Østen Gulliksen Mæland was born in
Tinn on September 2, 1812. His parents were Gunleik Hansson and Liv
Gunleksdtr Mæland. He married Anne Olsdr Øverland on October 19, 1833.
Her parents were Ola Jonsson Øverland and Aslaug Jonsdtr Såheim, and she was bon
November 19, 1812. Their first three children were born in Norway:
Gullick, March 23, 1834; Ola, November 11, 1837; and Jon, July 13, 1840.
Østen was 29 1/2 years old when be and his
family left Norway. They sailed from Gothenburg and arrived in New York on
August 9, 1842. Their first home was in Dover Township, Racine County,
Wisconsin. Children Anne (1843), Martin (August 23, 1846), Elizabeth
(1849), and Ole (Feburary 16, 1852) were born in Wisconsin. In 1857 they
moved to Harmony, Minnesota.
Østen died on March 2, 1878. se was the son of Lars Olsen Dillekaas and Aslaug Steinsdtr. He was bron in Tinn on May 29, 1813.
He immigrated to the Muskego settlement as a single man on the ship Horner
which arrived in Boston on August 9, 1841 from Gothenburg.
Source: Utvandrarregister
for Tinn 1837-1907
Source: Norwegian Immigrants To The United
States, A Biographical Directory, 1825-1850. Volume One 1825-1843. By Gerhard B. Naeseth. p.
134 #137-141.