Emigrant Info
| Origin (Norway) | Shjelbred, Bøherred, Telemarken |
| Emigrated | 1844 |
| Settled in | Butternut Valley |
| State | Minnesota |
| Information | Came with his parents in 1844, of the first Homestead takers in Butternut Valley at Lake Crystal, MN 1863, also member of Minn. State Legislator 1872. Se footnote on page 909 for personal story. |
| Source | Ulvestad, page 909 |