Emigrant Info
| Origin (Norway) | Ringsaker |
| Settled in | Wright County |
| State | Iowa |
| Location | Wright County, Iowa |
| Information | Pioneer, came with is family from La Crosse, Wisconsin in a prairie schooner, hitched to a pair of oxen in 1869. He along with some other Norwegians settled abt. 5 miles northwest of Belmont. |
| Source | Ulvestad, page 78, 611 |