Albert Noeske, son of August and Henrietta Noeske, was born November 26, 1888. He was educated in the local schools, and, on November 29, 1922, he married Lillian Hoffman, a neighbor's daughter. Albert continued to work the original homestead with his father.

To the union of Albert and Lillian were born two sons; Ralph, born November 9, 1923, and Gerald, born June 3, 1935, and a daughter, Myra, born January 31, 1928.

Gerald is living in Mission Velyo, California, and is with the Aztec Tool Research and Engineering Corporation.

Myra took nurses' training at St. Luke's Hospital in Fargo, and is married to Hillis McKay, who teaches at St. Charles, Minnesota.

In 1953, the oldest son, Ralph, married Helen Winter. A modern duplex was built on the old homestead, and Ralph and his sons, Brad, Billy, Jimmy and Jerry are carrying on as the fourth generation -of Noeskes on the August Noeske Homestead.

Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 177