When Emmelia Erikson Smesta was born on 2 August 1854, in Vinger, Hedmark, Norway, her father, Erik Christensen, was 39 and her mother, Marte Andersdatter Ladderud, was 38. She married Amund Halvorsen Snare on 15 December 1872, in Winneshiek, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Fairfield Township, Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States in 1900 and Dewey Township, Roseau, Minnesota, United States in 1910. She died on 1 June 1929, in Greenbush, Roseau, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Pauli Cemetery, Roseau, Minnesota, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1873: Grand Forks, Dakota Territory, United States 1889: Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States
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Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nils.
Norwegian: habitational name from any of ten or more farmsteads, notably in southeastern Norway, mostly named from the Old Norse personal name Smithr, literally ‘smith’ + Old Norse stathir ‘farmstead, dwelling’.
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