Jerry Olson, son of Floyd and Elna Olson was born in Hannaford, attended school and graduated from Hannaford. He worked for the Northern Pacific Railroad, then moved to Minneapolis where he lived and worked for six years. He then returned to Hannaford where he began working for Hannaford Public School and Security State Bank.
Mary, daughter of Larry and Helen Hinschberger, was born in Valley City, moved to Cooperstown with her family, attended and graduated from Cooperstown School. She then went to Minneapolis where she went to a one-year course in airline and secretarial training. She graduated from there and worked in Minneapolis for a year. She then moved to Fargo and various locations before moving to Hannaford in 1976. She began working at the Hannaford School.
Tony Jones, son of Mary (Jones) Olson and Don Jones was born in Fargo in March 1969. He attended first grade in Windsor, North Dakota, then with his family moved to Hannaford in 1976, where he attended school until his death in his junior year in March 1986.
Sheila Jones, daughter of Mary (Jones) Olson and Don Jones, was born in Valley City in May 1971. She has attended all of her school years in Hannaford.
Mary and Jerry were married in June 1983.
Derek was born in Valley City in April 1985. He was baptized in St. Mary's Church, rural Dazey.
Source: Hannaford Area History North Dakota Centennial 1889 - 1989 Page 212