Ludwig Motzfeldt

Her blir han omtalt i USA som eksentrisk

https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Newspaper/BA11117
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• About 1873, he come north from Chicago and settled at the "Frydenland" cabin at Swamp Creek, a farm and trading post near the Town of Nashville in Forest County, Wis.
• 1878-1888, ran the post office named Frydenland ,located in his cabin.
• 1885-1899 Forest County Treasurer.
• 1899 moved to Pelican Lake area and engaged in land speculation
• 1899 moved to Pratt Junction and rented a building to run a general store.
• 1901 he purchased a store in Pelican Lake and operated it until 1911
• 1912 Moved to British Columbia
• 1913 Moved to Odanah, on the Bad River Reservation near Ashland, where Kate had moved when Motzfeldt retired from the store business.

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• Birth: Circa 1848 - Norway
• Parents: Carl Frederik Motzfeldt, Emilie Marie Erneste Motzfeldt (born Birch)
• Wife: Kate Ne-suw-we-ge-zhic-go-quay Motzfeldt
• Children: Emma "Wi ni ba go bo kwe" Ackley (born Dinesen), Wa- Bish- Ka Motzfeldt, Jennie Motzfeldt
• Siblings: Peter Motzfeldt, Carl Frederik Motzfeldt, Anna Pauline Erneste Motzfeldt, Erneste Motzfeldt, Arthur Carlsen Motzfeldt