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Name:

 Eivind

Torsteinson

Innleggen

 

 

(first name)

(surname)

(farm name)

(birth/death dates)

 

 

 

 

Name in America:

Even

 

Tostenson

 

(first name)

(m.i.)

(last name)

 

 

 

Spouse:

Guro

Knudsdtr.

Nordgaarden

 

 

(first name)

(surname)

(farm name at marriage)

(birth/death dates)

 

 

 

 

Children:

Knute

Emily

Bergit

 

Annie

Thurston

Thurston

 

Marie

Edwin

Halvor

 

John

Gina

 

 

 

Municipality (kommune) in Norway:

Eivend from Saude, south of Gvarv; Guro from near Seljord

 

 

Church Parish to which they belonged:

Sauherad

 

 

Emigrant Ship:

Eivind: Salvator; Guro: Lorena

Depart Date:

1843 for both

Port:

?

 

 

 

Destinations in America 

Early:

Eivind: LaSalle Co, IL; Guro: Muskego, WI

 

Final:

Bonnet Prairie, Otsego Twp, Columbia Co., near Rio, Wisconsin

 

 

 

Occupations/Professions

in Norway:

Farmer

 

in America:

Farmer

 

 

 

Additional Information:  Following Eivind’s death of blood poisoning at age 57, Guro and her family began using derivatives of her Nordgaarden name, i.e., Norgaard, Norgard, and Norgord. 

 

 

Contact:                     

James Norgord

Relationship to emigrant:

Great grandson

Email:

 

Date:

July 5, 2004

 

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