Torgerson, Herman Johan (1877-1939) married Margit (Mary) Huso (1880-1974) in Plentywood, Montana in 1916. Children:
Mayo (1917) married Melva Brewer, California. Children:
Arlen (married, 2 children) California. Sonja (Mrs. Roger Steinbeck), California. Kari (at home), California. Carol (1919) married Maxine Rhodes, Cooperstown. Children:
Michael (1951) married Peggy Suess, Cooperstown. Miles (1921) married Phyllis Nystrom, Aneta. Children:
Eloise (Mrs. Ray Haaland - 2 children), Fargo. Paulette (Mrs. Ken Olson - 2 children), Portland, Oregon. Lynn (married Donna Detriech), Fargo. Denise (Mrs. Tim Jewel), Portland, Oregon. Marc - (1955-1971). Margaret (Margie) (1926) Married Ted Weyland, Moorhead, Minnesota Children:
Pamela (Mrs. Keith Jones), Grand Forks. Grant (married), Moorhead. Gregory (at home), Moorhead. Cynthia (at home), Moorhead. Jeffrey (at home), Moorhead.
Herman Torgerson was born in Ottertail Company Minnesota His parents, Michael and Helga, came from Norway. He worked as a lumberjack in the Northern part of Minnesota, farmed and ranched in South Dakota and homesteaded in Montana. He came to Lenora Township in Griggs County with his wife and two sons in 1919, from Bainville, Montana, where he had homesteaded. Two more children were born in Griggs County. Herman, Mary, and family attended Sundahl Lutheran Church in Aneta where Herman was an officer on the church board. He was a farmer, trapper, and fur buyer. Raising turkeys brought him many prizes at State and County Fairs. Carrol recalls the excitement when Bruce Wright, the pilot in these parts during the 20's and 30's would land in their pasture in order to sell furs to his dad. The pilots would shoot coyotes and fox from the airplanes and then collect bounty, since the animals were a great source of trouble to the turkey and sheep farmers.
Mary (Huso) Torgerson came from Minnesota in a covered wagon caravan in 1883 with her parents, Torbjorn and Kari Huso, and her sister Birgit and brother, Adolph, as well as her Grandfather, Ole Groff. She lived in a sod house where her sister Birgit and mother Kari died of tuberculosis when Mary was only six years old. She then cooked for and cared for the family, her brother Adolph, and sister Ida (Mrs. Benj. Hanson) until the children were grown.
Mary recalled coming to Cooperstown in an open wagon to have all of her teeth pulled when she was just a young girl. The dentist was Dr. Rose. She told of Indians coming to dig Snake Root by their home when she was just a young child. Later, when she was a young lady, her father helped finance her in starting a millinery shop in Aneta, and later, one in McVille.
She lived in Moorhead with her daughter Margaret, until her death in 1974. She would have been 94 years old in 2 weeks at the time of her passing, and yet, with the same cheerfulness and determination that she displayed all of her life, she remained active and alert until the day of her death.
Mayo, the oldest son, owns and operates Ski-Inn Lodge at Donner Pass, Norden, California.
Carrol is a realtor and auctioneer at Cooperstown. He was State Commander of the American Legion in 1959-1960 and served as State Senator for 8 years.
Miles is a fur buyer, trapper and operates a landscaping service with his son, Lynn at Aneta and Fargo.
Margaret (Margie) is married to Ted Weyland who is owner and operator of Ingberg's Upholstery at Fargo.
Source: Griggs County History 1879 - 1976 Page 349