My name is Peri Kaae, a grandson of Katrine Sundsted Kaae and Jens Peter Nielsen Kaae.  My grandmother, one sister, and three brothers were among the first settlers in Dagmar, a Danish community established in Northeast Montana in the early 1900’s.  My parents, Knud and Elinor (Poulsen) Kaae raised three children, Valeri (b. 1957), Brian (b. 1958) and me (b. 1963) on the same farm my grandparents had purchased when they were married in 1926.  My parents, grandparents, and great aunts and uncles instilled a sense of pride in my heritage and passed along several family traditions that they brought with them from Denmark.

I am happy to share recollections and pictures from my grandmother’s photo albums, taken in Denmark or from the family’s early homesteading years, in a collaborative effort with my cousin, Gitta Bechschøft.  I have also included the original stories that were written about the Sundsted families in “Sheridan’s Daybreak,” a book published by the Sheridan County Historical Society in 1970 to preserve the memories of those who homesteaded there.

Access to the family pages and photo albums requires login access. Please reach out to request access.