Pastor Magne Endresen

Kindred, North Dakota

was born in Voss on February 9, 1880. His father’s name was Endre J. Kolle and his mother’s name was Barbro Bergi. He emigrated to America in 1903. He attended, Sioux Falls Lutheran Normal and graduated in 1906, Lutheran Seminar from 1907 to 1910 (C. T.) He was a Priest in Greenbusch, Minnesota from 1910 to 1912 and in Norman, Kristiania and Horace Parish since 1913. The parsonage in Norman is one of the largest and most comfortable parsonages in the Northwest. It is a great entertainment to see the unusual hospitality of the parish people in Norman on a visit.

His wife is Agnes Hansen from Highwood, Minnesota. They were married in 1910.

Source: Norwegians and Norwegian Homes in America by Hans Jervell - 1916 - Page 80

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