Svennung Johnsen Tytegraf was the sone of Jon
Talleivsen Sandland and Margit Tovsdtr. He was baptized at Kviteseid
church in Telemark on the 17th Sunday after Trinity (September 22) in 1793.
On June 30, 1826, he married Turi Johannesdtr Skare who was born on Christmas
Day in 1808. Her parents were Johannes Guttormsson Skare and Gunnhild
Bjørnsdtr Gotuholt. Five children were born in Norway: Margit, OCtober 29, 1828;
Johannes, May 11, 1832; Gunhild, June 16, 1834; Maren, April 16, 1836, and
Birgit, March 28, 1839.
The family came to America on the Tuskina
that arrived in New York from Le Havre, France, on August 19, 1842. A son
Jon may have been born on the voyage.
The family settled at Muskego, where Svenung died
before 1854. In 1854, Turi and her children moved to Springfield Township,
Jackson County, Wisconsin.
Source: Norwegian Immigrants To The United
States, A Biographical Directory, 1825-1850. Volume One 1825-1843. By Gerhard B. Naeseth. p.
160, #470-477.