Hans A. Bonderud was born in Norway on March 24, 1868. He came to Rothsay, Minnesota in 1884, where he lived until 1896 when he came to North Dakota and homesteaded two and a half miles west of Grace City. He was married to Ingeborg Peterson in 1916. They moved to San Francisco, California, in the 1930's.
The couple had three children: Bjarne, Orville and Ingvald.
Hans Bonderud died February 2, 1933; Ingeborg died January 28, 1981.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 60B