Einar Sigvart Bardahl was born in Stenjer, Trondeheim, Norway on April 29, 1888. He came to America in the spring of 1909, coming to Cooperstown, North Dakota to the Olaf Skraatas's. Skraatas lived on the farm, which later was the John Askelson Farm in Tyrol Township. Mr. Bardahl worked for John Detwiller and William Sansburn, before going farming for himself, east of Binford.
In 1914, he married Thora Randa at Cooperstown, North Dakota She was working for O. E. Thorne. She was born in Lom, Gulbransdalen, Norway, on September 17, 1882, coming to America in the spring of 1908. She came to Jessie, North Dakota to the Nels Haugen's, who operated a hardware store.
They farmed until moving into Jessie, North Dakota in the spring of 1918. Einar did carpenter and mason work as well as being a farm laborer.
To this union were born four daughters, Lillian, Helga, Bernice, and Ida. The girls all went to grade school in Jessie. The family were members of the West Prairie Lutheran Church. The daughters all were baptized and confirmed there.
Lillian was born in 1915, on a farm cast of Binford. She married Frederick Trost in 1948 and farmed until the fall of 1955, when we moved into Jessie. In the spring of 1968, we moved into Cooperstown, North Dakota, where we still live.
Helga was born in 1917 on a farm north of Jessie. She married Harry Becherl in 1942. They have one daughter Diane (Mrs. George Oien, Jr.) born in 1946 and 3 grandchildren Reed, Larry, and Wendy.
Bernice was born in 1920 and passed away in 1974. She married Robert Mortenson in Wisconsin in 1942. They had two children Gayle and Robert Alan.
Ida was born in 1924 and married Marvin Marty in Wisconsin in 1950. They have three children, Nathan, married to Sanda Myers and one grandson, Lance, Sonja (Mrs. Clay Buttrey), and Melody Sue at home.
Source: Griggs County History 1879 - 1976 Page 449