Emigrant Info
| Origin (Norway) | Gjerpen |
| Emigrated | 1853 |
| Settled in | Waupaca County |
| State | Wisconsin |
| Location | Waupaca County, Wisconsin |
| Information | Pioneer, had a difficult journey by sailship. He left his childhood home in Gjerpen the winter of 1853, when the snow condition for sleds was good, and reached The Indian Land in Waupaca Co., Wis. the next fall. That was hard on the food supplies |
| Source | Ulvestad, page 545, 58 |