Biographies:   Andrew EIDSKAR, Rice Lake Township, Barron Co., WI 

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Andrew Eidskar, who is farming 57 acres in section 35, Rice Lake Township,
was born in Norway Feb. 29, 1876, son of Andrew 0. and Gunhild (Lonegraf)
Eidskar, who spent the span of their years in Norway. He attended the common
schools until fifteen years of age. For a time he worked with his father. As 
a young man he learned the baker's trade, and in following this trade for 
many years thereafter he traveled from place to place in his native land saw 
much of life in different parts of the country. He came to America in 1905 
and located in Iowa County, this state, where he rented farms for ten years, 
part of the time near Moscow and part of the time near Brigom. He came to 
Rice Lake in 1915 and purchased his present place. The tract was wild land 
which had been cut over. He grubbed out the stumps, developed tilled fields, 
put up suitable fences, and made of it a fine farm. He also put up good 
buildings including a house, barn, sheds and the like. He has been successful 
in his operations and is regarded as a desirable citizen and good neighbor in 
every respect. Like his ancestors before him he is a member of the Norwegian 
Lutheran Church and a supporter of the local body. Mr. Eidskar was married 
July 20, 1902, in Norway, to Tadranud 0. Stoil, daughter of Ole Knutson and 
Anna G. Yohanesen. The parents, with three boys and three girls, were drowned 
while en route to America on the steamer "Norway" in the spring of 1904. Mr. 
and Mrs. Eidskar have four  children: Carl was born Oct. 26, 1903; Anna 0. 
was born June 11, 1905; Amy G.  was born June 19, 1910; and Gunil Harriett 
was born July 30, 1913.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co.,
1922, pp. 494-495.