Collection, 1950, 1954-1957.

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Collection, 1950, 1954-1957.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30378531

Typed summary of interview (6 leaves) with Ole Peter and Martha Wiig concerning his life at Lake Park and Perley, Minn. Includes mention of his first jobs in Lake Park, Minn. as a laborer and a farm worker, working on the Walker farm, his wife's job as Walker Farm cook, their wages, their experiences owning a farm and later, owning a hotel in Perley, Minn. Also includes clippings.

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North Dakota State University Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7286021

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Walker, Thomas McCormick, 1834-

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Sackett, Leonard, 1901-1971

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Wiig, Ole Peter, 1854-1957,

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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. ...

Wiig, Martha

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