Alice Courtney Cannon, III

Alice married Robert Donovan Woyen Aanestad [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. David Carter Aanestad
2. Elizabeth Ann Aanestad
3. Deborah Annette Aanestad
4. Laura Catherine Aanestad

Arthur married Valborg Geneva Benson [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!RELIGION: Catholic.

Arthur married Alice Courtney Pence on 15 Dec 1909 in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States. Alice (daughter of Merry Lewis Pence and Belle Kelly) was born on 3 Sep 1883 in Daviess, Kentucky, United States; died on 8 Sep 1934 in Fargo, Cass, North Dakota, United States; was buried in Fargo, Cass, North Dakota, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!RELIGION: Baptist.
!NOTES: Alice had her degree in physics from the Univ. of Kentucky where her
father was a well known physics professor who, with a friend, invented the
first portable x-ray machine. Alice had a Masters Degree in physical
education and taught phy-ed at Moorhead State Teachers College, Moorhead,
Minnesota in an era when women were not generally educated. This
information is related by her granddaughter, Alice Courtney Cannon
(Aanestad).

Notes:

! RELIGION: Lutheran.
! NOTES: Came to the U.S.A. from Norway. Graduated from Concordia College,
Moorhead, Minn. and taught there for a while. He was a banker in Halstad,
Minn. for 25 years. He changed his name when he came from to America;
probably from Heskestad to Benson. He was from the Stavanger area in
Norway.

Gabriel married Eddy Marie Smerud. Eddy was born on 11 Oct 1883 in Spring Grove, Houston, Minnesota, United States; died on 13 Nov 1985 in Fargo, Cass, North Dakota, United States; was buried in Halstad, Norman, Minnesota, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!RELIGION: Lutheran.

Merry married Belle Kelly. Belle was born on 3 Jun 1861. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]