Olaus Gustad, his mother and a neighbor girl came from Norway together, coming to Nordmore Township in 1883. The land had not yet been surveyed so they squatted land, near that of E.T. Halaas and John Indergaard, whom they had known in Minnesota. On November 4, 1885 Claus and Anne were married. Mr. Gustad was one of the charter members of the Kvernes Church. He was born in Norway in 1856 and died in 1943. Mrs. Gustad was born 1859 and died in 1936. The mother of Mr. Gustad was born in 1826 and died in 1908. They are buried in Kvernes Cemetery.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 91B