Norwegian Emigrant Database

Passenger Information

Name: Anthon Johannesen*

Age: 9mo

Gender: m

Remarks: boy

Ship: Bark Emilie

Year: 1840

Captain: Anchersen

Departure: Drammen (via Gothenburg) - May 18

Arrival: New York - Aug. 12

Source: Roll # 43, no. 584 — Transcribed by Børge Solem - 2001

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Additional information

Dee Grimsrud (17.04.2013)

He became known in America as Albert Skofstad and was Captain of Company D, 15th Wisconsin Infantry in the Civil War. He was a first cousin of Col. Hans Christian Heg; their mothers were sisters. See http://vesterheim.org/CivilWar/db/s/sko/

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