Olena Westad was born in Stange, Norway on July 7, 1842. She was married there to Hans Westad and emigrated, to America with him and their four daughters in 1881. They came to Larrabee from Minnesota in 1886 and homesteaded there. They lived there for ten years.
Hans Westad died in May 1896 and the family moved to Carrington. Olena died July 5, 1929.
They had four daughters.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 65B