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[[Harley Knute Hallgren]] (b. 1892 Henning, Otter Tail, [[Minnesota|MN]] - d. 1976 Portland, OR), 1900-1910 @ St. Paul, Ramsey, MN. At the age of 17, in 1910, he was employed as a clerk at a railway office, then as an accountant for a railway office in Portland, [[Oregon|OR]], thru the 1940's, which in the early 1940's was the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway. He was a son of Gustave Hilmer Hallgren (b. 1858 Sweden - d. 1948 Portland, OR) & Alfrida Matilda Larson Hallgren (b. 1858 Sweden - d. 1955 Portland, OR). Harley's wife was Louie Marie Tjernlund Hallgren (b. 1891 Cambridge, MA - d. 1956 Portland, OR).

Louie was the daughter of the Rev. Axel Tjernlund (b. 1854 Galtstrom, Sundsvalls kommun, Västernorrlands län, Sweden - d. 1920 Portland, OR) & Sigrid Albertina Engstrom Tjernlund (b. 1864 Trelleborg landsförsamling, Skåne, Sweden - d. 1948 Portland, OR). In 1890, the Tjernlund family resided in Boston, [[Massachusetts|MA]], then Worcester, then by 1900 in St. Paul, MN, and by 1912, in Great Falls, [[Montana|MT]]. Axel was employed as a Swedish Baptist pastor in St. Paul, Great Falls, Cambridgeport, etc. Axel & Sigfrid were married at Boston in 1886, Axel was living at that time in St. Paul pastoring a church at the age of 32, and Sigfrid lived at Cambridge, MA and was 22.

Harley was recognized in a PB (EB-TW) children's publication based in St. Louis, [[Messages of Love in Minnesota|Messages of Love]], in 1904 & 1905 for correctly answering Bible questions. Also see [[Messages of Love Around the Globe]], and was one of the first in Minnesota to do so.