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Our Norwegian Ancestors
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The Liens, Woldys, and Rustans
Ronald L. Lien
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Our Norwegian Ancestors: The Liens, Woldys, and Rustans explores the story of the Lien family, from their immigration to America from Norway in the mid-nineteenth century to the current day. The book centers on three generations of Liens: the Asle Lien family, the Erick Lien family, and the Henry Lien family. The story would be incomplete without tracing the background of the women the Liens married—the Hendrick (Tollefson) Woldy family and the Ole Rustan family.
This is not a genealogy book, but it contains genealogy information. Instead, it is a story of families—families whose members relied on and supported one another, who grieved and rejoiced together. It is an attempt to relate how events affected lives. Their self-confidence and grit in leaving family and friends in Norway to convert a wilderness into a civilized land that provided a wealth of opportunities for their descendents, for whom this book is written.
Ronald L. Lien is a proud descendant of these Norwegian ancestors. He currently lives in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, with his wife, Becky. Ron served as a high school teacher and administrator, a college professor, and an educational consultant and administrator in business working for Control Data Corporation and Aid Association for Lutherans, now Thrivent. In retirement, he has researched his immigrant ancestors, leaving a legacy for his three children and seven grandchildren.
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262
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7 x 10
Binding:
Perfectbound
Publisher:
Quill House Publishers
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