Eddy Leonard Selland

1904 - 1990  (86 years)

• Name	Eddy Leonard Selland
  Birth	16 Aug 1904	McIntosh, King Twp, Polk County, Minnesota, United States
  Gender	Male
  Residence-Occupant	1911 to 1913	Cascade County, Montana, United States
  	built a home
  	Role: Occupant Iver arrived with a breaking plow, but later added three larga oxen and a one bottom sulky plow which allowed him to sit on the plow rather than walking behind it.
  Occupation	1919	Saskatchewan, Canada
  	worked for John Ness. Little did he know that he would become his future father-in-law
  	Eddy worked for $30.00 a month and $40.00 for harvest.
  Occupation	1920	Saskatchewan, Canada
  	farmer - took over the farmwork on the family farm
  Occupation	1921	Saskatchewan, Canada
  	farmer - A wet fall left the stooks in the field over winter causing losses
  Occupation	1929	Saskatchewan, Canada
  	Farmer - took over the farm
  	" In 1929 was the start of the drought. In 1930 and 1931 it was fairly dry and it got increasingly worse.
  Occupation	1935
  	farmer - good crop but crop was ruined by rust.
  	" It ran 28 bushels to the double box.
  Occupation	1937	Saskatchewan, Canada
  	farmer - the weather was very dry
  Occupation	1938	Saskatchewan, Canada
  	farmer - there was a good crop but it was severely impacted by rust
  Occupation	1939	Saskatchewan, Canada
  	farmer - the weather had improved some and the crops were fair
  Travel	1948	Saskatchewan, Canada
  	bought his first car, a 1934 Ford
  Occupation	1952	Saskatchewan, Canada
  	farmer - bought his first tractor, a "little'' red Ford, which was his pride and joy
  _UID	7BB4CB4F0D3E4588B47E84E5038FA24373FC
  Death	4 Nov 1990
  Person ID	I61375	Lanark County Origins
  Last Modified	28 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	Iver E. Selland,   b. 31 Mar 1869, Kenyon Twp, Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States d. 12 Apr 1942, Melville, Melville Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Birgit Stakebraaten,   b. 26 May 1875, Gol, Hallingdal, Norway d. 28 Jul 1958, St Catharines, Niagara Regional Municipality (Lincoln), Ontario, Canada (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	27 Jul 1904	Polk County, Minnesota, United States
  Family ID	F21471	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Kristine Ness,   b. 25 Nov 1917, Plainville, Census Division No. 14, Saskatchewan, Canada d. 30 Nov 2011 (Age 94 years)
  Marriage	16 Jun 1944
  Children	1. Living   2. Living
  Family ID	F21492	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 16 Aug 1904 - McIntosh, King Twp, Polk County, Minnesota, United States Residence-Occupant - built a home - 1911 to 1913 - Cascade County, Montana, United States Occupation - worked for John Ness. Little did he know that he would become his future father-in-law - 1919 - Saskatchewan, Canada Occupation - farmer - took over the farmwork on the family farm - 1920 - Saskatchewan, Canada Occupation - farmer - A wet fall left the stooks in the field over winter causing losses - 1921 - Saskatchewan, Canada Occupation - Farmer - took over the farm - 1929 - Saskatchewan, Canada Occupation - farmer - the weather was very dry - 1937 - Saskatchewan, Canada Occupation - farmer - there was a good crop but it was severely impacted by rust - 1938 - Saskatchewan, Canada Occupation - farmer - the weather had improved some and the crops were fair - 1939 - Saskatchewan, Canada Travel - bought his first car, a 1934 Ford - 1948 - Saskatchewan, Canada Occupation - farmer - bought his first tractor, a "little'' red Ford, which was his pride and joy - 1952 - Saskatchewan, Canada  = Link to Google Earth