Lawrence Bjornson

Lawrence Bjornson married Clara Hanson, a neighbor girl.  They farmed a mile west of Red Willow Lake.  They had two boys and two girls.

Lawrence died in 1965 and Clara still lives in Valley City.  Their children were

  1. Floyd,

  2. Alvin,

  3. Verna and

  4. Inez.

Floyd Bjornson is married to Ione Harding.  They farm in Rosendal Township.  They have three sons, one daughter, and two grandchildren.

Alvin Bjornson lives in Park River, North Dakota.  He works in a potato house.  He is married to Ione Hanson.  They have two children, Darrell and Sandra, who are both married.

Verna Bjornson was married to Art Larson.  They are both deceased.  They had four children who live in Indiana.

Inez Bjornson is married to Clifford Tweed.  They farm north of Wimbledon, North Dakota They have two children, Bruce Tweed and Gloria Tweed.  They are both married.  Bruce farms with his dad and Gloria and her husband teach school in the East.

Bendina married Reverend Haugen.  They had nine children:

  1. Esther,

  2. Carsten,

  3. Lillian,

  4. c Solveig,

  5. Oscar,

  6. Ingeborg,

  7. Agnes,

  8. Thomas, and

  9. Patricia. 

Bendina and Reverend Haugen both passed away and are buried at Zion Church Cemetery.

Sophia died at an early age from diphtheria.

Bella married Tom Johnson, a Mose boy.  They had only one son and he died at an early age.  Tom and Bella are both buried at Zion Cemetery.

Oscar is a bachelor and lives in Binford in the house where his parents retired.

Alida was married to Grant Peterson.  He was a grain dealer in Binford before they moved to Lisbon, North Dakota.  They had three children Joyce, Gene, and Wayne.  Grant died, but Alida still lives in Lisbon.

Sophus Bjornson and his wife Irene live in Park River.  They had seven children, five boys and two girls.  Sophus and Irene are retired.  Their children live close by.

Kathleen has been in San Diego since World War II when her husband was in the Navy.  She has three children.  Her oldest daughter, Sonia, is married and has two children.  Marcy and Clint are home with their mother.

CHESTER married Dorothy Biggerstaff Halvorson and they have four children - Jo Anne, Alan, Barry and Bob.  Jo Anne and Alan attend Valley City State Teachers College and Barry will attend North Dakota State University in the fall.  Bob attends Binford High School.  Chester and Dorothy live on the farm his dad and mother built in 1909.

Albert died in 1953 and Amanda died in 1971.  They are both buried in Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery.

Source: Griggs County History 1879 - 1976 Page 415