Borghild Johanna (Johnson) Thompson

Borghild was born in Mosjoen, Norway and came to Claresholm in 1910. She worked on the Alsgard farm east of Granum and then on the Freeman Anderson fram east of Clareshlom.

She married Nils Thompson in 1912.

They had a family of six children all born in Claresholm. They lived at 236-50th Ave in Claresholm until moving to Cereal in 1932.

The children where Trygve, Lillian, Clarence, Mildred, Gordon and Ralph. The family lived in Cereal for one year, a year which was very tough as the Cereal district was almost like a desert in the 'Dirty Thirties".

In 1933, the family moved to Picture Butte, living there for six months and then on to Vulcan for six years. They moved from Vulcan (with the exception of Lillian who was now married) to Diamond City. Nils and Borghild lived in Diamond City for twenty-two years, during which time the other children married and moved to other locations in Alberta.

Nils and Borghild returned to Claresholm to retire.

Borghild was a charter member of the Hamar Lodge, Sons of Norway and the Nidaros Luthern Church.

Excerpt from "Where the Wheatlands Meet the Range" published 1974