Bio of Iver OIE (b.1845), Renville Co., MN

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The following excerpt comes from 
The History of Renville County, Minnesota, Volume II
compiled by Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge
H. C. Cooper Jr. Company, Chicago, 1916

p. 1030

IVER OIE, a retired farmer of Sacred Heart, was born in Norway, 
July 30, 1845, and came to America in 1868. He located in Goodhue 
county and in 1870 came to Renville county where he took a homestead 
in Wang township, driving from Goodhue county with ox team. With him 
came Sever Strand, Ove Strand, Ole Strand, Thorsten Hamre, Andrew 
Weflen and family, Marie Estram, Engebret Thoronson, Gunder Haan and 
Iver Nystuen. Iver Oie remained on the farm until 1911 when he retired 
to Sacred Heart. He was married in October, 1874, to Gunhild Solfest, 
a native of Norway, born June 21, 1850. She came to the United States 
in 1872 and located in Faribault county and came to Renville county in 
1874. Mr. and Mrs. Oie have six children: Gjorgena, Severin, Helmina, 
Ingvald, Dena and Gust.