Genealogical Society cleans historic grave marker

  • Members of the Ringness family traveled from all over to help the Genealogical Society clean their ancestors’ headstone. Brook DeZavala | The Clifton Record
    Members of the Ringness family traveled from all over to help the Genealogical Society clean their ancestors’ headstone. Brook DeZavala | The Clifton Record
Members of The Bosque County Genealogical Society and the Ringness family met on Saturday, Oct. 16 to clean the gravestones of Jens Ringness (Nov. 8, 1802—Aug. 12, 1822) and his wife, Kari Ringness (Nov. 1, 1802—Sept. 2, 1878), who are buried in the Our Savior’s Lutheran Cemetery in Norse. Jens and Kari Ringness immigrated from Norway in November of 1851 on a ship called Arendal, which arrived…

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