Bio of Theodore O. THRONDSEN (b.1867), Yellow Medicine Co., MN

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THEODORE O. THRONDSEN (1892)

Theodore O. Throndsen is one of the substantial farmers and land owners of
Norman township.  He owns the northeast quarter of section 27, a well
improved farm.

Mr. Throndsen is of Norwegian descent.  His parents, Reier and Gudbjord
(Anbol) Throndsen, came from Valders, Norway, in an early day and made
settlement in Manitowoc county, Wisconsin.  The father spent three years in
the army during the Civil War and was on the frontier fighting Indians
during the Sioux outbreak.  In the early nineties the Throndsens became
residence of Yellow Medicine county and engaged in farming in Norman
township.

While the family was living in Manitowoc county, Wisconsin, on August 12,
1867, Theodore Throndsen was born.  He grew to manhood on his father's farm
there and was educated in the district schools.  He accompanied his parents
to Yellow Medicine county in 1892 and for some years lived on the home farm
on section 22, Norman.  In 1898 he bought his present farm and has since
been engaged in its management.

Mr. Throndsen raises Holstein cattle and Poland China hogs and has stock in
the Farmers Elevator Company of Canby.  He is township assessor and
treasurer of school district No. 101.  He and his family are members of St.
Stephan's Lutheran Church.

The marriage of Mr. Throndsen to Emma Landsverk occurred in Canby July 16,
1898.  His wife was born in Michigan July 19, 1877.  Her parents, Lief and
Alice (Hanson) Landsverk, came originally from Telemarken, Norway, and in
1878 they located in Yellow Medicine county, taking a homestead claim on
section 24, Norman.  The father died on the place in 1888; the mother makes
her home with her daughter.  Mr. and Mrs. Throndsen have three children:
Richard L., born January 3, 1901; Clifford E., born January 10, 1903; and
Gertrude A., born May 12, 1905.

Source:  History of Yellow Medicine County by Arthur P. Rose.  Published
1914.