Hoel family celebrates 152 years in America

  • The Hoel Family Reunion for 2023 was celebrated at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church at Norse and attracted 40 members representing the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth generations of the family living in America. Courtesy Photo By Hoel Family
    The Hoel Family Reunion for 2023 was celebrated at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church at Norse and attracted 40 members representing the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth generations of the family living in America. Courtesy Photo By Hoel Family
In early 1871, Oline and Christopher Mikaelson Hoel with their daughters Amalie (3) and Marie (1) immigrated from their generational home in Loeten, Norway, to begin a new life in the burgeoning Norwegian settlement of Norse west of Clifton. Sadly, Oline died less than a year later leaving Christopher as a single parent of their two very young girls. Somehow, they manage to not only survive, but…

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