Carl Westerlund was born November 5, 1858 in Sweden, his wife Margrita Tengberg was also born there in 1860. They were married in 1879 at Sundswald, Sweden and came to the United States in about 1885. After living at Battle Lake, Minnesota, for a year they came to Foster County and homesteaded on the South 1/2 of Section 22 of Nordmore Township. They lived on the farm until Mr. Westerlund's death on September 4, 1916.
They had nine children; Charles, Leona, Olaf, Jennie, Rose, Ralph, Roy, Carrie and Helen.
Mrs. Westerlund died in April 1944. They are buried in Kvernes Cemetery.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 94B