Mayville, North Dakota
is from Stavanger. He has been president of the Goose River Implement Company for 55 years and emigrated to America in 1883 to Mayville and has spent most of his time as a businessman.
His wife, Mabel Gra, mstad was born in America of Norwegian parents. They live on a farm near Climax, Minnesota. They have nine children.
Source: Norwegians and Norwegian Homes in America by Hans Jervell - 1916 - Page 101