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Does anyone have info on the family of OLE TORGERSEN BORN 1856 IN EIKER NORWAY.

Query by crusher45

Ole came to AMERICA from NORWAY in 1818 or 1882 along with several of his brothers.They came over on a cattle boat. When they arrived some of the brothers were ahead of OLE to sign up to become US citizens. When OLE came through the man asked his name. OLE said Torgersen. The man said he had enough TORGERSENS for the day. He then asked where OLE worked and OLE said THE GAARD FARM. The man said that would be his name from now on. The man miss spelled GAARD and wrote GORUD,so that was OLE'S new name. I don't know any of the brothers names either. OLE came to CHIPEWA FALLS WISCONSIN then on to HAYWARD WISCONSIN where he worked and married TEA Thorsen and raised a large family. OLE died in 1921 in Hayward WI.

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on 2017-04-20 15:16:01

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