I'm finding this research slow going since there's no one in the family to help.


This is what I've found out so far:


Father:
Charles Alvin HAGEN - born in March 1925, supposedly in North Dakota; died December 1979 while traveling through Stearns County, Minnesota; supposedly buried in Bottineau County, North Dakota.


His parents were Charles (Charley) HAGEN [born 1895 in Norway] and Amanda G TORGERSON [born around 1903 in either Minnesota or North Dakota]; the family was in Bottineau County before 1930.


Charles Alvin apparently had the following siblings: Gilbert - Harold - Ole - Deloris - Arlin - Lyle


Mother:
Nelda Rose SOLAND - born 09 March 1937; married Charles in 1954 or 1955, in Westhope, Bottineau County, North Dakota.


Her parents were William SOLAND [b around 1913; d 1955 or 1956] and Leona HALSEY [b before 1920; d around 1970]; married before 1940. The spelling on Leona's surname is *not* certain - all that's known is that it sounds something like "Halsey" ... at least so far as anyone remembers.



At this point, that's all that's known.