Ole T. Westley and Bertha Rosseland Westley came to Cooperstown, North Dakota, from Bryne, Norway, in the early 1900's. Ole worked as a carpenter and later bought a farm in Sverdrup Township. Ole and Bertha had four daughters:
Othelia (Othelia Dyneneson Figenschau), Agnes (Mrs. Lloyd Hareland), Thelma (Mrs. Ervin Topp), and Borgny (Mrs. Sig Roalkvam). Ole T. passed away in 1917 and the family then returned to Norway.
Olaf Vasvig, who had farmsteaded in Greenfield Township in 1909, returned to Norway in 1920. He was then married to Bertha Westley in 1921 and to them a daughter, Margit (Mrs. Oscar Horvie), was born. Prior to the death of Bertha in 1925, Olaf returned to Greenfield Township to resume farming.
Agnes and Thelma joined Olaf on the farmstead in 1929. Thelma married Ervin Topp of Grace City in 1936. Agnes married Lloyd Hareland, son of Ludwig
and Martine Hareland in 1935. Lloyd and Agnes have resided in Griggs County for forty years. During these years, Lloyd farmed east of Hannaford until 1945, moved to Cooperstown, and returned to Hannaford in 1947, where they presently have their home. Lloyd and Agnes had 7 children - Marjorie, born in 1936, passed away the same year. Donald and his wife Marlys (Schuler) live in Fargo with their three boys, David, Thomas, and Steven. Don is founder of Agazzie Chemical Company Willard and his wife Alice (Mehring) live in St. Paul, where Willard is pursuing a Ph.D. degree in Analytical Chemistry at the University of Minnesota. They have three children:
Scott, Michele, and Robert. Gary married Hazel Bode and they live in Moorhead with their daughter Gretchen. Gary teaches in the Moorhead School System. Dorothy presently is employed in the Anoka-Hennepin School District, Anoka, Minnesota. John is employed at Melroe in Cooperstown and Wesley is presently a student at Wahpeton State School of Science.
Source: Griggs County History 1879 - 1976 page 163