(From HISTORY OF MITCHELL AND WORTH COUNTIES, IOWA, 1883, Page 846)

Ole Knudson Sinda was born in Norway, in May 1834. He came to America in 1861, landed at Quebec and went at once to Wisconsin, where he resided four years, and in 1865 he moved to Minnesota, resided there one year, and then came to Worth county, where he settled' on section 30, Northwood township. He has 160 acres of good land and raises stock of all kinds. He was married to Anna I. Hove in April 1878. She is also a native of Norway. There are three children- Martin Edmond, Carl A. and Gane M. Mr. Knudson and ,family all belong to the Norwegian Lutheran Church. Politically he is a republican.

Transcribed by Gordon Felland, March 27, 2008