Torbjorn Huso

In 1883 Torbjorn Huso came to Lenora Township in a covered wagon from Minnesota with his wife, Kari, and children Mary, Birgit, and Adolph and the grandfather, Ole Groff.  They homesteaded on the NE quarter of Section 14, Lenora Township.  He also took a tree claim on NW quarter of Section 14, Lenora Township.  This farm became the home of his son, Adolph.

They lived in a sod house.  In 1886 Birgit and the mother, Kari, died of tuberculosis.  The oldest daughter, Mary, did the cooking and cared for her brother, Adolph, and sister, Ida, until they were grown.

Adolph T. Huso married Minnie Hanson in 1913.  They had five children: 

Herlof, owner and operator of the home farm, Aneta

Alpha (Mrs. Del Voiles), Roseburg, Oregon

Olger (deceased)

Maurice, Long Beach, California

and Thoris, Aneta.

Ida Huso married Benjamin Hanson in 1920.  They resided on the SW quarter of Section 11 in Lenora Township.  They had two children, Gordon, chaplain in the United States Army, and Constance (Mrs. Gordon Gunderson), Casselton.

Mary Huso married Herman Torgerson in 1916.  They resided in Lenora Township.  They had four children: 

Mayo, Norden, California

Carrol, Cooperstown

Miles, Fargo, North Dakota

and Margaret (Mrs. Tee Weyland), Moorhead, Minnesota

Source: Griggs County History 1879 - 1976  Page 342