John D. Johnson (Døsland)

Ulvestad Register

Emigrant Info

Origin (Norway)Døsland farm, Kvindherred
Emigrated1851
Settled inCalamus, Clinton Co.
StateIowa
Location Calamus, Clinton Co., Iowa
InformationPioneer, was the first Norwegian in Clinton county. He came from Chicago his elderly parents and his siblings in 1853 and settled at Calamus, where they were the only Norwegian family for 5 years. They began growing wheat and maize to sell in Davenport, t
SourceUlvestad, page 64, 727

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