Cora (Peterson) Holtan

 February 23, 1878 - April 3, 1961

83 years,  1 month,  11 days 

Marriage:   Engebrigt Holtan  - married on November 29, 1899

Cora is Jon Q. Peterson's Great Aunt.  Cora is the daughter of J.P. Peterson (Jon's Great-Grandfather)

From “Golden Jubilee 1906-1956 Ryder, North Dakota”
The booklet was prepared and presented by the Ryder Commercial Club for the Golden Jubilee celebration July 18 and 19, 1956

Mr. and Mrs. Engebrigt Holtan

             Engebrigt Holtan was born March, 1972, at Forest City, Iowa.  In 1886 he came to McLean County with his parents, and filed on a homestead.

             Cora Peterson, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J.P. Peterson, was born Feb. 1978 at River Falls, Wisconsin.  After teaching school four years Cora and Engebrigt were married Nov. 29, 1899.  In years to come they were blessed with four children:
            Pearl, deceased
            Mildred Lunden, South of Raub
            Lyle, South of Raub
            Helen Shigley of Olympia, WA

             In the early 1900’s the Holtan’s sold their claim and moved to Ryder where the children attended school.  Mr. Holtan looked after his farming interests in the Raub and Reservation Territories and then moved to a farm south of Raub.  Several years before Mr. Holtan passed on in 1953, they retired and moved to Bismarck.  Mrs. Holtan is now with her daughter in Washington.

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