Halvorsen, Sverre (Hal)

Sverre Halvorsen was born on November 28, 1895 in Trondheim, Norway. He was the oldest of six children by Aksel Halvorsen and Pauline Petersen. After Sverre's family lost everything in a fire, he was raised by his maternal grandfather until his death in 1903. The uncle who inherited the grandfather's estate sent Sverre back to his parents until 1905, when he was farmed out to a family in Bjørgan, close to where his grandfather had lived.

From the description of Sverre (Hal) Halvorsen Oral History Interview 1982. (Eugene Public Library). WorldCat record id: 184907044