Alph Ronholm, son of Peder and Haldri (Saterbo) Ronholm, who had immigrated from the Island of Stord, Bergen, Norway to the United States in 1904 and 1905, was born in 1919 at the farm home near Finley, North Dakota, Steele County. He served in the Army for three years with the 5th Army Medics and had two years overseas duty at North Africa and Italy. He has three sisters, Ida, Helen and Gudrun and two brothers, Haldor and Gerhard. His father passed away in 1971 and his mother resides in Finley, North Dakota.

In 1945 Alph married Gudrun Jacobson, daughter of the late John and Helena (Hansen) Jacobson of the Dickinson, North Dakota. They too, were immigrants from northern Norway. John arriving in 1905 from Stonglandet on Senja Island, and Helena Hansen on the passenger ship "Lusitania" in 1910 from Aanstad on Andorja Island. Gudrun has two sisters, Hjordis and Huldis, one brother, Henry and two deceased brothers, Henry and her twin brother, Sigurd.

The Ronholms are parents of three children, Darlene (Mrs. Larry Johnson), Dennis and Debbie and one granddaughter, Dorinda Lyn. They farmed in the Finley area for 22 years, then built a home in Valley City where they reside. Alph has been employed as a mechanic, carpenter and works for Benson Building and Landscaping. Mrs. Ronholm's main interesting hobby is "Family Tree" researching and has traced the four parental trees, one back to 1590. Larry Johnson, the son-in-law, and his family live in rural Valley City and is employed with the Burlington Railroad.

Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 208