Peder P Dahl/Flaa
Peder P. Dahl/Flaa
Stjordalen, Norway

Excerpted from "A History of The People of Norman County Minnesota", by the Norman County Heritage Commission and the Norman County Historical Society, Dallas: Taylor Publishing Co., 1976.

Peder O. Flaa came from Stjordalen, Norway, in 1873 to Goodhue County,
Minnesota. In 1876 he was joined by his wife Kjersti and 3 year old
daughter Gjertrude. They had 3 more children in Goodhue county:  Martine,
Paul and Carl. Peder had a brother named Mathias P. Dahl and his father
was Peder P. Dahl. He also had a brother Ole P. Dahl. Peder's family
name was Dahl, but he took his wife, Kjersti Flaa's name when they were
married.

(There is more information on the family.)

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