Johan Forsberg, a native of Vermeland, Sweden, came to Chicago, Illinois in July 1879. On July 4, 1881 his brother, Gustaf, and he came to North Dakota where they established a homestead in Sverdrup Township. Gustaf in Section NE 32 and Johan in Section SE 32.
Together they built a log cabin, which they thought was divided by the quarter line. One room being Johans and the other Gustafs. Five years later, in 1886, Johan married Carolina Logvren, also from Vermeland, Sweden. After they discovered that the cabin was positioned entirely on Gustaf's land, Johan built a house and homesteaded Section SW 32. SE 32 became his tree claim.
Johan and Carolina had four children:
Christina (Mrs. Walter Christensen), Carl, Ellen (Mrs. Nels G. Nelson), and Beda Maria.
Christina, married WALTER CHRISTENSEN, a native of Denmark, and lived in Greenfield Township Section 1, which at one time was part of her father's farm. Their six children are:
Clara, Julius, Myrtle, Earl, Eleanore and Frances Mae. They later moved to Vandelia, Montana.
Ellen married NELS G. NELSON of Clarrisa, Minnesota, in 1926. They lived in Chicago, Illinois for a year and in Minnesota for three years. They then returned to North Dakota with their two children, Ruth and Royce, to farm the Johan Forsberg homestead. Ruth married BERLYLE LUNN and has two girls, Cheryl and Dianne. They live in the Hannaford area.
ROYCE married Mavis Vasfaret and they have four children, John, Ronald, James and Gina. He owns his grandfather's homestead.
Both Carl and Beda Maria died in their teens.
Source: Griggs County History 1879 - 1976 Page 427