 HON. G. E. QVALE, district judge of the Twelfth Judicial District,
composed of the counties of Meeker, Kandiyohi, Swift, Renville, Yellow Medicine, Chippewa and Lac qui Parle, since 1897,
was born at Haugesund, Norway, September 24, 1860 and is a son of O. G. and Gurine (Tenneson) Qvale,
natives of Norway. He came to the United States in October, 1878, and has resided at Willmar since July, 1880. In
September, 1899, Judge Qvale was married to Miss Jennie Jerguson, who was born under
the English flag, on the Atlantic Ocean. Two children have come to Judge and Mrs. Qvale: Arthur Maurice,
born May 7, 1901; and Florence, born May 23, 1905.
-- From Minnesota: Its History and Biography, Vol. 3 by Henry A. Castle, Lewis Publishing (1915), pp. 1544 |
