Edward Otto Michaelis was born September 12, 1842, in Germany and immigrated to Canada in 1860. In 1882, he came to Dakota Territory, homesteaded, and tree claimed near Cooperstown, North Dakota, south half of Section 8-145-59, Ball Hill Township where he farmed until 1906.
He married Wilhelmina Bertha Grane (born August 16, 1846 in Germany), and they came to Eganville, Ontario, Canada, in 1868. They were married that same year.
Their children are:
1. Sophia (Mrs. William Trost) Susan (Mrs. George Stevens) who is 94 years old and lives at Battleground, Washington
2. Fredrica (Mrs. Luther Rowley)
3. Ernest, Paul, Martha (Mrs. Harry Husel)
4. Herman
5. and Mathilda.
After the children married, Mr. and Mrs. Michaelis moved to their new home in Cooperstown in 1906. That house is where Mr. and Mrs. Perry Haaland live now. Mrs. Edward Michaelis passed away in October 1914. Edward later married Mrs. Marie Nehring (whose husband had passed away) at Paynesville, Minnesota, and he brought her to Cooperstown to live.
Edward passed away December 15, 1927. A few years after he died, his wife went back to Paynesville where she passed away in the early 1940's.
Source: Griggs County History 1879 - 1976 Page 205