In 1922, Mr. and Mrs. Sigvart Olson moved to a farm three miles south of Nome, North Dakota, in Thordenskold township, from Fayette, North Dakota, which was near Belfield. Sigvart and Ida raised four children, namely: Myrtle (Mrs. M. H. Stransberg) of Valley City; Adeline, (Mrs. Albert Steidl) of Fingal, North Dakota; Effie, (Mrs. J. Johnson) of Glendale, California; and Lyman of Nome, who farms the home place.

Sigvart immigrated to U.S. from Oslo, Norway when he was 22 years old. He worked in lumber camps and on farms in Minnesota. In 1909 he came to Nome to work for Anton Skramstad, who was to be his future father-in-law. After a time he left Nome to homestead at Fayette, North Dakota, with his friend Olaf Bustad. These two men were ranching until Sigvart and Ida Skramstad were married in February 1915, and they moved to Fayette. Fayette was a grocery store and post office seven miles away and Belfield was 30 miles away with horse and buggy. They had three children when they moved to Nome on a farm one-half mile from Ida's mother, Mary Skramstad. Ida and Sigvart farmed many years and some years were not very productive. The early thirties were very dry and no crops were harvested. Ida and Sigvert also raised a nephew, Donald Skramstad, who stayed with them until he was grown up. All of the children were educated in Nome and all but Effie stayed in this area. All of the family were members of St. Petri Lutheran church, which was 1112 miles from the farm. Ida was a long time member of St. Petri Ladies Aid. Sigvart Olson passed away in December 1961 at the age of 77 and Ida died in June 1969, at the age of 83. Ida had a lot of relatives in the Nome area. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Anton Skramstad lived south of Nome. Anton died in 1913 in a fire which destroyed their large home and Mary stayed on the farm until her death in 1937. She was a typical pioneer.

Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 187