Hans Stenson

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=16654571

http://www.usgwarchives.net/wi/cemetery/images/dodge/stpauls/stpaul...

1819 https://www.digitalarkivet.no/view/255/pd00000001805848

1834 https://www.digitalarkivet.no/view/279/pk00000000940545

1840 living at Kongsberg.

Hans was one of the first to leave Eiker for America in 1843 Porsgrunn to Ashippun, Dodge Co, Wis. on the Salvator (bark).

From Gjerpen 105 people left in 13 May 1843 - arriving in New York on 13 July, 1843.

Gasmann and his followers were taken across the Atlantic on the bark "Salvator" of Porsgrunn, with the landowner's own brother, Johan Gasmann, as captain. The ship, with a gross tonnage of 157 kml(kommerselester), equal to 326 gross reg. tons, sailed out the fjord on May 12, and two months later, on July 13, the first emigrants from Gjerpen set foot on American soil in New York.

1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1885 & 1895 census Hans & Martha were living at Ashippun Township, Dodge County, Wisconsin.

Stensen, H. Ashippun Sec 36, 1859 Dodge Co. Platbook, R_912_Wis_Dodge_T85_1859.