Ed's Day Wednesday
Dear FOLKS,
I am again here to share a collection of family history information left by my late cousin Ed Ostrom. Looking further into the life of Ed's paternal grandmother Anna Tomine (Brekke) Ostrom we discover that family was always very important to Anna. Anna married Oscar Ostrom on 9 July 1908 at her parent's home in Pomme de Terre township in Grant County, Minnesota. We looked closely at this event last week. Here is the address http://homefolktales.blogspot.com/2016/04/a-pomme-de-terre-wedding-1908.html.
Shortly after the wedding the newlyweds began their wedding trip where they stopped along the way visiting different family members. They eventually arrived at their homestead that was located in Township 151N, Range 084W, NE¼ of Section 23, more commonly called Spring Lake township, Ward County, North Dakota.
Oscar would continue to improve the land, breaking sod to plant wheat and raise livestock that included cattle, horses, sheep and pigs. Anna would work to set up housekeeping on the prairie in the same building that Oscar had built for them. It is not known its size or materials, but it would be called the "shack." Ordering the full homestead file is on my "To Do List" as the building's original size and perhaps materials would likely be mentioned as part of the improvements Oscar would make there. They would call this home for many years, adding on as necessary while their family grew.
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| IMAGE: Four older Ostrom children ca 1917, left to right - Julia, Clifford, Tom, and the youngest is Arvid. From the family photograph collection of Edwin J. Ostrom. |
Martin Clifford Ostrom was born on 08 December 1908. He would prefer to be called Clifford, however a few documents show him as Martin Clifford and M. Clifford. He graduated from Douglas High School and would leave for Seattle, Washington soon after where he followed the recommendations of some friends who had moved earlier. He is found living in Seattle in the 1930 US Census. He would enlist in the U.S. Army on 13 April 1942 in Ventura, California and was a veteran of World War II and the Korean War. Cliff, who would marry a number of times, died on 18 November 1963 in Puyallup, Pierce County, Washington and is buried in the Fort Lewis Cemetery, Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington.
Julia Lillian Ostrom was born 17 March 1910. Julia would complete school and graduate from a nursing home course. She would marry Dale E. Langford and they would make their home in Bismarck, Burleigh County, North Dakota. Julia die 11 February 1957 from a cerebral hemorrhage and was buried in the Sunset Memorial Gardens, Bismarck, Burleigh County, North Dakota.
Edwin "Tom" Ostrom was born on 23 December 1911. Tom spent his early years farming and would marry Alice Viola Emerson in Douglas, Ward County, North Dakota. In May 1942 Tom, Alice and their family would leave Ward County and follow Tom's parents to Woodburn, Marion County, Oregon. Tom would work at many things: the Kaiser Shipyards in Portland, Sowa's machine Shop in Woodburn, a volunteer fireman and a part time policeman and maintenance supervisor of the Woodburn school district. Many who went to Woodburn's schools remember Tom. He also became our storyteller, sharing with his son, Ed, his family history memories.Tom died on 03 May 2007 in Beaverton, Washington County, Oregon.
Arvid Tilman Ostrom was born on 01 October 1914. Arvid attended school, and graduated from high school in Douglas in 1932. He left home and went to Roundup, Montana to become an electrician at age 19, where he met Madge and Marge Robinson, twin daughters of Wiley and Freda Robinson. He would marry Madge Robinson. He was drafted into the army in March of 1942, and was sent to Battle Creek, Michigan where he was trained to be an M.P. to guard German War prisoners during World War II. Madge joined him there and they were married 09 May 1942. After his military service, they then moved to the Woodburn, Oregon area. Arvid was a barber in Woodburn until retiring in 1975. He would die 17 May 1999 in Hubbard, Marion County, Oregon and he was buried in the Belle Passi Cemetery in Woodburn, Marion County, Oregon.
Verna Idell Ostrom was born on 29 October 1917 and would attend school in Douglas, ND. She would marry Lawrence "Fuzzy" Heer on 16 May 1937, a grocery store dealer in Douglas, Ward County, North Dakota. Fuzzy was the oldest child of Charles F. and Anna V. (Bannworth) Heer. In 1941 Fuzzy and Verna along with their children would leave North Dakota for Woodburn, Oregon. After coming to Oregon, Lawrence worked in the trucking business. Verna would die unexpectedly on 17 Aug 1950 from an accident at her home in Woodburn. She was buried in the Belle Passi Cemetery, Woodburn.
Mabel Iona Ostrom was born on 12 Mar 1920 and would attend Douglas schools. On 14 September 1939 she married Ambrose Jake Heer while in Minot, Ward County, North Dakota. Ambrose was Lawrence Heer's younger brother and his nicknames were "Am" or "A.J." Ambrose would make a trip to Oregon in 1942 and would also buy a farm on Carl Road in Woodburn, very near the farm the Oscar and Anna Ostrom had purchased a few years earlier. Ambrose would then return to North Dakota to begin the process to move Mabel and their children to Woodburn, Oregon. This move occurred in 1944. Mabel would die on 30 June 1992 in Hubbard, Marion County, Oregon and she was buried in the Belle Passi Cemetery in Woodburn, Marion County, Oregon.
There were two more children that our family would have. The last two are still living so I'll not write about them here. It is of interest to note that of their eight children, six of them would leave North Dakota for Marion County, Oregon. That says a lot about the parenting that Oscar and Anna did with their children.
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