Hei Vickie, It is a rare name, so had to ask. Also know relatives of the name that live 3 miles east of me, they tie in thru the Rinde's. Lockrem, Julia D 72 Lockrem, Lars (Lewis) D 72 Are buried in Wild Rice Lutheran Church Cemetery in Flom Township Lewis and Julia (Smidge) Lockrem Julia was born on February 9, 1850 in Sogning, Norway, to Hans and Kari (Ofredal) Smidge. Her father died when she was young, her mother married Helge Rinde. Julia came to the United States as a child with her mother and step father. Julia married Lewis (Lars) Lockrem and they settled on a farm in Home Lake township in section 24, the farm site is currently owned by Amos and Lonnie LaPort. Lewis was born on October 29, 1842 in Valders, Norway. He came to America when he was seven years old with his parents. They settled in section 24 of Home Lake township. They were one of the first settler's of this vicinity. Lewis and Julia were the parents of one son; A.C. Lockrem and two daughters; Ella (W.H. Diemert) and Amanda (Gust Presting). Lewis died on May 17, 1924 and Julia died on June 22, 1898. They are both buried at the Wild Rice Cemetery, rural Twin Valley, Mn. Lloyd O. and Ethel Lockrem Lloyd O. Lockrem was born on February 7, 1907. He spent part of his youth in the Twin Valley/Flom area. He married Dorothy Tepper. Lloyd was residing in Novato, California at the time of his death on February 22, 1979. His wife Ethel proceeded him in death. He was survived by one sister (Harriette Hoganson) who was residing in North Moorhead at that time. Lloyd was the son of AC Lockrem. is what is in the book. Don't have a Martha that I know of? Margit > Yes, I remember that some Lockrem's ended up there. In fact, I think a few > years ago, I may written you about a name correction - can't remember who it > was now, but I think it was a Martha Lokren or Lockren spelling that I asked > you to change to "Lockrem". > > The Lockrems are related to me by marriage. My great-grandfather (Andrew > Nilson Dalbotten) had a sister who married Lars Christopher Lockrem (Vang to > GHC, owned a monument business). > > And further back, Marith "Mary" Nilsdtr. [Øydgarden] Remme, sister of my ggg > grandfather, married a Lockrem who used both the Remme and Lockrem names in > the US. > > I'm also helping a few Lockrem descendants find their "origins". > > Vickie > In a message dated 4/25/03 9:57:24 PM, mbakke@eot.com writes: > > << Hei Vickie! > > Just curious, how do you hook into Lockrem/Lochrem? We had a few up in my