In 1910, Martha Herried received a ticket from her Uncle Richard Larson so she could come to America from Norway. The cost of the ticket was only $65. At the time she was only 16 years old and had lost both of her parents in a drowning accident in the Eidfjord Fjord. The prospect of going that far away had to be frightening for a young girl who had not traveled out of her home area, so Martha was real happy when her cousin Annie Micklethun decided to go to America with her.
Martha lived with the family of Richard Larson and worked in the Bartley area until 1917, when she married Chris Jensen who had come to farm in the Hannaford area from Viborg, South Dakota. They had two daughters, Marian and Lois.
Marian married Del Misegades from Ottertail, Minnesota, and Lois married Ronald Neave from Seattle, Washington Ronald died in 1978, and Del died in 1986. Marian lives in Roseville, Minnesota. Marian's daughter, Janice married Richard Anderson, son of Gerald and Ruth Anderson. They have two children, Kris and Jed. Janice and Richard live in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Lois and Ronald have three children, Ronald, Lori and Lisa. Lori resides in Enderlin, North Dakota, and Ronald and Lisa live in Kent, Washington, where Lois also lives.
Source: Hannaford Area History North Dakota Centennial 1889 - 1989 Page 165