Documentary Objects
2019.4534
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Title
Pope County Farmland Homesteaded by immigrants from Valdres, NorwayCreation Date
1997Description
This book researched and compiled by Leland G. Pederson in 1997 is an account of immigrants who came from an area in Norway called Valdres and settled in Pope County, Minnesota, to farm, and then kept the farm in the family for at least three generations. This book describes the six Norwegian church parishes the emigrants came from and where they settled in Pope County. The families are listed by the township location of their farms.Related People and Organizations
Pederson, Leland
Pederson, Calvin Ernest
Aslakson, Jeffrey
Pederson, Nathan
Danielson, Eric
Lundebrek, Kenneth
Hippe, Roger Lee
Kennedy, William "Bill"
Halvorson, DuWayne
Hendrickson, Ralph
Maanum, Roger
Sheldon, Mike
Belgum, James
Syverson, Milton
Hoverud, Helen
Dokken, Marvin
Urke, Marvin
Kobberman, Albert
Hanson, Agnes (Overlie)
Hanson, Delia
Hanson, Ernest
Hanson, Otto
Stetter, Eddie
Urke, Inga Mae
Lien, Norman Orville
Larson, Helen
Gulbranson, Engebret
Knutson, Keith
Herring, Earl
Erickson, Danny
Thompson, Sherman G.
Engen, Elwood