On February 8th, 1884 Thomas Martin Stockland married Mary Dahl (Marie Heyerdahl) in a service performed by St. Croix Wisconsin Justice Of The Peace, J.H. Makinison. Witnesses were Gilbert and Christie Hilson.

The groom was 30 years old if you believe Dunn county death records for his birth (Reported by Mary as: July 3, 1854). The U.S.Census recorded various years for his birth, 1847, '56, '57. He had immigrated to the United States in 1871. His parents were Marcus and Mary Stockland of Norway. The 1880 Federal Census listed Thomas as living as a boarder with the John Nelson Family in Wilson, St. Croix County Wisconsin...the neighboring county to Dunn county. His occupation was listed as "Working on the wood train." He died of a heart attack on April 28, 1931.  

The blushing bride was 23 and also an immigrant from Norway. Her parents were Gul and Osie Dahl of Norway. Gullick Dahl was 58 in 1880 and living with his son and daughter-in-law, Guston and Mary, in Turtle Lake (Barron County), Wisconsin.  She was alive to complete her husband's death certificate in Colfax on April 28th, 1931. She is believed to have had a Cousin named Lu Heyerdahl living in Chippewa Falls. It is also believed she had a cousin in Minneapolis.  Mary Heyerdahl Stockland died on April 12, 1938 In Lutheran Hospital in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.   She died of cancer after a long illness.  The Colfax Messenger described her in an obituary as, "One of the most highly respected residents of the village."

Thomas worked for the railroads and would eventually become a section foreman. Mary listed her occupation as housewife. Together they had seven children and also raised a granddaughter. The children were: Myrtle,  Oscar (1884), Mangus (b. 1886 d. 1931), Arthur (1889), William (1890), Tora (1893) and Nellie (b. 1894 d. 1923). They also raised Marian Michaelson when daughter Nellie died in the 1923.

At her death, Mary was survived by 9 grandchildren (including Roland Stockland b. 1914, son of William), 1 great grandchild, sister Mrs. Gilbert Hilson of Colfax, brother Gould Heyerdahl of Colfax, brother Ole Gulson Heyerdahl of Grand Forks, North Dakota.

Gould Heyerdahl died in 1938 after a lifetime of work on the Wisconsin Central (later the Soo Line).  He was born in Norway on July 3, 1865.  He left a wife and 2 children:  Lola Nerregang and Garfield Heyerdahl, both of Minneapolis

William...high school age.

Oscar Stockland was married to Anna and had children Marvel and Kenneth.
When Anna died he married Luella and they had Harland.

Mangus never married.
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Arthur was a WWI veteran who was later killed in a house fire in 1947. He remained single.
William (L) & Arthur Stockland

William married Elizabeth Olson of the Olson family that is chronicled on this site.
They had Roland, Doris and Wilda. William died in 1963 as did Elizabeth.

Wm. (Center) and Eliz. Stockland (L) pose with unknown person. #2 Unknown (L) Eliz. (center) Wm. (R)

William was the (star?) pitcher on the 1912 Colfax team that went 17-1!

Roland (1914-1992) married Ruth Stockman (1916-1990) whom he met in
Chicago during WWII.
They had two children, Roland and Bill.

Roland is married to Harriet Geraci and lives in Ohio.
They have two children, Steve and Shannon.

Bill is married to Glenna Crisp and lives in Florida.
They have two children, Karen and Michael (deceased).
They have two grandchildren, Neil and Natalie,
the great-great-great-great grandchildren of Marcus and Mary Stockland.

Doris (1916-1996) married Harold Granger in California.
They had three children, William, Gail and Pam.

Wilda (1918-1989) was married to Ralph Schleicher and they had two children,
Barry and Brian.

Tora married Harold Berseth of Colfax and they had Karstein.
They also raised step daughter Ruth Michaelson
who was the daughter of Tora's sister Nellie.

Karstein married Bette and they had Kaye who lives in Minnesota.

Ruth married Charles Zboray of New Jersey. They had three children.
Ruth died suddenly in the 1950's of Polio while visiting Colfax.
She is buried in Skokie, IL.

Nellie married a man named Michaelson and lived in Minnesota and North Dakota before her death.
They had Marian and Ruth.