Knut J. Kalvik was born May 15, 1850, in Norway. He left Norway and arrived by boat in the Port of Baltimore in May of 1883. No information has been found when he settled in Greenfield Township. A paper was found in the Griggs County Courthouse that stated that Knut filed an intent to become a citizen on July 24, 1888. He became a citizen on October 20, 1898.
Knut homesteaded and built a sod house on the northeast quarter of Section 12 in Greenfield Township. Knut filed for the homestead on July 28, 1899, and it was approved on December 21, 1899. This he added to when he bought land east of his homestead on the NW quarter of Section 7 of Broadview Township in 1902. This is now the farm on which his grandson Orville Kalvik now lives.
Knut Kalvik married Ingeborg J. Taskedal (September 17, 1855-April 26, 1907) in Norway. No wedding date was found in any records. Their children are:
1. Herborg (December 23, 1883-January 31, 1890), John (October 3, 1886-September 13, 1901), Marie (April 8, 1889-January 12, 1967), Olaf (February 25, 1892-May 1, 1958), Herborg (February 9, 1895-October 7, 1897), and Hilda (October 25, 1897-December 20, 1972).
On December 3, 1909, Knut married Torbjor Bjorsvik (1864-December 30, 1938). They had no children.
Knut died on February 10, 1913. Knut and Ingeborg are buried in Union Lutheran Church cemetery south of Cooperstown. Torbjor married Severt Johnson later and is buried in Faith Lutheran Church cemetery near Hannaford.
Marie married Asmund Oppeboen. Their children:
Carl, John, Ingmar, Milton, Harry, Margaret, Kenneth, Cora, Agnes.
Olaf married Dorthea (Dora) Haugen. Their children:
Inga married Howard Larson. Their children:
Carol married Robert Hallett. Their children:
DeAnn and Randy. Darrell married Dianne Grosser. Their child:
Dana. DeVon, Duane, Roger, Debra, and Larry. Clarence Eugene died at the age of seven. Doris married John Rondestvedt. No children. Doris's second marriage was to Melvin Girling. Their child:
Scott. Orville married Agnes Aaserud. Their children:
Arlen and Keith.
Hilda married Lars Harvey. Their children:
Kenneth married Esther Sola Haugen. Their children:
Elliott Haugen married Vicki Kurtti. Their child:
Jay. Kent Haugen married Diane Stenhjem. No children. Sidney married Beatrice Urness. Their children:
Gregory, Michael, Mariann, and Karen. Leonard married Esther Melland. Their children:
Linda married Jim Becker. No children. Patti, Kathy and Cindy. Delores married Clifford Johnson. Their children:
Jerry, Laurie, and Kimberly. Leland married Virginia Hendrickson. Their children:
Cathy and David.
Source: Griggs County History 1879 - 1976 Page 240