Olga Kristin Brodahl Hemmestad Oral History Interview 1983.

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Olga Kristin Brodahl Hemmestad Oral History Interview 1983.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/184843739

The interview was conducted with Olga Hemmestad on July 26, 1983 in Bellingham, Washington. This interview contains information on family history, childhood in Norway, school, voyage to Canada, arrival in Canada and the U.S., confirmation, arrival in Washington State, settling in Ferndale, learning English, marriage, trip to Norway, changes in Norway, family in America, citizenship, moving back to Ferndale, family and friends in Norway, childhood memories, Christmas traditions, and canning. The interview was conducted in English.

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Olga Kristine (Brodahl) Hemmestad was born in Tretten, Gudbrandsdalen, Norway on March 5, 1893. She was the youngest of seven children by Frederik and Gina Brodahl, and she had a younger foster sister who was a second cousin. Her father ran a country store until Olga was little and had three small farms. She had a private tutor to teach her to read when she was young, but only completed her grade school education before the family emigrated. They left Norway on May 18, 1907, traveled through Eng...

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