Axel Chilberg and his wife, Ellena Dorothea (Schelin) migrated from Afton, Minnesota to Getchell Township in the early 1880s. Axel's brothers, Otto and John, also homesteaded in Getchell Township in Section 2.

Magnus, a third brother, homesteaded the quarter now occupied by Maryvale.

Axel passed away in February, 1891. The children of this family were Hilda, Edward, Edith, Bernice, Grace and Edna. Hilda married Walter Hoster. She was born in 1879 and died in 1934. Edward, born in 1881, died in 1925. Edith married Henry Brown. Bernice (Mrs. Billy Friend) died in 1933. Grace (Mrs. Wilfred Nelson), born October 20, 1888, died in 1939. She was the mother of Vae Kruschwitz of Valley City. Edna (Mrs. O. L. Overmyer) was born in 1890, and died in 1968.

Mrs. Chilberg and six children moved to Valley City where Mrs. Chilberg ran a boarding house located across the street from the Sheyenne Apartments and now owned by Fred Schroeder, one of the oldest homes in Valley City. Later, Mrs. Chilberg married Fred Rassing and moved to Pettibone, North Dakota. They had three daughters; Jessalyn, Lillian and Winifred.

Otto, Axel's brother, married Lizzie Mae Goodwin. Magnus married Gotha Schelin, a sister of Mrs. Axel Chilberg.

Hilda Chilberg and Walter Hoster had one daughter and four sons. Dorothy married Adrian Pfusch of Valley City. Grace married Wilfred Nelson. The only living daughter of Axel and Ellena is Edith, who lives in Hemet, California.

Vae Nelson, daughter of Grace Chilberg and Wilfred Nelson, married Earl Kruschwitz, and they have four daughters; Joan K., Mary Vae, Beth Diane and Deborah Linn. Joan is married to John Ostlie, Mary is Mrs. Ron Legler. Beth is Mrs. LeRoy Pawluk. Deborah lives with her parents and is attending college.

Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 45