GRIMLAND FAMILY MEETING - February 9, 2002
By Ruell Solberg, Jr.
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Wanda Mobley called another meeting of Grimland family
members on
February 9, 2002
at the
Civic
Center
in
Clifton
,
Texas
. The purpose of the meeting was to
review the status of efforts to produce a Grimland family tree and a Grimland
family book, to regroup and adjust the activities, and to decide how to proceed
from this point.
The Grimland family goes back to
Norway
where Jorgen Gunsteinsen Grimeland married Liv Nilsdatter Ufsvatn in
Norway
in 1832. Jorgen died before his son
Jorgen Jorgensen Grimeland was born. Then,
Liv married Kittel Gunsteinsen Grimeland, a younger brother of Jorgen, and they
had six children before immigrating to
Henderson
County
in
East Texas
in 1850. They had one additional
child after arriving in
Texas
and moved to
Bosque
County
in
Central Texas
in 1868.
The names of the children of Liv and Kittel Grimland were Gunsten, Niels, Ole,
Gjeruld, Jorgen (J. K.), Kerste, and Reinert.
The only daughter, Kerste, married Ole Solberg. The
“e” in the surname was dropped after they arrived in
Texas
, and William Yearl Grimlan and his descendants dropped the “d”.
People began arriving for the meeting before
10:00 am
with each person bringing their lunch. After
some informal visiting and sharing of information about families, Wanda Mobley,
chair of the Grimland family, led the meeting.
John Reesing, treasurer, gave the treasurer’s report.
Evelyn Smith recorded minutes of the meeting.
Some information was given about each person that was present and how they fit
into the family. For the first time,
there were descendants from each of the six children of the original Grimlands
that married and had children. Two,
Gjeruld and Reinert, did not marry.
John Reesing reported on the status of the Grimland family tree for Bruce Wiland,
who could not be present, and provided printouts to contact persons for their
family groups. There were
discussions about some of the family groups that do not have contact persons yet
and suggestions about possible ways to obtain missing family information.
About 2,650 people in the Grimland family have been
identified so far, and many are yet to be identified.
The family has been divided into groups with specific individuals taking
the lead for obtaining missing information for their group.
Family groups and the lead or contact persons for them for the Jorgen Grimland
(first child of Liv) family include the following: 1) Jorgen Christian Grimland,
Bruce Wiland; 2) Tellef William Grimland, Janey Finstad Ivey; 3) Emma Bertha
Lizabeth Grimland Arneson, Ruell Solberg, Jr.; 4) Andrew Carl (A. C.) Grimland,
John Reesing; 5) John Alexander Grimland, Martha Nelson Swenson; 6) Jennie
Emelia Grimland Wallace, Wallace Hughes; 7) Benjamin Sinclair (Beno) Grimland,
Kevin Couch; 8) Olena Aleda Grimland Bronstad, Kesa Grimland Clingman; and 9)
Flora Bedina Grimland Bruland, Ruth Bruland Korn.
Family groups and the lead persons for descendants of Kittel and Liv Grimland
include: 1) Peter Andrew (Pete) Grimland, Floyd Grimland; 2) William Cornelius
Grimland, Floyd Grimland; 3) Jim Nikolai Grimland, Virgil Tindall; 4) John
Martin (Jerol John) Grimland, Neal Grimland, Jr.; 5) Neal Gideon Grimland, Neal
Grimland, Jr.; 6) Tom Cornelius Grimland, Tom L. Grimland; 7) William Yearl
(Will) Grimlan, Wanda Teague Mobley; 8) Lillie Pearl Grimland Watson Wheeler,
John Warren; 9) Della Grimland Snell, Betty Hodge Poe; 10) Maude Grimland Hodge,
Betty Hodge Poe; 11) Rachel Liv Grimland Lockhart, Jo Ann Summerville Davidson;
12) Eddy Grimland, Joy Grimland Teague; 13) Lorense Galinda (Lou) Grimland
Johnson, Wanda Mobley; 14) Oscar Christian Grimland, Cecil (Tergy) Tergerson;
15) Gena Antonette Grimland Tergerson, Cecil (Tergy) Tergerson; 16) Julian Ardin
Grimland, Bill Bryan; and 17) Kerste Grimland Solberg, Ruell Solberg, Jr.
Some of the family groups do not yet have a contact or lead person.
Under Jorgen Grimland, these and their spouses include 1) Annette Gurine
Gimland and Arnt E. Bye and J. G. Butler, 2) James Edward (Ed) Grimland and Lucy
Wallace, 3) Harry Nicholas Grimland and Mary Louise Burrows, 4) Laura Katherine
Grimland and Nels Olaus Nelson, and 5) Gustaf David (Gus) Grimland and Leah
Townsend.
Under Kittle and Liv Grimland, lead persons are needed for 1) Karen Louisa
Grimland and Anton L. Peterson, 2) Amelia Berdine (Mollie) Grimland and Otto
Anderson Stanhiser, and 3) Inez Adelia Grimland and Edmond Alexander Tweedy, Jr.
and Durie Clinton Holverson.
People who have or know of people that have information about the Grimland
family or are interested in helping with the family tree, book, reunion, or
other items are urged to contact a lead person for a family group or Bruce
Wiland, Wanda Mobley, or Ruell Solberg, Jr.
Their e-mail addresses are Wiland@att.net
, mouse5@pgrb.com , and SolbergR@asme.org
, respectively. Their telephone
numbers are (512) 443-2918, (915) 784-6589, and (210) 684-1326, respectively.
Also, people can take the leads for smaller family groups than what is
implied here.
Goals are to submit all major family tree information to Bruce Wiland by
April 1, 2002
; final proofing back to Wiland by July 1; and publication about September 1.
Ruell Solberg, Jr. reported about compiling a Grimland family e-mail address
list of all possible living descendants and asked for this information for
people not yet included. Also, he
has been sending out Grimland family e-mail newsletters.
Solberg has started to compile a list of
U.S.
mail addresses of all Grimland descendants for sending future announcements of
the Grimland family reunion and other items.
People should send addresses of family members to him at 5906 Forest
Cove,
San Antonio
,
Texas
78240-3429
.
There were discussions about having a Grimland family reunion.
Decisions were made to have a potluck lunch family reunion at the
National Guard Armory in the
Clifton
City
Park
on
October 5, 2002
. Joyce David and Carol Couch are
the leaders of the planning committee for the reunion.
The family tree will be available at that time.
A reminder was given about the website that has been set up for the Grimland
family at http://www.grimland.org
.
Bonnie Grimland was recognized as being the oldest person (88) in attendance.
Neal Grimland and Ruell and Jane Solberg, Jr. traveled the longest
distance for the meeting. The
meeting was adjourned about
noon
, but there was significant sharing of family information, pictures, and family
memorabilia after the meeting.
Attending the meeting were Bonnie Grimland, Janelle Grimland, and Martha Swenson
of
Clifton
; Lorean Davis of Meridian; Evelyn Smith and Virgil and Betty Tindall of
Cranfills Gap; Jerry and Joyce David of Whitney; John and Hallie Jo Reesing of
Austin
; and Betty Poe of Lometa.
Also, Floyd and Eddie Grimland and Randall Moore of Troy; John and Margie Warren
of Burnet; Patsy Grimland of Kaufman; Kesa Clingman of Keller; Bill and Wanda
Mobley and Mason Fabbina of Brownwood; Cecil (Tergy) and Fran Tergerson of Fort
Worth; Carol Couch of Euless; and Neal Grimland and Ruell and Jane Solberg, Jr.
of San Antonio.
The next Grimland family meeting is scheduled to start at
10:00 am
on
June 22 2002
at the
Civic
Center
. People who are interested in
attending should contact Wanda or one of the other persons listed here.
* * *
February 23, 2002
Ruell Solberg, Jr.
5906 Forest Cove
San Antonio, TX 78249-3429
Ph. (210) 684-1326
E-mail SolbergR@asme.org or RSolberg@ev1.net
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