Finnestad Ancestry

Here is the last US Census from Chicago for the Thompson family before they headed to Texas. Axel was employed as a real estate broker, which was probably a difficult industry during the Depression.  

Here is the death certificate for Iverdena (Vallem) Thompson, granddaughter of Ole and Mari Finnestad, daughter of Rachel (Finnestad) and Lewis Vallem. Iverdena (Dena) died on July 28, 1974 in McAllen, Texas.   She had been living in Donna, Texas having moved from Chicago, Illinois. Dena is buried at the Highland Memorial Park Cemetery in Weslaco, Texas.