Alvin Tilford Ramsey was born May 13, 1912 at Emmons, Minnesota. His parents were Jacob and Anna Ramsey. They moved to the Binford area when Alvin was four years of age. Alvin has six sisters, and four brothers:
Emma, Jennie, Tillie, Corina, Nora and Olga
Palmer, Albert, Ben and Eilert.
Ruth Oline Knutson Ramsey was born July 31
Binford, North Dakota She has three sisters and five brothers:
Mildred, Thelma, Elna, Conrad, Melvin, Robert, Hillard and Gordon.
Alvin and Ruth were married in Hannaford, in 1934. Seven children were born to this union. They lived at Binford when first married and in 1938 they moved to Helena Township where they rented a farm.
Besides farming, Alvin has had positions on the Helena Township Board, Council member of the Faith Lutheran Church, Sunday School teacher and Hannaford School Board member. Ruth has been a Sunday schoolteacher, American Legion Auxiliary President, and President of the Faith ALCW which position she now holds. Alvin and Ruth celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary in 1974 with all of their children present.
The Ramsey children are:
Orville Duane, born in 1935. He is a graduate of North Dakota State University, served in the United States Army three years, one year in Germany. Orville married Connie Bork of Cooperstown, North Dakota
Delores Ann, born in 1936, married Robert Haugen of Hannaford in 1955. They have seven children.
Arlene Ruth was born in 1938. She married Ephriam Himmerich of Rogers, North Dakota, in 1957. Four children were added to their family.
Sharon Kay was born in 1944. She married John Grover, Jr. of Hannaford in 1966. She was employed at the TIMES RECORD, Valley City, and now is at home with their three children, Jay, Jason and Janae.
Alvin Dennis, born in 1945, is a graduate of Valley City State College and served in the United States Army two years. He married Susan Allen of LaCrosse, Wisconsin, in 1972.
Peggy Janel, born in 1947, attends North Dakota State University, majoring in Pharmacy and also works at Osco Drug. Peggy married Michael Whitney of Oregon in 1974.
Steven Dale, born in 1953, is a student at North Dakota State University, and farms with his father during the summer.
Source: Griggs County History 1879 - 1976 Page 318