Name:

Aasmund

Aslakson

Nestestog

1799 – 1885

(first name)

(surname)

(farm name)

(birth/death dates)

Name in America:

Asmund

Nestestu

(first name)

(m.i.)

(last name)

Spouse:

Ingeborg

Bjørnsdatter

Hovdestad

17Sep1806-26Feb1883

(first name)

(surname)

(farm name at marriage)

(birth/death dates)

Children:

Halvor

Bergit

Aslak

Bjørn

Margit

Halvan

Municipality (kommune) in Norway:

Vinje

Church Parish to which they belonged:

Vinje

Emigrant Ship:

Winterflid

Depart Date:

19May1843

Port:

?

Destinations in America 

Early:

New York, Milwaukee, Muskego, Wisconsin

Final:

Cottage Grove and Koshkonong

Occupations/Professions

in Norway:

Gunsmith, metalsmith

in America:

Gold and silversmith, rosemaler, wood carver

Additional Information:  Asmund and his father, Aslak Aasmundson Gryøhl Nestestog are included in “Rosemaling I Telemark I & II” by Øystein Vesaas.  The family traveled by inland waterway – Hudson River, Erie Canal, Great Lakes – from New York to Milwaukee.

Contact:                     

Janet E. Norsetter

Relationship to emigrant:

Great – gr – granddaughter

Email:

rosemaler@hotmail.com

Date:

6/14/05