Thorvald Shinnes

Thorvald married Caroline Backstrom, daughter of Bengt Nilsson Backstrom and Annika Ersdotter, on 30 May 1883 in Grafton, Walsh Co, North Dakota, United States.⁹³⁸⁷ (Caroline Backstrom was born on 10 Mar 1863 in Östmark, Värmland län, Sweden,⁹³⁸⁸ died in 1939 in Stettler, Alberta, Canada and was buried in Lake View Cemetery, Stettler, Alberta Canada.)