| Birth | 9 May 1881 | Norway | | | |
| Emigration | Abt 1899 | Norway | | | |
| Miscellaneous | Aft 1899 | suffered an illness which caused him to lose his hearing | | | |
| Education | Aft 1899 | at the Norwegian College, Saint Olaf, - Northfield, Merrimack County, Minnesota | | | |
| Marriage | 18 Jun 1909 | Cora Margaret Celistine Reed | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1948 | made his first trip back to Norway by airplane to visit his aging mother and other relatives | | | |
| Occupation | Bef 1958 | editor of the "West River Progress" (in Dupree) and also the "Eagle Butte News" (at Eagle Butte) - South Dakota | | | |