Albert Lewellyn was born at Wimbledon, North Dakota, to Mr. and Mrs. George Lewellyn, who had come to Barnes County in 1915 to farm southwest of Wimbledon.
George Lewellyn died in 1919 and Mrs. Lewellyn (Ethel) with the help of her four sons, Leo, Max, Merle and Albert, continued farming. She retired in 1952 to live with Albert and his wife Nellie in Valley City.
Albert married Nellie Fehr, also born in Wimbledon. Her parents, of Swiss ancestry, were Henry and Katherine (Menz) Fehr. They came to Barnes County in 1913, where they farmed and operated a custom threshing operation.
Both the Lewellyn and Fehr families were active in community affairs. Albert in the area of promoting horse racing while living in Wimbledon. Mr. Fehr served on the Wimbledon School Board for thirty years, while his wife was concerned with the Royal Neighbors and Pierce Homemakers.
Albert and Nellie are the owners and operators of Memory Gardens in Valley City. They have four children: Sharon (Mrs. Donald Wregtel); Dennis, married to Gayle Pytlik; Nancy (Mrs. Michael McDonald); and Jan (Mrs. Del Yada of Las Vegas).
The life of the Lewellyn family and their children center about the raising, riding and showing of their Appaloosa horses via the Sheyenne Valley Riding Club, of which Albert is a charter member.
Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 142
George Lewellyn died in 1919 and Mrs. Lewellyn (Ethel) with the help of her four sons, Leo, Max, Merle and Albert, continued farming. She retired in 1952 to live with Albert and his wife Nellie in Valley City.
Albert married Nellie Fehr, also born in Wimbledon. Her parents, of Swiss ancestry, were Henry and Katherine (Menz) Fehr. They came to Barnes County in 1913, where they farmed and operated a custom threshing operation.
Both the Lewellyn and Fehr families were active in community affairs. Albert in the area of promoting horse racing while living in Wimbledon. Mr. Fehr served on the Wimbledon School Board for thirty years, while his wife was concerned with the Royal Neighbors and Pierce Homemakers.
Albert and Nellie are the owners and operators of Memory Gardens in Valley City. They have four children: Sharon (Mrs. Donald Wregtel); Dennis, married to Gayle Pytlik; Nancy (Mrs. Michael McDonald); and Jan (Mrs. Del Yada of Las Vegas).
The life of the Lewellyn family and their children center about the raising, riding and showing of their Appaloosa horses via the Sheyenne Valley Riding Club, of which Albert is a charter member.
Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 142
Albert Lewellyn was born at Wimbledon, North Dakota, to Mr. and Mrs. George Lewellyn, who had come to Barnes County in 1915 to farm southwest of Wimbledon.
George Lewellyn died in 1919 and Mrs. Lewellyn (Ethel) with the help of her four sons, Leo, Max, Merle and Albert, continued farming. She retired in 1952 to live with Albert and his wife Nellie in Valley City.
Albert married Nellie Fehr, also born in Wimbledon. Her parents, of Swiss ancestry, were Henry and Katherine (Menz) Fehr. They came to Barnes County in 1913, where they farmed and operated a custom threshing operation.
Both the Lewellyn and Fehr families were active in community affairs. Albert in the area of promoting horse racing while living in Wimbledon. Mr. Fehr served on the Wimbledon School Board for thirty years, while his wife was concerned with the Royal Neighbors and Pierce Homemakers.
Albert and Nellie are the owners and operators of Memory Gardens in Valley City. They have four children: Sharon (Mrs. Donald Wregtel); Dennis, married to Gayle Pytlik; Nancy (Mrs. Michael McDonald); and Jan (Mrs. Del Yada of Las Vegas).
The life of the Lewellyn family and their children center about the raising, riding and showing of their Appaloosa horses via the Sheyenne Valley Riding Club, of which Albert is a charter member.
Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 142
George Lewellyn died in 1919 and Mrs. Lewellyn (Ethel) with the help of her four sons, Leo, Max, Merle and Albert, continued farming. She retired in 1952 to live with Albert and his wife Nellie in Valley City.
Albert married Nellie Fehr, also born in Wimbledon. Her parents, of Swiss ancestry, were Henry and Katherine (Menz) Fehr. They came to Barnes County in 1913, where they farmed and operated a custom threshing operation.
Both the Lewellyn and Fehr families were active in community affairs. Albert in the area of promoting horse racing while living in Wimbledon. Mr. Fehr served on the Wimbledon School Board for thirty years, while his wife was concerned with the Royal Neighbors and Pierce Homemakers.
Albert and Nellie are the owners and operators of Memory Gardens in Valley City. They have four children: Sharon (Mrs. Donald Wregtel); Dennis, married to Gayle Pytlik; Nancy (Mrs. Michael McDonald); and Jan (Mrs. Del Yada of Las Vegas).
The life of the Lewellyn family and their children center about the raising, riding and showing of their Appaloosa horses via the Sheyenne Valley Riding Club, of which Albert is a charter member.
Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 142
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