He was born to Ole 1849 and Mary 1862 (Hofset) Opsahl from Norway. A twin brother, Joseph, lived in Sumner in 1940. His other siblings were: Alfred, Millie, Anna and Olaf,
He married Esther about 1938. She was born in 1910 in Norway. By 1940 they had a son, Glenn, Born in 1939.
This family lived in Sumner, next door to his twin, Joseph, who had a family of his own, wife was May, children: Nobert, Ronald and Joan.