The lineage of Stanley Stokka.
Ola Jacobson born in 1773, in Setesdal, died in 1842. Married Jorunn Havardsdotter. She was born in 1774, died in 1843.
Jacob Olsen Stokka, son of Ola Jacobson, was born in 1806, died in 1892. Married Berta Torrisdotter Rayneber. She was born in 1824, died in 1863. Their five children: Karen Torina; Teolena; Ola, born April 12, 1856, in Stavanger, Norway, came to America in 1881, married Maria Westley; Torris and Jon.
Ola and Maria Stokka had six children: Jacob; Hans; Olaf; Bernard O., born 1886, died in 1969; Arnt and Martin. Bernard O. Stokka married Kirsten (Selina) Loge, born 1889, died 1962. Their children: Stanley Stokka, born 1913, married Shirley Kingsley Pollock 1928. Nickolas R. Pollock 1914 - 1963. One son, Terry Pollock, 1948. Married Sany Eman 1950. Children Linda and Patrick. From Stanley and Shirley's marriage: Tracie Ann Stokka.
Clifford Stokka, Doris Stokka Erickson, Gordon Stokka, Agnes Stokka Jensen and Helen Stokka Hess were the other five children.
Legend has it that we are somehow descended from Harlod the Fairhair who being rejected by the Princess Gydo, King Ericks daughter, because he was not king of all Norway, took an oath not to shave or cut his hair until he had all the Fjord Kingdoms united into one kingdom, His Kingdom. Harold fathered many children in the course of that war so he has many descendants, the greatest of these was probably George Washington.
The maternal side of Stanley's lineage: Sven Monson Kalberg, baptized June 14, 1772, died October 9, 1863. Married May 26, 1801, to Inger Reiarsdatter Frogland. She was baptized November 5, 1769, and died October 23, 1848. They lived in Hinnaland so the children received the name Hinnaland. There were four children: Reiar, Anna, Mons and Sven Svensen Hinnaland, born in Hinnaland in Thime, December 15, 1815, married March 22, 1838, to Elisabet Eriksdatter Vestly, born May 1814. They lived on a farm called Loge in Thime. The children then received the name Loge.
There were nine children: Erik, Sven, Ingebert, Johannes, Martin, Elisabet, Sofie, Sven and Lars, born May 31, 1855, died March 11, 1940. Married Kirsten Salomonsdatter Jorheim, born 1865, died 1884. There was one child, Solomon Loge, born and died 1884. There was a second marriage to Berta Hansdatter Aaen, born 1860. They had six children. Kirsten (Selina) Loge, born 1889, died 1962. Married Bernard Stokka, born 1886, died 1969. Stanley Stokka born January 7, 1913, married Shirley Kingsley Pollock. One child Tracie Ann Stokka. The other five children were Clifford Stokka, Doris, Gordon, Agnes and Helen.
In the spring of 1939, the Bernard Stokka family moved to Section 9, in Broadview Township (the Cooper Ranch) from Section 14 in Sverdrup, In 1948, Stanley bought the farm on the east half of Section 8 (Tom Dailey) place.
Source: Hannaford Area History North Dakota Centennial 1889 - 1989 Page 236