The Martin Holland family from Stavanger, Norway, arrived at Cooperstown, North Dakota in April 1914. The family consisted of Martin Holland, his wife, Bertine, and five children
the eldest, a son Bernard L. Holland, three daughters, Ingrid, Gudrun, and Helga, and a younger son, Max.
They were met in Cooperstown by Mr. Holland's uncle, Thomas Sporaland and were taken to one of his two farms in Sverdrup Township on which they were to live and farm. This farm was approximately three miles north of Karnak, North Dakota.
They farmed there for a few years, and then decided to rent another place. They moved to what was then known as ae Norheim place, just south of the Sanderson Bridge on the Sheyenne River.
A son, Henry, was born at this place.
After a few years at this farm, Mr. Holland purchased what was then known as the Cooper ranch, a mile or so north of Karnak. After a couple of years he sold the ranch and moved back to the Thomas Sporaland farm where the family, with the exception of Ben, lived until August 1924. Then the family moved to Silverton, Oregon.
B. L. Holland, the eldest son, left for Oregon in 1922. The eldest daughter, Ingrid, and her husband, Paul Herigstad left for Oregon in 1923. The second eldest daughter, Gudrun, and her husband, Gabriel Herigstad also left Cooperstown in 1923. The elder Hollands remained in Silverton, Oregon until they passed away, Martin passed away in 1962 and Bertine in 1967.
Source: Griggs County History 1879 - 1976 Page 429