Aadne A. Holland, with his wife, Johanne, and her widowed mother, Ellen Kristofferson, and his nine remaining children, came to Barnes County in 1887. John Holland, the oldest son, had preceded the family in 1883.
Aadne, Jr. took a claim in Ransom County. Andrew eloped with his bride and went to Oregon. The two youngest sons remained with their father when the family moved to East Prairie, where Anton filed or bought additional land. Sarah, the oldest daughter, married Harry Jones of Valley City. Marie married Tyler Janus Walker; Miller, Merchant and Postmaster at Fort Ransom. Berntine married R. D. Flavin, Walker's miller. Hanna married Robert Bowen, and they built a hotel in the new town of Litchville. Emma, the youngest, married Attorney Alfred Zuger, later Assistant Attorney General in Bismarck.
Albert and Anton rented out their farms and Albert moved to Fargo where he made and sold his patented "Holland Wild Oats Separator." Anton married Amalie Stahlem and worked at the Valley City Power Plant.
Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 103