Ingebrigt O. (Bert) Limmesand, originally from Vic Sogn, Norway, came to Cooperstown at age 23 in 1906 from Lake Mills, Iowa. His brother, Jens Limmesand had immigrated to Cooperstown in 1905.
Ingebrigt worked on a Cooper farm for Lewis Berg for a time in 1906. During harvest season in 1906, he drove a binder for John Bruns on what is known as the Tom and Bill Robertson farm in Clearfield Township. In the fall of 1906, he began working as a hired man for William Amos who lived on the farm presently occupied by the Robert Myers's.
He worked for William Amos until 1912, with the exception of 15 months beginning in 1908 that he spent with his parents, brother and sister in Vic Sogn, Norway. When Mr. and Mrs. Amos and sons Meldrum and Everett moved to Seven Persons, Alberta, Canada in 1912, Ingebrigt rented the farm.
Ingebrigt (Bert) Limmesand and the former Emma Olson (only daughter of Knute H. Olsons) were married in March of 1929. There are two daughters - Enid (Mrs. Clarence Nelson) who has five children, in Minnesota and Wanda (Mrs. Doug Bruns) who has four children, in Florida.
The Limmesand family lived on the Amos farm until 1938, and then moved to the former Knute Olson farm. They lived on the Olson farm until 1950, when Ingebrigt and Emma moved to Binford. Ingebrigt passed away in October of 1955.
Source: Griggs County History 1879 - 1976 Page 330