George Tallman Thomsen and Marion Katherine Jensen were on the same boat from Denmark and landed at Duluth, Minnesota in the spring 1879. In 1880 they came to Valley City, North Dakota. Mr. Thomsen homesteaded the farm now known as the Martin Mortenson farm. Marion Jensen worked for the A. W. Nelson family in Green Township.

In July 1881 , George Thomsen and Marion Jensen were married at Valley City, North Dakota, driving a team of mules on a hayrack. They lived on the homestead until selling to Martin Mortenson in June of 1900. Four children were born to this union, Theodore in April, 1882; Margarette in April, 1883; Elizabeth in August, 1884 and Christine in June of 1886. Theodore is 93 years old and is living at Breckenridge, Minnesota. He had a family of ten children who are all living except two. He has thirty-seven grandchildren and forty-four great grandchildren. Elizabeth died in April of 1924, Christine in July of 1963, and Margarette's death date is unknown.

Elizabeth Thomsen and Frank McClaflin were married at Valley City, North Dakota in November of 1903. They farmed about ten miles northwest of Litchville, North Dakota. Three children were born to this union, Ida, Elsie and Louis. He and his wife farmed until his death in April of 1909. She and the children then moved to Litchville, North Dakota where they lived until coming to Valley City, North Dakota in 1919. She died in April, 1924 and Ida passed away in May, 1928.

Elsie McClaflin and Herb Markuson were married in Valley City and had two sons, Lawrence and Ralph. Lawrence and his family of two sons reside at Seattle, Washington. Ralph and his son live in Valley City, North Dakota.

Louis D. McClaflin married Claudia Sesson and had one child, LaVonne. Louis and his wife are now retired and live at Woodburn, Oregon.

LaVonne married John Christopherson and had two children, Doreen and Laura. The family resides in Seattle, Washington.

Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 248