Pekin, North Dakota
is a farmer. He was born in Lesjeskogen on March 26, 1864 and emigrated to America in 1884 to Mayville, North Dakota. He came with his brother, A. P. Bjorlie, to Pekin, North Dakota and purchased a farm in 1890 in Bergen Township, Nelson County and has lived there since as a farmer. For two years he was vice president of the Sons of Norway regional society "Luren" in Pekin, North Dakota.
Source: Norwegians and Norwegian Homes in America by Hans Jervell - 1916 - Page 37