Engel Revne Rood family history, 1987
Title
Engel Revne Rood family history, 1987
Identifier
NAHA 2022/089
Date
1987
Creator
Description
A compilation of photographs, pedigree charts, and family correspondences (1886-1934). Includes short biography of Engel Revne Rood (1865-1943), a native of Baldersheim, Norway, who left home at age 15. After four years of working on a freighter he saved enough money and settled in Leland, Illinois. Here he met and later married Ella Svenson in 1892. The couple moved to Oklahoma and later Bode, Iowa. Eleven children were born to them.
Extent
1 folder
Subject
Collection
Citation
Carson, Shirley Rood, “Engel Revne Rood family history, 1987,” Norwegian-American Historical Association, accessed May 2, 2024, https://naha.omeka.net/items/show/16269.