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Svend Terjesen came to the US with his wife, son and mother on the brig Juno, arriving in New York on August 18, 1849. On Juno: http://www.norwayheritage.com/p_ship.asp?sh=junob
They were among the first settlers in Sand Creek Wisconsin.
Swen enlisted in the Union Army in Frebruary 1865 and served as a Private in Company A 47th Regiment Wisconsin Infantry.
Swen was a carpenter and shipbuilder.
Emigration. Church record for Øyestad, Norwegian digital archives: https://urn.digitalarkivet.no/URN:NBN:no-a1450-kb20060113040945.jpg
Baptism. Church record for Øyestad, Norwegian digital archives: https://urn.digitalarkivet.no/URN:NBN:no-a1450-kb20070703610058.jpg and https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWPY-L57
United States Census 1880: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN4F-C4J
1822 |
April 19, 1822
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Sageneset, Øyestad, Aust-Agder, Norway
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1848 |
April 14, 1848
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Froland, Aust-Agder, Norway
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1851 |
March 11, 1851
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WI, United States
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1853 |
March 11, 1853
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WI, United States
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1855 |
January 21, 1855
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WI, United States
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1857 |
January 17, 1857
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WI, United States
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1858 |
December 2, 1858
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WI, United States
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1861 |
June 26, 1861
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WI, United States
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1863 |
July 27, 1863
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WI, United States
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