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My great grandfather, Thomas Twite died in Goodhue COunty Minnesota on June 19, 1888. He is buried in the Urland Cemetery, Leon Township, Goodhue County, Minnesota.

I have been unable to find out when he came to America and what his parents names were. The people at the "Sons Of Norway" club here in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada think that his name probably would have been Tveit and that it was chaned to Twite so that it would sound more English.

Thomas married Kjirsti Larsdatter about 1876 in Minnesota. A cousin of my father's, now deceased, thought that Kjirsti (later known as Katie or Kate) came to America around 1870 with her parents from Valdres, Norway. I do know that she was born on December 5, 1858. She died on July 16, 1934 in Bawlf, Alberta, Canada.

I have not been able to find anything about Kjirsti's parents. I have searched shp's lists and tried Looking for people named Larson.

Is it possible that there are some marriage records in the Goodhue County archives?

Any help would be gratefully received.

Dale Philpott

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