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Topic: Hamre Farm, Lehrol, Photograph 1881
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Wendell Spencer
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posted 3/17/07 9:21 PM
My grandfather Christopher Hamre gave me his family photo showing his father Amund Hamre and mother Dorothea Lehrol leaving Norway for Renville Co., MN. in 1881. He also gave us a photo of the farm in Norway. At a meeting of Valdresbund in Granite Falls, MN. about 25 years ago, an individual called me over after noticing the farm photo and asked me where I had found a photo of the Hamre Farm on the end of `the lake`. I asked if it still looked like the photo and she said `easily`, that only a few additions were added. Lehrols farm was nearby she said, and that was were great grandpa got his wife. I am interested in knowing what life was like for them in Norway. Regards,
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glen
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posted 3/15/08 6:01 PM
There is a WONDERFUL book called "Between Rocks and Hard Places" by Ann Urness Gesme - its about "traditions, customs and conditions in Norway during the 1800s, emigration from Norway, the immigrant community in America"
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