Carl F. Peterson was born in Hammond, Wisconsin, January 2, 1884, son of Soren and Anna (Rasmusson) Peterson. Carl came to the Hannaford area as a young man and joined his brothers who were all ready there, Louie and Albert. Carl farmed together with Louie on the Fiero farm, now known as the Alvin Ramsey farm.
A young lady there, the hired girl, Gunda Johnson, born September 28, 1892, daughter of Mathias and Karen (Langaard) Johnson, and Carl got acquainted and were married December 10, 1912. They lived in the Cooperstown area where Carl Clarence Peterson was born September 20, 1912, and Vera lone Peterson May 23, 1915. They moved to the Berg farm in the Bartley Township area and lived there for 11 years. There Irene Eleanor was born June 12, 1920, and Lyle Lynn October 12, 1922. Those buildings now are all gone.
In 1927, Louie Peterson left the Fiero farm and Carl and Gunda and their family moved there and farmed for 11 years. Vera married William (Buster) Walen October 3, 1937, in Hannaford, North Dakota, William the son of Carrie and Amy Walen. Carrie was born in Norway October 4, and they lived on the Swingen farm nearby, now the Strand farm. William was born near Rogers, North Dakota, January 7, 1916.
In 1937, the Carl Peterson family moved to Hammond, Wisconsin, on a dairy farm. On September 22, 1938, Wayne Allen Walen was born to William and Vera on the Swingen farm. They also moved to Hammond, Wisconsin, in 1939. The family was joined by three more boys. Larry Gene, March 29, 1941; Peter James, September 29, 1945; and Gary Don, December 21, 1948.
Source: Hannaford Area History North Dakota Centennial 1889 - 1989 Page 220