Wiig, Ole Peter, 1854-1957,
Name Entries
person
Wiig, Ole Peter, 1854-1957,
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Wiig, Ole Peter, 1854-1957,
Genders
Exist Dates
Biographical History
Born at Lillehammer, Norway, son of Peter Wiig. Worked as a farm laborer on various farms, including those of Henry Richards and General Thomas Walker. Wed Martha Brudervold Siverston in 1890. Became farm manager for General Walker, Mrs. Wiig was hired as a cook. Later, they purchased a farm near the Minnesota side of the Red River, sold out three years later to purchase a hotel in Perley, Minn. They moved to Moorhead, Minn. in 1919. He died in California and was buried at Moorhead, Minn.
eng
Latn
External Related CPF
Other Entity IDs (Same As)
Sources
Loading ...
Resource Relations
Loading ...
Internal CPF Relations
Loading ...
Languages Used
Subjects
Farm life
Frontier and pioneer life
Hotels
Norwegian Americans
Nationalities
Activities
Occupations
Agricultural laborers
Hotelkeepers
Women cooks
Legal Statuses
Places
Lake Park (Minn.)
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Perley (Minn.)
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Richards Farm (Minn.)
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Minnesota
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Moorhead (Minn.)
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace