Hans P. Prambus was born in 1816 and his wife Martha in 1830, both near Kongswinger, Norway. They came with their family to settle near Decorah, Iowa, for a while. They came to Dakota Territory in 1880, with a number of other pioneers, traveling by oxen and covered wagons. They settled in Romness Township near the Sheyenne River where they built a log house. Both Hans Prambus and his mother died in 1897, and his wife died in 1901. They had four children:
Andrew and Mary (Mrs. Hans Voll) had homesteaded near Hatton, and Ole at Wellsburg, North Dakota Hans H. stayed at home with his parents.
Hans H. Prambus took over the family farm, building a house and several other buildings. He married Caroline Thyle who was born near Ettrick, Wisconsin. Later her parents came to settle on the Alf Ueland place. In the fall of 1920 Mr. and Mrs. Prambus moved to Cooperstown to make their home. He died in 1930, and his wife in 1962.
They had six children:
Mabel, Herbert, Alice, Clarence, and Arthur and Ella, both of whom died in infancy. Mabel married Elmer Hillstrom, a Swedish mechanic who worked in Cooperstown for several years. They had three sons:
Harold, Marvin and Clifford. Harold married Geraldine Sawyer and they have two daughters, Lana and Linda. Harold died in December 1968. Marvin married Mary Lockhart and they live in Seattle, Washington. Clifford died in infancy in 1924. Elmer and Clifford are buried in the Ringsaker Cemetery.
Mrs. Mabel Hilstrom married Gilbert Auren in 1927 and he died in 1956. They had three children:
Mrs. B. A. (Kristi) Green, Seattle, Washington, Vernon, Cooperstown, and Gilman who died in infancy.
Source: Griggs County History 1879 - 1976 Page 405