Henry Peter Michaelson, son of Hans and Amanda George Michaelson, was born May 27, 1891 and died September 13, 1963. He married Margaret Lena Dredge on December 23, 1912 at Pierce, Nebraska. Margaret, daughter of George and Eliza Dredge, was born on November 17, 1894 and died January 21, 1957. They were parents of Fern, Alfred, Harold, Opal, Irvin, Dorothy, Orville, Lois and Shirley. Henry was a farmer east of Neligh until retiring in the 1930’s. Fern Roberta, March 4, 1916, married Charles Clem Henery, four children; Alfred Gerald, January 21, 1918, served in WWII, never married; Harold Wayne, March 22, 1929, married Vivian Olga Prawitz, served in WWII, three children; Dorothy Mae, July 1, 1926, married Elmer Hansen, adopted child; Orville Lee, April 22, 1930, married Donna June Eckley, one child; Lois Lorraine, March 30, 1934, married Duard Oliver Dempster, five children; Shirley Elaine, July 21, 1936, married Glen Ray Hopkins; Opal Irene, December 20, 1921, married Glenn William Boies, two children; and Irvin Elton, December 5, 1923, married Deloris Smalley, two children.
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