From the book - EARLY PIONEERS AND INDIANS OF MINNESOTA AND RICE COUNTY, BY LILLIE CLARA BERG. PUB. 1959:
Hon. Osmund Osmundson was born in the Norwegian town of Nerstrand in 1826. The word Nerstrand means "near the strand." He became a carpenter, then took to the sea for five years. In 1850 he emigrated to America. From New York he went to Milwaukee by way of the Erie Canal and the Great Lakes. In 1853 he mined in California before returning East, settling in Wheeling Township in Rice County, Minn., on his claim in section 14 in 1856. In 1857 he married Ann Viig. He bought 240 acres in section 11, the site of the village he founded, Nerstrand. They lived in a log cabin until 1861, then built a frame house, and in 1880 a spacious brick house. They had eight children: Andrew Bernhart (1858-1874), Albert Oscar, Samuel Milton, John Gabriel, Russell Edward, Esther Heline, Ambrosia Sophia (Mrs. Bernard Bonde) and Andrew Bernhart (the first Andrew having died of typhoid fever while attending the Lutheran College at Decorah, Iowa), none of whom are living. The eleven grandchildren still living have Osmundson as their surname: Osmund Arnold, Milton Leonard, and Ambrosia Margaret (Mrs. Ruble), all three of Nerstrand, Minn.; Carol Amanda (Mrs. Charles Main) or R. R. 1, Stanwood, Wash.; Mildred (Mrs. Walton Gordon) of Honolulu, T.H.; Orville of Roseburg, Ore.; Albert and Gertrude (Mrs. Lawrence Koester) both of Stanwood, Wash.; Russell of Circle, Mont.; Miss Hazel of San Francisco, Calif.; and Sharpe of Council Bluffs, Ia. There are 19 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren still living. Milton and Ambrosia (Mrs. Ruble) live on the Osmundson Sr., farm, which had been homesteaded. Mrs. Osmundson passed away April 26, 1882, and Mr. Osmundson August 2, 1914, having filled a number of local offices including that of County Commissioner and two terms in the State Legislature.
Hon. Osmund Osmundson was born in the Norwegian town of Nerstrand in 1826. The word Nerstrand means "near the strand." He became a carpenter, then took to the sea for five years. In 1850 he emigrated to America. From New York he went to Milwaukee by way of the Erie Canal and the Great Lakes. In 1853 he mined in California before returning East, settling in Wheeling Township in Rice County, Minn., on his claim in section 14 in 1856. In 1857 he married Ann Viig. He bought 240 acres in section 11, the site of the village he founded, Nerstrand. They lived in a log cabin until 1861, then built a frame house, and in 1880 a spacious brick house. They had eight children: Andrew Bernhart (1858-1874), Albert Oscar, Samuel Milton, John Gabriel, Russell Edward, Esther Heline, Ambrosia Sophia (Mrs. Bernard Bonde) and Andrew Bernhart (the first Andrew having died of typhoid fever while attending the Lutheran College at Decorah, Iowa), none of whom are living. The eleven grandchildren still living have Osmundson as their surname: Osmund Arnold, Milton Leonard, and Ambrosia Margaret (Mrs. Ruble), all three of Nerstrand, Minn.; Carol Amanda (Mrs. Charles Main) or R. R. 1, Stanwood, Wash.; Mildred (Mrs. Walton Gordon) of Honolulu, T.H.; Orville of Roseburg, Ore.; Albert and Gertrude (Mrs. Lawrence Koester) both of Stanwood, Wash.; Russell of Circle, Mont.; Miss Hazel of San Francisco, Calif.; and Sharpe of Council Bluffs, Ia. There are 19 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren still living. Milton and Ambrosia (Mrs. Ruble) live on the Osmundson Sr., farm, which had been homesteaded. Mrs. Osmundson passed away April 26, 1882, and Mr. Osmundson August 2, 1914, having filled a number of local offices including that of County Commissioner and two terms in the State Legislature.
From the book - EARLY PIONEERS AND INDIANS OF MINNESOTA AND RICE COUNTY, BY LILLIE CLARA BERG. PUB. 1959:
Hon. Osmund Osmundson was born in the Norwegian town of Nerstrand in 1826. The word Nerstrand means "near the strand." He became a carpenter, then took to the sea for five years. In 1850 he emigrated to America. From New York he went to Milwaukee by way of the Erie Canal and the Great Lakes. In 1853 he mined in California before returning East, settling in Wheeling Township in Rice County, Minn., on his claim in section 14 in 1856. In 1857 he married Ann Viig. He bought 240 acres in section 11, the site of the village he founded, Nerstrand. They lived in a log cabin until 1861, then built a frame house, and in 1880 a spacious brick house. They had eight children: Andrew Bernhart (1858-1874), Albert Oscar, Samuel Milton, John Gabriel, Russell Edward, Esther Heline, Ambrosia Sophia (Mrs. Bernard Bonde) and Andrew Bernhart (the first Andrew having died of typhoid fever while attending the Lutheran College at Decorah, Iowa), none of whom are living. The eleven grandchildren still living have Osmundson as their surname: Osmund Arnold, Milton Leonard, and Ambrosia Margaret (Mrs. Ruble), all three of Nerstrand, Minn.; Carol Amanda (Mrs. Charles Main) or R. R. 1, Stanwood, Wash.; Mildred (Mrs. Walton Gordon) of Honolulu, T.H.; Orville of Roseburg, Ore.; Albert and Gertrude (Mrs. Lawrence Koester) both of Stanwood, Wash.; Russell of Circle, Mont.; Miss Hazel of San Francisco, Calif.; and Sharpe of Council Bluffs, Ia. There are 19 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren still living. Milton and Ambrosia (Mrs. Ruble) live on the Osmundson Sr., farm, which had been homesteaded. Mrs. Osmundson passed away April 26, 1882, and Mr. Osmundson August 2, 1914, having filled a number of local offices including that of County Commissioner and two terms in the State Legislature.
Hon. Osmund Osmundson was born in the Norwegian town of Nerstrand in 1826. The word Nerstrand means "near the strand." He became a carpenter, then took to the sea for five years. In 1850 he emigrated to America. From New York he went to Milwaukee by way of the Erie Canal and the Great Lakes. In 1853 he mined in California before returning East, settling in Wheeling Township in Rice County, Minn., on his claim in section 14 in 1856. In 1857 he married Ann Viig. He bought 240 acres in section 11, the site of the village he founded, Nerstrand. They lived in a log cabin until 1861, then built a frame house, and in 1880 a spacious brick house. They had eight children: Andrew Bernhart (1858-1874), Albert Oscar, Samuel Milton, John Gabriel, Russell Edward, Esther Heline, Ambrosia Sophia (Mrs. Bernard Bonde) and Andrew Bernhart (the first Andrew having died of typhoid fever while attending the Lutheran College at Decorah, Iowa), none of whom are living. The eleven grandchildren still living have Osmundson as their surname: Osmund Arnold, Milton Leonard, and Ambrosia Margaret (Mrs. Ruble), all three of Nerstrand, Minn.; Carol Amanda (Mrs. Charles Main) or R. R. 1, Stanwood, Wash.; Mildred (Mrs. Walton Gordon) of Honolulu, T.H.; Orville of Roseburg, Ore.; Albert and Gertrude (Mrs. Lawrence Koester) both of Stanwood, Wash.; Russell of Circle, Mont.; Miss Hazel of San Francisco, Calif.; and Sharpe of Council Bluffs, Ia. There are 19 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren still living. Milton and Ambrosia (Mrs. Ruble) live on the Osmundson Sr., farm, which had been homesteaded. Mrs. Osmundson passed away April 26, 1882, and Mr. Osmundson August 2, 1914, having filled a number of local offices including that of County Commissioner and two terms in the State Legislature.
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