The family of Ben and Sidsel Fliflet were from Lillehammer, Norway. Sig was the first of his family to come to America. He went to Wisconsin where he worked at various jobs to earn money to bring his mother to this country. Sig was sixteen years old when he came. After a time his mother and the family were able to come and they settled in North Dakota.
There was John, his wife Julia and daughter, Magna, Gust, Carl, Bertha and Sig. They lived in the Revere and Hannaford vicinity. Later Carl and his family moved to South Dakota and eventually settled in Minnesota. Carl had six children and two step-children. Gust had seven children, Bertha Gustafson a son and a daughter.
Sig married Marie Haugen and had seven children, Carl, Selma, Maynard, Julius, Orval, Marvin and Joyce. They farmed until they retired and purchased the Kaas home in Hannaford. Sig passed away in 1962 and his wife Marie in 1971. Carl married Gladys Pederson and have four children. Orval married Maxine Fliflet and have four children. Marvin married Gladys Dahl, have a son and a daughter. Joyce married Rodney Carlson and have five children. Selma had a daughter. Selma and Maynard are deceased. Julius married Sylvia Pederson and they have two daughters and one son.
Source: Griggs County History 1879 - 1976 Page 312