Erik Hansson Lerum

Trying to gather information on the family of Erik Hansson Lerum He took the Lerum name in America; it was not the name of the farm he came from however. Erik was the son of Hans Andersen and Kari Hansdatter and was born 1812 in Hillernen, Havreberg, Luster, Sogn og Fjordane, and died in 1891 in Oakland Township, Freeborn County, Minnesota. He married Johanna Johnsdotter, in approximately 1841 in Lerum, Luster, Sogn og Fjordane. She was the daughter of Jon Torbjornsen and Siri Baardsdatter. She was born 1819 in Runen, Lerum, Luster County, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway, and died in 1883 in Oakland Township, Freeborn County, Minnesota. Erik and Johanna are my 3rd Great Grandparents.