Kristian L. Clauson was born in 1881 in Hjelledalen, Oppetryn, Nordfjord, Norway. He came to the home of his uncle, Iver Clauson, in Nesheim Township, Nelson County, North Dakota, April 10, 1902. Iver had sent him twenty-five dollars for his ticket so when he arrived here he was already in debt. The family name was Hjelle but when the ship arrived in England he learned that the English pronounced it as Hell, and although he did not speak English, he very well knew what it was. So he took the same surname as his Uncle Iver and the name Kristian became Christ.

In 1904 Christ Clauson married Gurine Larson, eldest daughter of Fingar and Kari Larson. She was born at Hillsboro, North Dakota, then known as Hill City, in 1881. She came with her parents, in a covered wagon, in 1882, to what is now Nesheim Township, Nelson County.

Christ worked for his Uncle Iver in 1902-1903, and then rented his farm for five years. Mr. and Mrs. Clauson lived on Iver's farm until 1908 when they moved to Pilot Mound Township, Griggs County. They built up their farm on the NE quarter of Section 6.

They were the parents of five children:

Lillian (Mrs. Melvin Nesheim) of McVille, North Dakota, Florence (Mrs. Karin Norgaard), Erskine, Minnesota, Gladys (Mrs. Helmer Swanson), Moorhead, Minnesota, Myrtle (Mrs. William Stahl), Pekin, North Dakota, and Leo, Aneta, North Dakota

In 1943 the farm was purchased by their son, Leo.

Mr. and Mrs. Clauson remained on the farm, with their son, until 1950, when they moved to McVille, North Dakota Mr. Clauson died in 1966.

Leo Clauson married Eunice Rasmusson of Hannaford, North Dakota, in 1949. She was the daughter of Hans and Julia Rasmusson, both now deceased. Leo and Eunice are the parents of three children, Theresa (Mrs. Lonnie Fiebiger) of Binford, and Monte and Miles.

Source: Griggs County History 1879 - 1976 Page 367