Finnestad Ancestry

In 1950, Lillian (Finnestad) Risetter and her husband George were living in DeKalb, DeKalb county, Illinois with two of their three children, Betty Lou and Rodney. The Risetter family can be located on lines 7 - 10 of the US Census.    George was employed as a night  manager for a trucking company.   Betty Lou worked in the meter department for the electric company and Rodney was a milling machine operator for an electric factory. Lillian was the daughter of Caroline (Quitno) and Ole (Olson) Finnestad Jr. and the granddaughter of  Mari (Iversdatter Nord-Skaar) and Ole (Olson) Finnestad Sr.    

Walter Reigard, husband of Alice Marie Finnestad served in the military from September 20, 1917 through March 7, 1919, during World War I.    The United States Congress declared war April 6, 1917.    The war ended November 11, 1918 and the Treaty of Versailles was signed June 28, 1919. A few months following the completion of his service in the military, Walter and his brother-in-law, George Risetter ran an automobile and tractor repair business in DeKalb, Illinois named Reigard and Risetter. The opening of the shop made front page news in the DeKalb Daily Chronicle on July 8, 1919. George Risetter was the husband of Lillian May Finnestad, sister of Alice Finnestad.   Both Lillian and Alice were the daughters of Caroline (Quitno) and Ole (Olson) Finnestad Jr. and the granddaughters of  Mari (Iversdatter Nord-Skaar) and Ole (Olson) Finnestad Sr.

Lillian and George Risetter were married May 29, 1918 at the Calvary Lutheran Church on Perry Road in Lee County, Illinois, according to the above log entry. Lillian was the 6th child of Ole Jr and Caroline. Listed in attendance was her sister, Evelyn. Lillian's older sister, Clara also married a Risetter, Christopher, which I believe was George's older brother.