Great Grandma Dahlager

This is my great grandpa & grandma Dahlager

Their names are Chistopher and Sigrid.

Sigrid was born on August 19, 1853

at Slidre, Vang Valdres, Norway.

Sigri was about 16
when the family immigrated to America.

(See "The Journey to America")

The family settled in Worth County, Iowa.

On March 25, 1874, Sigri Leikvold

married Christopher Dahlager

at Silver Lake Lutheran Church

near Northwood, Iowa.

In 1884, they decided to move to Minnesota.

They settled in Tumuli Township,

just south of Dalton,

very close to Clear Lake.

The cost of the home & acreage was

$1,625.00.

It seems like that was a lot of money in 1884!?

The house was very small, and Great Grandpa

built an addition to it in order to

accomodate the  growing family.

(They eventually had 10 children)

Great Grandma loved flowers

and planted many flowers around the house.

She even planted flowers along the trail

to the outhouse.

She placed rocks along the flower bed,

and  in 2000, when I visited the farm,

there were still rocks from the back door

leading to the now non-existent outhouse.

Great Grandma Sigrid did not speak much English,

She most certainly did not read and write it.

My mom, Sigri's grand-daughter,

remembered what fun it was to go to her grandmother's house.

She told about going there for Christmas,

with the table set with fancy dishes and

delicious food.

She also remembered what fun it was "hiding out" on

the winding stairway.

Great-grandma's house is no longer standing,

but I do have pictures of the home

with the family sitting in front of it.

The lilac bushes are still standing,

and some years ago, my cousin was given

a sign that said "Dahlager" that was

found in the barn.

Great-grandma died in 1942.

Again, this is a relative that I never met.
 Regretfully, there are many things that

I now wish I knew about her.

But still, it sometimes seems like I knew her.
There seems to be a connection....
after all, she was my Great-Grandmother!