Walsh County Historical Society is dedicated to collecting and preserving the stories and histories, biographies and genealogies of the pioneer families of Walsh County. We offer genealogical support to those interested in continuing this legacy.

We currently have the following family biographies available for online viewing.

• Ameline, Woody and Julie (Brewer)
• Anderson, Marit-Wigebakken (Knutsdotter)
• Bakken, Gertrude (Jorgensdotter)
• Barnhart, Oliver F. and Clara (Erickson)
• Bean, Lee Earl and Helene Margaret (Lahd)
• Becken, Hubert Orville and Joyce Catherine (Lahd)
• Bergstrom, Michael
• Bergstrom, Robert Jay and Mildred Genieva (Hoime)
• Brewer, Allen and Sandy
• Brewer, Jack and Roxanne
• Brewer, Julie and Woody Ameline
• Brewer, Linda and Scott Marsh
• Becken, Neva Jean and Thomas Nelson Minette
• Brewer, Richard and Kim
• Brewer, Ron and Dee
• Brewer, William H. and Marie Lorraine (Lahd)
• Coldwell, Gordon B. and Hazel Irene (Lahd)
• Coleman, Roger T. and Naomi Florance (Lahd)
  
• Cooper, Elizabeth Beatrice (Bessie)
• Corbiere, Matilda
• Corriveau, Marie Emily and John August Welter
• Cutler, Sharon (Johnson)
• DeSautel, David and Selina (Robillard)
• DeSautel, Emily Selina “Mellie”
• DeSautel, Nellie B. and Jacob S. Welter
• Dipple, Joyce and Ralph Turner
• Dipple, Lois and Kenneth Pantzer
• Dipple, Merlyn and Alice Welter
• Domino, Jeff and Joni
• Donnelly, Bernard and Matilda Corbiere
• Donnelly, Bernard and Elizabeth (Gorman)
• Donnelly, Doris Mae
• Donnelly, Frank and Phyllis (Datin)
• Donnelly, John and Elizabeth
• Donnelly, John “Jack” and Marguerite (Stickle)
• Donnelly, Margaret
• Donnelly, Marie
• Donnelly, Melvin and Mary (Nollman)
• Donnelly, Perry and Helen (DeVries)
• Donnelly, Perry and Ruth Miller
• Donnelly, Rebecca
• Donnelly, Stephen and Julia (Phelan)
• Donnelly, Steve and Olga (Streveler)
• Drady, John Rasmussen and Family
• Dub, Joe and Catherine (Kozlik)
• Dykhoff, Richard and Linea
• Dykhoff, Robert and Cathy
• Dykhoff, William “Bill” and Maria
• Engbretsen, Leona Welter
• Erickson, Anna
• Erickson, Charles
• Erickson, Christian and Berghild
• Erickson, Clara
• Erickson, Florence
• Erickson, Gunder and Florence (Vance)
• Erickson, Lars
• Erickson, Lena
• Erickson, Tormina
• Ferguson, Barbara Estelle
• Ferguson, Christsian Elijah and Mamie Osiline (Lahd)
• Ferguson, Ronald Chris
• Ferguson, Wilma Ann
• Fossum, Fern G. and James C. Hollom
• Fox, Dorothy and Leon Oscar Lahd
• Gigler, Theresa “Tracy” E. and Paul H. Welter
• Hammans, Caroline E and Edward Jacques Welter
• Hanson, Halvor and Marie
• Hawkins, Mrs. Harriet (Sanborn)
• Hein, Elisabeth and Wilhelm Stemper
• Hillestad, Anders
• Hillestad, Marit-Wigebakken (Knutsdotter) Anderson
• Hillestad, Martha Andersdotter
• Hoime, Ava
• Hoime, Brandon and Leah
• Hoime, Bryce Wayne and Kristy
• Hoime, Bryan
• Hoime, Clarence
• Hoime, Dixie Lee and Larry McGillis
• Hoime, Edwin and Bonny Lou (Kunkel)
• Hoime, Gilman and Mabel (Rosendahl)(Holum)
• Hoime, Goodwin Norman
• Hoime, Herman Neil
• Hoime, Joseph
• Hoime, Katie
• Hoime, Lori Dee and Kerwin Pankratz
• Hoime, Martin J.
• Hoime, Melford R.
• Hoime, Mildred Genieva and Robert Jay Bergstrom
• Hoime Mildred Genieva and Mervin Aaron Schoenberger
• Hoime, Milton
• Hoime, Norman Neil
• Hoime, Thomas Gullikson and Christina Georgina (Lahd)
• Hoime, Thomas Jr.
• Hoime, Vicki Lynn and Donald Logan
• Hollom, Benny W.
• Hollom, Charles Oscar and Caroline “Lena” (Lahd)
• Hollom, James C. and Fern G. (Fossum)
• Hollom, Myrtle Serene and Oscar Sell
• Hollom, Orin Melford
• Hollom, Viola C.
• Holum, Dennis L.
• Holum, Ernest A.
• Holum, Oliver and Mabel (Rosendahl) (Hoime)
• Johannesson, Jorgen-Lahd and Kristi (Thomasdotter)
• Johnson, Brenda
• Johnson, Anne Sandvig and Andrew Lahd
• Johnson, Clara Emily and Hans Hansen Lykken
• Johnson, Duane Jr.
• Johnson, Gary
• Johnson, J.A. Rudolph and Francis Elsie Welter
• Johnson, Linda “Lynn” (Oby)
• Johnson, Mae and and Glenn Walter Welter
• Johnson, Markus Johanson and Ingrid Hansdatter (Lykken)
• Johnson, Pam and Wayne R. Welter
• Johnson, Sharon (Cutler)
• Johnson, Terry “Rocky” and Roxanne
• Jones, James R.B. and Tormina (Erickson)
• Jorgensdotter, Gertrude (Bakken)
• Jorgenson, Christian
• Jorgenson, Johannes “John” and Martha Andersdotter (Hillestad)
• Jorgenson, Peder
• Jorgenson-Lahd, Peder
• Kaasa, Kari Olsdatter and Hans Gudmundsen Lykken
• King, James Henry and Doris Jean (Lahd) Thomas
• Kirby, Angela M. and Leon Raymon Welter
• Klick, Frederika “Recca” and Reinhard H. Kunkel
• Knudson, Clara Helen and Roy Anton Welter
• Kotaska, Joe and Shelley
• Kotaska, Madison
  
• Kunkel, Bonny Lou and Edwin Hoime
• Kunkel, Reinhard H. and Frederika “Recca” (Klick)
• Kunkel, Dr. Richard
• Lahd, Andrew and Anne Sandvig (Johnson)
• Lahd, Caroline “Lena” and Charles Oscar Hollom
• Lahd, Charles Melvin
• Lahd, Christina Georgina and Thomas Gullikson Hoime
• Lahd, Christian “Christ” and Gunelle “Nellie” (Odegard)
• Lahd, Christopher
• Lahd, Doris Jean and James Henry King
• Lahd, Doris Jean and John P. Thomas
• Lahd, George
• Lahd, Gertrude
• Lahd, Hazel Irene and Gordon B. Coldwell
• Lahd, Helene Margaret and Lee Earl Bean
• Lahd, Howard
• Lahd, Jesse Andrew and Margaret Adeline Wilson
• Lahd, John and Helena Anetta (Rue)
• Lahd, John Allen
• Lahd, Johannes “John” Jorgenson
• Lahd, Joseph and Ellen I.
• Lahd, Joyce Katherine and Hubert Orville Becken
• Lahd, Leon Oscar and Dorothy (Fox)
• Lahd, Mabel
• Lahd, Mamie Osiline and Christian Elijah Ferguson
• Lahd, Maria Kristine
• Lahd, Marie Lorraine and William H. Brewer
• Lahd, Martin
• Lahd, Mildred Gl(adys  and Frederick Rowleigh Mellen
• Lahd, Naomi Florance and Roger T. Coleman
• Lahd, Orden Leroy and Clara Levona (Service)
• Lahd, Peder
• Lahd, Rhoda Mae and Laurence Leroy Mead
• Lahd, Sandra J. “Moon”
• Lahd, Thelma Marie and Myles Harvey Orstad
• Lahd, Vernon Jewel
• Laird, John
• Lakey, Willie Wayne and Alice Carolyn (Lahd)
• Loe, Caroline and Ole Gilman Hansen Lykken
• Logan, Donald and Vicki (Hoime)
• Lokrem, Andrew
• Lykken, Gilman Hansen and Ella (Thoreson)
• Lykken, Hans Hansen and Clara Emily (Johnson)
• Lykken, Hans Gudmundsen and Kari Olsdatter (Kaasa)
• Lykken, Lars Hansen and Sophia (Thoreson)
• Lykken, Ole Gilman Hansen and Caroline (Loe)
• Marifjeren, Johannes “John” Jorgenson-Lahd
• Machovsky, Frank and Josephine (Jedlicka)
• Markuson, Anna (Ofstedal)
• Marsh, Scott and Linda (Brewer)
• McDougal, Donald C. and Joyce Ruth (Colwell)
• McGillis Reagan
• McGillis, Sawyer
• McGillis, Walker
• McGillis, Larry and Dixie (Hoime)
• Mead, Christine Janell
• Mead, Kimula Ann
• Mead, Laurence Leroy and Rhoda Mae (Lahd)
• Mead, Mary Lou
• Mellen, Mildred Gladys (Lahd)
• Mellen, Frederick Rowleigh and Mildred Gladys (Lahd)
• Miller, Tracy
• Minette, Thomas Nelson and Neva Jean (Becken)
• Mowbray, Bill and Leslie
• Oby, Linda “Lynn” (Johnson)
• Odegard, Gunelle “Nellie” and Christian “Christ” Lahd
• Odegard, Ole
• Ofstedal, Adolph Ingeman
• Ofstedal, Amy Evangeline
• Ofstedal, Bernice (Connolly)
• Ofstedal, Borghild Elfreda
• Ofstedal, Carl Arnfred
• Ofstedal, Clarence Jonathan
• Ofstedal, Elmer Dortheus
• Ofstedal, Esther Maria Elthea
• Ofstedal, Everett
• Ofstedal, Jim
• Ofstedal, John
• Ofstedal, John Gerhard
• Ofstedal, Ledwin Herman Urimode
• Ofstedal, Norval Inghof
• Ofstedal, Rev. John
• Orstad, Dennis
• Orstad, Melvin C. and Hattie O.
• Orstad, Myles Harvey and Thelma Marie (Lahd)
• Ostrum, Catherine G. Lucille Welter
• Pankratz, Evan
• Pankratz, Kerwin and Lori (Hoime)
• Pantzer, Kenneth and Lois (Dipple)
• Perdue, Chad and Amber
• Perdue, Travis
• Pederson, John and Marlys Mae (Welter)
• Rizzo, Pauline and John August Welter Jr.
• Robillard, Selina and David DeSautel
• Rosendahl, Mabel (Hoime) (Holum)
• Sanborn, The Life Story of Mrs. Harriet Sanborn
• Sanborn, Josiah and Harriet (Hawkins)
• Sandstrom, Albert Hans and Anna Erickson
• Schaler, Arthur “Art” W. and Gladys Marie (Welter)
• Schoenberger, Mervin Aaron ad Mildred Genieva (Hoime)
• Sell, Oscar and Myrtle Serene (Hollom)
• Service, Clara Levona and Orden Leroy Lahd
• Shepley, Jacob and Kelsey
• Sipma, Shane and Tiffany
• Stemper, Catherine and Nicholas Welter
• Stemper, Wilhelm and Elisabeth (Hein)
• Strand, Evelyn Juliet and Lawrence George Welter
• Strauser, Warraen and Lena (Erickson)
• Strong, Warren Harry and Evelyn Frances Welter
• Thomas, John P. and Doris Jean (Lahd) King
• Thomasdotter, Kristi and Jorgen-Lahd Johannesson
• Thoreson, Ella and Gilman Hansen Lykken
• Thoreson, Sophia and Lars Hansen Lykken
• Tollefson, Berghild Oleifsdatter
• Turner, Ralph and Joyce (Dipple)
• Welter, Alice and Merlyn Dipple
• Welter, Allison Leigh
• Welter, Amy Jo
• Welter, Anna
• Welter, Carol Ann
• Welter, Catherine G. Lucille (Ostrum)
• Welter, Daryl G.
• Welter, Donald Keith
• Welter, Edward “Eddie” Jacques
• Welter, Earl
• Welter, Evelyn Frances and Warren “Harry” Strong
• Welter, Francis Elsie and J.A. Rudolph Johnson
• Welter, Frank Merylen
• Welter, Frank Peter
• Welter, Gladys Marie and Arthur “Art” W. Schaler
• Welter, Glen L.
• Welter, Glenn Walter and Mae (Johnson)
• Welter, Gordon
• Welter, Jacob S. and Nellie B. (DeSautel)
• Welter, Janice Lorraine
• Welter, John and Elizabeth
• Welter, John August and Marie Emily (Corriveau)
• Welter, John August Jr.
• Welter, John Robert
• Welter, Katie
• Welter, Kenneth
• Welter, Lana Jane
• Welter, Lawrence George and Evelyn Juliet (Strand)
• Welter, Leon Griffith
• Welter, Leon Raymon
• Welter, Leona (Engbretsen)
• Welter, Maria “Mary”
• Welter, Marlys Mae and John Pederson
• Welter, Morris
• Welter, Nicholas and Catherine (Stemper)
• Welter, Nicholas W. and Emily (DeSautel)
• Welter, Peter H. and Theresa “Tracy” (Gigler)
• Welter, Roy Anton and Clara Helen (Knudson)
• Welter, Sarah Nicole
• Welter, Wayne R. and Pam (Johnson)
• Welter, Winnifred M. (Mamie)
• Wilson, Margaret Adeline and Jesse Andrew Lahd
• Wurgler, Ida and Elmer Hoime

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