Ane Lisabeth Kjelland was born in Sogndal, Norway, in 1859 and came with her parents, Lars and Ane Kjelland to America in 1880. She married Ole B. Olson and lived for a while in Alexandria, Minnesota, where the Indians and wolves kept them on the watch. They moved to Hecla, South Dakota, but in 1908 they came back and settled in Heman Township, building their home of mostly stone. They had six children, three sons and three daughters. Bennett, Leonard, Oliver, Sophie, Agnes and Ida.

Ane and Ole's son Oliver served in the army in World War I. Sophie and Agnes were both nurses. The other children lived on farms near their parents.

In 1926 Ole and Ane moved to Sanborn, North Dakota. Ane Lisabet Olson was much in demand as a midwife and was called to travel through snow and rain to wherever she was needed. She died in 1938 and Ole died in 1939. They are both buried in Zion Cemetery in Green Township.

Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 186