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Name:

Herjus

Vetleson

Triset

15Sep1839-1915

 

(first name)

(surname)

(farm name)

(birth/death dates)

 

 

 

 

Name in America:

Herjus

 

Vetleson

 

(first name)

(m.i.)

(last name)

 

 

 

Spouse:

Tone

Haavardsdotter

?

21Apr1840-1923

 

(first name)

(surname)

(farm name at marriage)

(birth/death dates)

 

 

 

 

Children:

Signe

Hover

Hans

 

William

Margaret

Theoline

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Municipality (kommune) in Norway:

Tokke

 

 

Church Parish to which they belonged:

?

 

 

Emigrant Ship:

?

Depart Date:

1871 or ‘73

Port:

?

 

 

 

Destinations in America 

Early:

 

 

Final:

Arcadia, Wisconsine

 

 

 

Occupations/Professions

in Norway:

farmer

 

in America:

shoemaker

 

 

 

Additional Information:  They were tenant farmers in Norway and lived in many different places within Telemark.  They were living at Triset when they left Norway.  In America, Vetleson was changed to Wilson by the children, though Herjus and Tone never became Wilson. 

 

 

Contact:                     

Paul Wilson

Relationship to emigrant:

Great-g-grandson

Mail:

16586 Nokay Lake Rd, Brainerd

MN

56401

Email:

pwilson@brainerd.net

Date:

8/12/04

 

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