Colben Davidsen Westreim

 

Colben Davidsen Westerim was the son of David Nillsen Vestrheim and Brita Kolbeinsdtr Hovde, and was baptized in Voss on December 8, 1805.  He emigrated to America from Bergen on the ship Bernadotte and arrived in New York on October 25, 1841.  He made his way to the Muskego settlement in Wisconsin where he died in 1847, an unmarried farmer.

 

Source: Norwegian Immigrants To The United States, A Biographical Directory, 1825-1850. Volume One 1825-1843. By Gerhard B. Naeseth. p. 120, #147. 

Contributed by Jackie Hufschmid