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Genealogy Home A note about how Norwegians got their names
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A Young Morris Growing Up Ole and Sissel met in Fessendon, North Dakota, were married March 28, 1913 and moved to Minot, North Dakota. Morris was born 24 July. Ole and Sissel spoke nothing but Norwegian at home, so the boys learned no English. When Morris started first grade at the age of seven, he had to learn it from the start. He told me of two memories from his school days: On his first school day, his mother made him a lunch that any good Norwegian mother would be proud to give her son: a cheese sandwich with very stinky cheese. It was a warm day and the cheese got smellier and smellier. By the time lunchtime came around, no one wanted to be anywhere near him and his sandwich. So he sat alone under a tree, crying, and eating his sandwich. He begged his mother not to give him cheese again. And then he remembered all too well the times he had to stay after school until he could say "yellow" and "jello" to his teacher and know when it was correct to say the "y" sound.... yah. Doncha know. It wasn't easy.
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