User talk:Vangster

I was raised on a farm in Wang township in Renville County. My great grandfather was named Trond Opdal, and came from Valdres in Norway. My father, along with his siblings, was baptized and confirmed in the Vang church near Maynard, Minnesota.

"Wang" was the way "Vang" was recorded by English speaking enumerators, and does, indeed, refer to Vang in the Valdres valley of Norway.

The history of Wang township in Renville County can be found on pages 1334 through 1338 of "History of Renville County, Minnesota, Vol II, 1916. Compiled by Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge published in Chicago by H.C. Cooper Jr. & Co. 1916

The township was definitely not named after a Chinese Civil war hero named Wang. This is spurious information.