Lawrence Stenbro was born in Norway and came to America as a young man. He was employed in Riverside Township, Steele County and also in Romness, in Griggs. He lived for a time in Wisconsin and served in World War I.
On November 23, 1921, he was married to Ida Hogenson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Hogenson. The Stenbro's lived on the Halvorson farm near Ness Church in Washburn Township, moving to live for a short time to Riverside, then back to Romness where they built a new home in which they spent sixteen years. In 1942, they purchased a home in Cooperstown and had lived there for 33 years at the time of their golden wedding in 1971.
They had a family of four daughters and four sons. The oldest daughter, Karline Josephine died in 1923, and the youngest son, Walter, died at his home in Romness in 1933. Both are buried at the Romness United Methodist cemetery.
They have six living children:
Miss Irene Stenbro
Mrs. Clayton (Florence May) Finke and Mrs. Karleen Johnson all of Fargo, North Dakota, Raymond, Cooperstown
Arthur, Great Falls, Montana
and Clifford, The Dalles, Oregon. In 1975, they have six granddaughters, four grandsons and one great-grandson.
Source: Griggs County History 1879 - 1976 Page 409