Follow-up post to Ole Heglie.
Caroline Margaretha Heglie was born October 1, 1860 to Mikkel Olsen Heglie and Martha Gusta Andreasdatter Heggenstrom in Stod, Nord Trøndelag Norway, their first child. Mikkel and Martha had been married just a week prior on September 25, 1860. Caroline emigrated to the United States with her family in 1869 and settled in Holt Township, Fillmore County, Minnesota.
Caroline went to school through sixth grade and married Ole Thompson on February 20, 1882. Ole, 33, was twelve years Caroline's senior when they married.
Ole Thompson was born on November 15, 1848 in Norway and emigrated to the United States in 1868. It does not appear that he arrived with any family. Like Caroline, he also received a sixth grade education. Ole, like Caroline's brother Ole, was a section hand for the railroad (1880 Federal census). Perhaps this is how they met.
In 1900, Ole Thompson tried his hand at farming in Norway Township, just east of Lanesboro. By 1910, Ole and Caroline moved to Lanesboro where Ole worked as a street laborer.
Caroline and Ole never had any children. Caroline died January 16, 1942, at the age of 81. Ole died May 5, 1942, at the age of 93. They are both buried in Lanesboro Cemetery.
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