Walter Edward Michaelis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Michaelis, was born March 2, 1913, on the farm where he still lives. Walter married Borghild Johnson on June 17, 1944. She was the daughter of Mrs. Taletta Johnson and Arndt Johnson who passed away in 1933. Walter and his wife moved to the home farm after their marriage.
They have two children:
Bennett, a fourth generation descendant, is farming the land that his great grandfather once homesteaded and tree claimed. This is also the land that his grandfather and his father farmed until they retired. Bennett lives with his parents on the farm.
Their daughter, Charlotte, is a medical secretary for a plastic surgeon in Minneapolis.
It was in 1969 that Walter and Borghild celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary where his folks had theirs several years ago. Many changes and improvements have been made on the farm over the years.
The old Michaelis School, which all the family members attended, is still located one-half mile east of the farm.
Source: Griggs County History 1879 - 1976 page 207