Ragnild Olsdatter Bakken was born on 16 Dec 1866 in Dovre, Oppland, Norway to parents Ole Oleson Bakken and Marit Olsdatter Sturslaaten Fagerlie. She arrived in America in 1881 at age 14 and settled in Becker, Minnesota. She married Ole Haldorsen, her cousin on 19 Jun 1886 in Borup, Minnesota. Children: Oscar O, Inga Marie, Emil. She died on 17 Dec 1941 in Douglas, Minnesota.
Sources
US Federal Census 1900 Image. Audubon, Becker, Minnesota; Page: 9; Enumeration District: 0002; FHL microfilm: 1240756; database online, Provo, Utah, Ancestry.com, 2004.
US Federal Census 1910 Image. Audubon, Becker, Minnesota; Roll: T624_689; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0002; FHL microfilm: 1374702; database online, Lehi, Utah, Ancestry.com, 2006.
US Federal Census 1920 Image. Detroit, Becker, Minnesota; Roll: T625_823; Page: 17B; Enumeration District: 8; database online, Provo, Utah, Ancestry.com, 2010.
US Federal Census 1930 Image. Inglewood, Los Angeles, California; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 1014; FHL microfilm: 2339863; database online, Provo, Utah, Ancestry.com, 2002.
US Federal Census 1940 Image. Alexandria, Douglas, Minnesota; Roll: m-t0627-01919; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 21-1; database online, Provo, Utah, Ancestry.com, 2012.
See also:
Minnesota, Death Index, 1908-2002
California Death Index, 1940-1997
Minnesota, Territorial and State Censuses for 1895 and 1905
U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records, 1826-1945
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