In the fall of 1902 at the age of 16 years, Mr. Thorvald Thompson migrated from Sogndal, Norway. He came to the farm of his uncle Charlie Kjelland of Green Township. He worked as a farm hand for about four years, after that time his mother, father, a brother and two sisters joined him from Norway. They then started farming on a farm in Skandia Township.

In 1915 he married Olive Sortland, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Sortland, and moved to a farm in Svea Township.

Six children were born into this family. Sophie (Mrs. Roy Johnson) Kalispell, Montana. Theodore of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Evelyn (Mrs. David Lee) Sandpoint, Idaho. Ruth (Mrs. Merle Borgen). Orval and Sidney Thompson of Valley City, North Dakota. In 1948 they retired from farming and moved to Valley City.

Thorvald Thompson passed away April 1970, and Olive Thompson passed away June 1971.

Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 248