County Information
Founded February 17, 1881
Named in honor of the large number of Norwegians, or Normans, who settled in this county.
County Seat: Ada
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Norman County Courthouse, built in 1904
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MARCH 2024
BIOS: transcribed by Robin Line - David C. Lightbourn, Jorgen J. Lomen, Conrad Knute Semling, John T. Shelland
MILITARY: MN Historical Society Gold Star Vets, submitted by Robin Line - Edwin Selmer Jacobson, Gustav Theodor Knudtson, Conrad Leines, John Loken, Olaf Julius Lovik, Thorvald E. Lunde, George Nesseth, Russell Walter Olin, Alfred A. Redland, Hjalmer Oliver Simonson, James Akey Templeton
Gold Star Vets completed for Norman County
OBITS: transcribed by Robin Line - Peter Narum
JULY 2023
BIRTH: Lakeman Girl, Ronald Alan Lakeman
MARRIAGES: News - Hurst-Stengaard, Shirley-Rolle
NEWS-FIRES: 1900 Fire Destroys Stores, 1906 Child Dies in Fire, 1900 Ada Fire
NEWS-VISIT/RELOCATE: Mrs. Richard Stowell
OBITS: Mrs. F. Bucher, Annie Hesch, Magdalena Gerber, Myrtle Evelyn Thompson
PUBLIC OFFICIALS: Norman J. Larson
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