [ten]-year-old Palmer had to assume many responsibilities, caring for the younger children, helping with the chores and attending West Star School when possible. [Later] having purchased a half section of land bordering on the north side of his father's homestead, Palmer began farming at an early age. For several years he continued to live at home, helping out his stepmother, Mary (Torvestad) and working his land.
In 1929, Palmer married Marie Rudlang who had emigrated from Ulnes, Valdres Norway in March of 1928.
... Palmer, born in 1897 at Rosby, Minnesota. When hard times came upon the settlement in 1905, Palmer came with his family to Canada, where they homesteaded in the Westhope district east of Bratton. In the bitterly cold winter of 1907, Anna [his mother] passed away.
As the eldest child, [ten]-year-old Palmer had to assume many responsibilities, caring for the younger children, helping with the chores and attending West Star School when possible. [Later] having purchased a half section of land bordering on the north side of his father's homestead, Palmer began farming at an early age. For several years he continued to live at home, helping out his stepmother, Mary (Torvestad) and working his land.
In 1929, Palmer married Marie Rudlang who had emigrated from Ulnes, Valdres Norway in March of 1928.
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