OLE PEDERSEN LUND/ FOSSUM

Utreist med/ Emigrated on: Salvator

Utreist til/ Emigrated to: Ashippun township, Dodge Co., Wisconsin - 1845.

Ole Pedersen Lund/ Fossum:  Born ca 1783. He is not born in Gjerpen. He married July 6, 1817 in Gjerpen toMaren Cathrine Madsdatter, who was born 1795 in Skien, by parents sailor and 1st mate Mads Nielsen (b. 1769) andGurine Jertsdatter (b. 1767). Maren Cathrine and her parents lived in 1801 in Tatterbachstrædet in Skien. Ole Pedersenwas in 1817 a bachelor and worked as a hunter for the Fossum Ironworks. Also his wife had her daily work at the iron-works when they married. They had at least one child, who emigrated with them:

Mathias Olavus Olsen, born December 20, 1817 and married August 10, 1848 to Annie Marie Jensdatter.They had 3 children; Maren b. Sept 12, 1849, Jens Peter b. July 6, 1854, Martin b. Oct 17, 1855.

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