Helmer Johnson was born in Lofoten, Norway on June 28, 1886. He came to Minnesota in 1907 and to Griggs County in 1908. He worked on farms in Pilot Mound Township for a time and then started farming near Binford in 1911. He married Alfrida Susag of Vergas, Minnesota at Cooperstown in 1912. They lived in Bryan Township several years and then moved to the A. Evers farm in Clearfield Township where they lived 23 years. They were the parents of seven boys and three girls.
By Mrs. Roy Trostad
Source: Griggs County History 1879 - 1976 page 260