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Abe Abrahamson was born June 7, 1888 to Abraham Jonassen Fjermestad (Aug. 19, 1849 - March 1, 1908) and Berta Hansdotter Tunheim (Sept. 10, 1856 - Jan. 31, 1902) in Stavenger, Norway. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Church in Norway. He had four brothers and five sisters. In 1904, at the age of 16, Abe immigrated to America to join his older brother Hans, who had come over two years earlier. He lived and worked in Minnesota around the Granite Falls area. This is where he met his future wife, Maude.  In 1908 he moved to Bowman County, North Dakota, working for Dave Fonsen south of Rhame, living in a sheepherders wagon for a few years.

Abe filed on a homestead in the Minnehaha township, as most of the early pioneers did. John Day, a brother-in-law of Abe's came and homesteaded at the same time that Abe did. His homestead was just northwest of Abe's. During the homestead days Abe and John helped drill quite a few wells in the area.  

Clara Maude Day was born Aug. 27, 1887 in Granite Falls, MN to Mary Ann McKinley (March 3, 1859 - Feb. 5, 1922) and Ephriam Bird Day (July 24, 1949 - July 5, 1925). Maude (as she was called) had five brothers and five sisters, one being her twin sister. She received her education at schools in Granite Falls, MN and college at Valley City, ND. Maude taught school for several years. She taught at the Padgett school in Bowman County and lived with the Padgett family.

Abe Abrahamson and Maude Day were united in marriage on March 16, 1911 in Granite Falls, Minnesota. They returned to Abe's homestead and began their life together. Abe and Maude had seven children: Chester Eugene (Dec. 11, 1911 - Dec. 8, 1949), Alvin Russel (Qct. 31, 1913 - June 15, 2004), John Howard (May 30, 1915 - Sept. 19, 1987), Myla Maud (Oct. 1, 1919 - Sept. 19, 2003), Lyla Odean (July 25, 1921 - Oct. 23, 2001), Ruth who died in infancy and a daughter (June 9, 1917) still living. All the children attended school at Wilson either by walking, riding horseback, team and sleigh or in later years by car. Abe built up his ranch and always raised sheep and cattle while living on the farm. Maude became ill and passed away suddenly on October 30, 1925 from a brain hemorrhage. Dorothy, Myla and Lyla returned to Minnesota after her death and stayed with relatives until the spring of 1926. At that time, Abe returned and brought them home. Abe continued to raise all of the children himself.

Abe lived on the ranch until 1942, when he moved to the "Unk Peterson" place. He later sold that to Mary Belle and Tom Dye (These were my great-grandparents on my maternal grandmother's side of the family - Jesse Abrahamson), at which time he moved to Bowman. Abe married Frankie Mann Erickson on May 22, 1959. They resided in Bowman until Abe's death on Feb. 15, 1983 at the age of 94.

Today, the extended Abrahamson-Day family is spread across Washington, Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, Colorado, Illinois, and Minnesota, among other states. We also have numerous extended relatives in Norway.

I welcome information and comments from anyone. If you have an upcoming event, such as a graduation, birthday party, anniversary, wedding, etc. or a birth/death announcement, feel free to email me about it. If you can email pictures, that's even better! If you have some old photos to share, or maybe baby pictures, by all means - send them too! I will try my best to keep things as up-to-date as possible. Unless permission is given, I will not post last names. -Day Family Website! I hope this site allows extended family members to keep up to date with the