Mayville, North Dakota
was born in Balestrand on April 26, 1843 and emigrated to America in 1843 to Mayville, North Dakota. He is the owner of a farm five miles north of Mayville, but now he lives in town.
His wife, Guro M. Ulvestad, is also from Balestrand. They have five children, of which two of his grown sons are on the farm, John and Albert Rendedahl.
Source: Norwegians and Norwegian Homes in America by Hans Jervell - 1916 - Page 97