Title: Fernow Family
Dates: ca. 1895-2014
Collection Number: MSS 11225
Quantity: 5.5 ft. (including oversize in map case drawer)
Abstract: Consists of family history and genealogical research, a scrapbook of records created by the Mrs. Jacees (Valley City, N.D.), the personal papers of Edwin and Lydia (Anderson) Fernow, their daughter Erlys and grandson Thomas James Krom. The majority of the collection consists of Edwin's farm record books from their Enderlin (Cass County, ND) farm and photographs.
Provenance: The Fernow Family Papers were donated to the State Historical Society of North
Dakota by Erlys Fardal on August 14, 2014.
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Transfer: Several artifacts were offered to the Museum Division of the SHSND in August 2014. See case file for more information.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Edwin F. Fernow was born June 4, 1900 in Barnes County, rural Lucca (ND) to Wilhelm and Alvina Fernow. He married Lydia Anderson, June 11, 1924 at Hanska (MN). Lydia Anderson was born on April 17, 1900 at Hanska (MN), daughter of Anton and Marie Anderson. Lydia and Edwin had two daughters: Betty Krom and Erlys McCullough Fardal.
Edwin farmed near Enderlin for 60 years. He was a Nodak Mutual Insurance Agent for 20 years. He was the leader of the Maple River Livestock 4-H club for 12 years. He was active in Trinity Lutheran Church of Enderlin where he had many offices, including treasurer (an office he held for 27 years). He was an active member of the Enderlin community.
Lydia Fernow was also an active member of the Enderlin community. She was a charter member of the Enderlin Senior Citizens, a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, ALCW and the Eunice Circle, served on the Cass County Board of Homemakers, and was a long time leader of 4-H clubs in Cass County. Lydia Fernow passed away February 28, 1986 at Dakota Hospital in Fargo (ND). Edwin Fernow passed away March 22, 1994 at Lisbon Memorial Hospital.
Sources:
Enderlin Independent, March 5, 1986, March 30, 1994
BOX / FOLDER INVENTORY
Box 1:
1 Fernow family history, n.d.
2 Genealogical research, n.d.
3 Fernow German papers, n.d.
4 Edwin Fernow: insurance agent licenses, insurance certificates, newspaper clippings, NDFB Western Livestock Tour Committee, Enderlin and Community Booster club, 4-H club leader recognition, ca. 1950-1994
5 Lydia Anderson Fernow yearbook and diplomas (New Ulm), news clippings, and obituary, 1917-1989
6 Erlys Fernow Fardal: 4-H (delegate to 4-H Club Camp, scholarship), Phi Upsilon Omicrom membership, Danforth Foundation fellowship, Oakes City Council, 1949-1988
7 Erlys Fernow Fardal North Dakota State College yearbook, 1956
8 Thomas James Krom (Edwin Fernow's grandson), ca. 1982
9 Miscellaneous
10 Loose financial records and documents, 1924-1980
11 Threshermen's time book/farm record book, 1925
12 Farm record book, 1928-1929
13 Farm record book, 1928-1930
14 Farm record book, 1931-1932
15 Farm record book, 1933-1934
16 Farm record book, 1936
Box 2:
1 Farm record book, 1937
2 Farm record book, 1940-1941
3 Farm record book, 1942-1948
4 Farm record book, 1949-1954
5 Farm record book, 1955-1975
6 Farm record book, 1962-1965
7 Farm record book, 1976-1980
8 Farm record book, 1981-1991
Box 3:
Edwin Fernow confirmation certificate, Pontiac Church, four miles north of Enderlin (ND), 1916
Lydia Anderson confirmation certificate and school diplomas and certificates (Hanska and New Ulm, MN), 1913-1920
Photographs 11225-001 - 11225-002 (see photograph inventory below)
Box 4: Photographs 11225-003 - 11225-045 (see photograph inventory below)
Box 5: Photographs 11225-046 - 11225-085 (see photograph inventory below)
Box 6: Photographs 11225-086 - 11225-102 (see photograph inventory below)
Box 7: Photographs 11225-103 - 11225-105 (see photograph inventory below)
Box 8: Photographs 11225-106 - 11225-154 (see photograph inventory below)
Box 9: Photographs 11225-155 - 11225-187 (see photograph inventory below)
Box 10: Scrapbook: Valley City Mrs. Jaycees, 1961-1962
Oversized (map case drawer) Photograph 11225-106 (see photograph inventory below)
PHOTOGRAPHS INVENTORY
11225-001 Crayon enlarged wedding portrait of Edwin Fernow, June 1924
11225-002 Crayon enlarged wedding portrait of Lydia (Anderson) Fernow, June 1924
11225-003 Lydia and Edwin Fernow wedding portrait, Enderlin (ND) area, June 1924
11225-004 Lydia Anderson waiting to be picked up to teach in rural school, ca. 1920-1923
11225-005 Lydia Anderson Fernow high school graduation portrait, ca. 1918-1924
11225-006 Marie Anderson portrait, Hanska (MN), ca. 1895-1900
11225-007 Anton and Bertha Marie Anderson, Wilder (MN), ca. 1940
11225-008 Edwin Fernow with daughter Betty Mae, Enderlin (ND), summer 1928
11225-009 St. Luke's Church, Enderlin (ND), before 1939
11225-010 Anton and Marie Anderson family (Clarence, Anton, Walter, Lydia Grace, Marie), house on northwest corner of Broadway and 4th Street, Hanska (MN), ca. 1908
11225-011 Edwin Fernow riding horse "Pearl," 50th anniversary of Enderlin (ND), June 18-19,1941
11225-012 Erlys Jean Fernow portrait (2 years, 3 months), ca. 1937-1938
11225-013 Erlys Fernow with Angus steer, Casselton (ND), ca. 1954
11225-014 Biplane, location unknown, ca. 1915-1923
11225-015 First Fernow family automobile after World War II, Enderlin (ND), 1948
11225-016 Anton Anderson family (Clarence, Lydia Fernow, Sherman, Walter, Grace Rank), Wilder (MN), ca. 1930-1940
11225-017 Dennis and Ronald Lindemann, Edwin Fernow's 4-H boys at Achievement Days, Casselton (ND), ca. 1949-1953
11225-018 Automobiles driving down a country road, Enderlin (ND) area, ca. 1920-1930
11225-019 Might be Anderson family in automobile, Hanska (MN), ca. 1917-1920
11225-020 Snow bank in Enderlin (ND), ca. 1920s-1950s
11225-021 Hanska Ice Company truck, ca. 1920
11225-022 Edwin Fernow first grade school class, Romtan township, ca. 1906
11225-023 Lydia Anderson's school children outside school in rural Hanska (MN), ca. 1918-1922
11225-024 Edwin and Lydia Fernow on their wedding day, June 11, 1924
11225-025 Betty Fernow Krom, Enderlin (ND), ca. 1928-1935
11225-026 Betty Fernow Krom, Enderlin (ND), ca. 1928-1935
11225-027 Betty Fernow Krom, Enderlin (ND), ca. 1928-1935
11225-028 Betty Fernow Krom, Enderlin (ND), ca. 1928-1935
11225-029 Betty Fernow Krom, Enderlin (ND), ca. 1928-1935
11225-030 Betty Fernow Krom, Enderlin (ND), ca. 1928-1935
11225-031 Betty Fernow Krom, Enderlin (ND), ca. 1928-1935
11225-032 Betty Fernow Krom, Enderlin (ND), ca. 1928-1935
11225-033 Edwin Fernow moving old kitchen stove, Enderlin (ND), July 1953
11225-034 Edwin Fernow putting hay in the haymow for winter, Enderlin (ND), ca. 1924-1928
11225-035 Edwin Fernow feeding beef steers, Enderlin (ND), ca. 1935-1945
11225-036 Threshing on Edwin Fernow farm, Enderlin (ND), ca. 1940-1945
11225-037 Agricultural implment on the Edwin Fernow farm, ca. 1920-1928
11225-038 Edwin Fernow using horse and wagon to get to town when snowy, Enderlin (ND), ca. 1940-1950
11225-039 Cutting corn on the Edwin Fernow farm, Enderlin (ND), ca. 1950-1955
11225-040 Edwin Fernow's Holsteins, Enderlin (ND), ca. 1950-1955
11225-041 Edwin Fernow's heifer, Enderlin (ND), ca. 1945-1952
11225-042 Edwin Fernow's herd of Holstein cattle, Enderlin (ND), ca. 1950-1955
11225-043 Edwin Fernow's herd of Holstein cattle, Enderlin (ND), ca. 1935-1945
11225-044 Edwin Fernow unloading corn, Enderlin (ND), fall 1956
11225-045 Edwin and Lydia Fernow 25th wedding anniversary, Fenow farm, Enderlin (ND), June 4, 1951
11225-046 Children of Anton Anderson (Lydia Fernow, Walter Anderson, Grace Rank, Clarence
Anderson, Sherman Anderson, ca. 1950-1960
11225-047 Erlys Fernow at National 4-H Club Camp, Washington (DC), June 1955
11225-048 William (Ferd) Fernow, Enderlin (ND), ca. 1915-1919
11225-049 Edwin, Ernest (Lew), Gertrude (Fernow) McCormick, Ida (Ada) (Fernow) Zumack, Lydia
and Ella Zumack on sofa arms, Hulda, Hattie (Fernow) Janz, Grace (Hansen) Fernow, ca. 1940-1950
11225-050 Edwin, William and Paul Fernow, Enderlin (ND) area, ca. 1915-1919
11225-051 Edwin, Gertrude, Ernest (Lew) and Grace Fernow, Enderlin (ND) area, ca. 1920-1924
11225-052 Erlys with Grandma Marie Anderson, Enderlin (ND), November 1959
11225-053 Erlys and Richard Fardal portrait, Kailua (HI), 1994
11225-054 Charles McCullough senior portrait, Oakes (ND) High School, May 1987
11225-055 Tom Krom family at Betty and Tom’s 45th anniversary, 1993 (back: Kathy, Betty, Tom, Judy, John [holding Caleb], Wanda [holding Evan], front row: Tom, Matthew, Kaylee, and Kristie)
11225-056 Edwin Fernow farm, Enderlin (ND), 1984
11225-057 Duane McCullough family, Enderlin (ND), 1984 (back: Sarah, David, Charles, front: Duane
and Erlys)
11225-058 Erlys Fardal portrait, Bismarck (ND), 2012
11225-059 Madeline Welder McCullough, Brookings (SD), August 2013
11225-060 Paul and Kelsey McCullough, Grand Forks (ND), March 2013
11225-061 Charles, Sarah, and David McCullough at Paul McCullough’s graduation open house,
Grand Forks (ND), May 2013
11225-062 David, Paul (in Eagle Scout uniform) and Charles McCullough, Grand Forks (ND), April
2014
11225-063 Erlys Fernow’s children and grandchildren, Grand Forks (ND), May 2013 (Sarah
McCullough, David McCullough, Kelsey McCullough, Paul McCullough, and Charles McCullough, front: Madeline McCullough)
11225-064 Edwin and Lydia Fernow 50th anniversary, Enderlin (ND), June 1974 (back: John Krom,
David McCullough, Tom Krom, middle: Sarah McCullough, Duane McCullough, Erlys McCullough, Betty Krom, Tom Krom, Kathy Krom, front row: Lydia Fernow, Edwin Fernow holding Charles McCullough)
11225-065 Edwin and Lydia Fernow 60th anniversary, June 11, 1984
11225-066 Erlys Fernow McCullough (member of Oakes City County), May 1984
11225-067 Duane McCullough family (front: Duane and Erlys, back: Sarah, David and Charles),
Enderlin (ND), 1984
11225-068 Sarah McCullough piano recital, NDSU, Fargo (ND), February 1985
11225-069 Edwin Fernow with grandchildren (back: Thomas Krom, Kathryn Krom, Sarah
McCullough, David McCullough, front: John Krom, Charles McCullough), Enderlin (ND), ca. 1985-1990
11225-070 Erlys McCullough (Fardal) and Betty Krom, Fargo (ND), 1988
11225-071 Edwin Fernow's 90th birthday (left to right: Tom, Betty, Wanda, John, and Kathy Krom),
Enderlin (ND), June 4, 1990
11225-072 Wedding of Sarah McCullough and Tom Magill (back: Charles McCullough, Sarah McCullough, Tom Magill, David McCollough, front: Erlys and Duane McCullough)
11225-073 Tom and Betty Krom 45th anniversary
11225-074 Edwin Fernow's 90th birthday (left to right: Betty Fernow Krom, Edwin Fernow, Erlys
Fernow McCullough Fardal), Enderlin (ND), June 4, 1990
11225-075 John Krom and his family (John is Betty Fernow Krom's son) (Evan Thomas, Wanda [Curry], John, Laura, Garrett, Caleb in back), Fargo (ND)
11225-076 Entrance to Trinity Lutheran Cemetery (formerly Pontiac Cemetery), four miles north of Enderlin (ND), May 23, 2014
11225-077 Trinity Lutheran Cemetery (formerly Pontiac Cemetery), four miles north of Enderlin (ND), May 23, 2014
11225-078 Trinity Lutheran Cemetery (formerly Pontiac Cemetery), four miles north of Enderlin (ND), May 23, 2014
11225-079 Replica of Pontiac Trinity Lutheran Church, built in 2012, Enderlin (ND), May 23, 2014
11225-080 Tombstone of Maria Henrietta Fernow, Trinity Lutheran Cemetery (formerly Pontiac Cemetery), four miles north of Enderlin (ND),May 23, 2014
11225-081 Tombstone of Alvina August Fernow, Trinity Lutheran Cemetery (formerly Pontiac Cemetery), four miles north of Enderlin (ND),May 23, 2014
11225-082 Tombstone of William Frederick Fernow, Trinity Lutheran Cemetery (formerly Pontiac Cemetery), four miles north of Enderlin (ND),May 23, 2014
11225-083 Tombstone of John Ferdinand Fernow, Trinity Lutheran Cemetery (formerly Pontiac Cemetery), four miles north of Enderlin (ND),May 23, 2014
11225-084 Tombstone of Edwin and Lydia Fernow, Enderlin Cemetery (ND), May 23, 2014
11225-085 Tombstone of Betty (Fernow) and Thomas James Krom, Enderlin Cemetery (ND), May 23, 2014
11225-086 Farming scene, possibly in Enderlin (ND), 1915
11225-087 Farming scene, possibly in Enderlin (ND), 1915
11225-088 Oelke Farm, Enderlin (ND), 1915 (Edwin Fernow purchased the farm in 1939)
11225-089 House on Oelke Farm, Enderlin (ND), 1915 (Edwin Fernow purchased it in 1939)
11225-090 Loring Park showing St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Minneapolis (MN), ca. 1920s (commercial photograph)
11225-091 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis (MN), ca. 1920s (commercial photograph)
11225-092 Aerial view of Edwin Fernow farm, Enderlin (ND), ca. 1945-1955
11225-093 Edwin and Lydia Fernow wedding portrait, Enderlin (ND), 1924
11225-094 Edwin and Lydia Fernow, delegates honored as 4-H leaders, Washington (DC), June 1955
11225-095 Edwin and Lydia Fernow, delegates honored as 4-H leaders, Washington (DC), June 1955
(National 4-H Club Foundation, Washington [DC] photograph)
11225-096 Portrait of Edwin and Lydia Fernow, Enderlin (ND), 1984
11225-097 Charles McCullough family (Kimberly, Madeline, Charles), Brookings (SD), August 2013
11225-098 Charles Heath (Mary Fernow’s husband) in horse drawn wagon, Enderlin (ND), ca. 1905-1915
11225-099 Erlys Fernow with Midwest representatives at National 4-H Club Camp, Washington
(DC), June 1955
11225-100 Erlys Fernow at National 4-H Club Camp dinner, Washington (DC), June 1955 (some
individuals are identified on back of photo)
11225-101 Erlys Fernow with North Dakota representatives at National 4-H Club Camp, Washington
(DC), June 1955 (back: Allen Foss, Maddock; David Lund, Nome; front: Erlys Fernow, Enderlin; Marion Walstad, Hoople; Craig Montgomery, NDSU Extension Service)
11225-102 Erlys Fernow at National 4-H Club Camp, Washington (DC), June 1955 (individuals are
identified on back of photo)
11225-103 Pontiac Church confirmation portrait, four miles north of Enderlin (ND), 1916 (back:
Martha Matthes, Edward Matthes, Art Buttke, Edwin Fernow, Fred Trapp, August Nimmick, Ernestina Ussatis, second row: Lena Herk, Ervin Fraedrich, Pastor Elster, Emma Trapp, Melvin Wolsky, first row: Otto Janz and Eddie Fritz)
11225-104 Threshing crew, ca. 1920s (Edwin Fernow is among crew but is unidentified)
11225-105 Edwin Fernow portrait, Enderlin (ND), June 4, 1990
11225-106 Panoramic portrait of group at silver anniversary of the National 4-H Club Camp, Washington (DC), June 21, 1955
11225-107-187 Family photographs, 1930s-2010s
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