Cooperstown, North Dakota
was born in Tune at Jaederen the on January 24, 1886 and emigrated to America in 1904 to Cooperstown. He was in Rushford, Minnesota for four years as a teacher in Song and Music. He has studied Song and Music at the Conservatory in Fargo, North Dakota; Minneapolis, Minnesota; La Crosse, Wisconsin and in Chicago in 1911 with capable teachers. He is therefore a very capable teacher of Song,
Source: Norwegians and Norwegian Homes in America by Hans Jervell - 1916 - Page 102