Erick Gunderson Gunhus

Erik Gunderson Gunhus

Erik was born on the Redalen farm in the parrish (Kommune) of Krodsherad in the province of Buskerud in Norway on March 3, 1828 to Gunnar Erikson Redalen and Thore Guulsdatter Glesne. He immigrated to the United States in 1849 with his mother, step-father, plus all his siblings. When he left Norway he was living and working at the Gunhus farm which is in the parrish of Modum in Buskerud.

The family first traveled to Wisconsin but after about five years he and three other Norwegians went to Minnesota and became the first to homestead Rice County.

His first wife was Hellena Hansdatter Glomme. She had five children by Erik. She died in 1860.

His second wife was Astrid Aslesdatter Lien. She and Erik had nine children. He died November 6,1906. The picture is of Erik.

Name: Erick Gundersen Gunhus •Surname: Gunhus •Given Name: Erick Gundersen •_AKA: Erik Gunderson, Erick Gunderson •Sex: M •Birth: 7 Mar 1828 in Gundhus, Krødsherad, Norway 1 •Christening: 23 Mar 1828 Olberg/Krøderen Church, Buskerud, Norway 2 •Death: 1906 in Rice Co, Minnesota, USA 3 •Burial: 1906 Gol Cemetery, Kenyon Twp, Goodhue, Minnesota, USA

From the passenger manifest of the ship Embla, which sailed from Christiana (Oslo) on 9 May 1849, and arrived in New York on 6 Jul 1849 -- at http://www.norwayheritage.com/p_list.asp?jo=525:

16 Erik Eriksen Gundhuus 52 m farmers - Between decks 17 Thore Guulsdatter Gundhuus* 44 f wife farmers - Between decks 18 Margit Gundersdatter Gundhuus* 20 f daughter farmers - Between decks 19 Guri Gundersdatter* Gundhuus* 18 f daughter farmers - Between decks 20 Ole Gundersen* Gundhuus* 16 m son farmers - Between decks 21 Guul Gundersen* Gundhuus* 13 m son farmers - Between decks 22 Gunder Gundersen* Gundhuus* 7 m son farmers - Between decks 23 Christian Gundersen* Gundhuus* 5 m son farmers - Between decks 24 Truls Gundersen* Gundhuus* 1 m son farmers - Between decks 56 Erik Gundersen Gundhuus 21 m farmers - Between

http://les-familygenealogy.blogspot.no/2006_10_01_archive.html

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jwbittner...

http://les-familygenealogy.blogspot.no/2007_09_01_archive.html

http://oiseth.org/getperson.php?personID=I17037&tree=dodgo

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Burial record:

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=gunhus&GSfn=e...

Birth: 1826

Death: 1906

GUNHUS ERIK G. BIOGRAPHY BOOK - HISTORY OF RICE COUNTY 1882. RICHLAND TOWNSHIP.

ERIK G. GUNDERSON was born in Norway, on the 24th of March, 1828. His younger days were spent at school, and in 1849, he came to America, landed at New York and proceeded directly to Wisconsin, where he engaged in farming. He was joined in matrimony in 1852 with Miss Helena Hanson, and two years later, in company with a few others, came to Minnesota. He pre-empted land in Richland township, this county, and it was the first claim made in the town. He first built a hay shanty, then a log house, and in two years another one of logs, to which he has built an addition. On the 24th of July, 1860, his wife died, leaving five children. The maiden name of his present wife was Miss Astre Asle, whom he married in 1865. They have five children.