Thore Thorsen Brukaas (Spanheim/Sppanem/Sponem)
and his wife Turi Svendsdtr Brukaas emigrated with their 3 children in 1841:
Birgit, Margit and Svend. The farm they established in 1846 in Dane County,
Wisconsin, was still in the family in 2003.
Information provided by Lonna Arneson, Thore's
great-great-granddaughter