Genealogy Overview
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- Published on Sunday, 18 September 2005 19:12
Over the past few years, I have started working on the Peterson family tree. This has entailed gathering quite a bit of data from numerous sources and entering it into a family tree database. My biggest worry in working on this project is ensuring that the data itself is accurate. Due to work priorities, I have not been able to work on this project as much as I would have liked to, but that is a problem that we all run into.
I have been fortunate to make a trip to Norway while we lived in England for three years. It was a wonderful experience to actually visit the locations that our ancestors emigrated from. Although Norway is a beautiful country, one quickly realizes the limited amount of land available to the growing population, which forced a new generation to seek their own fortune in another country.
As I continue to gather information, I will post as much of it here as possible. I am especially looking for any pictures of my Great-Grandparents and their direct ancestors
Peterson Family Overview
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- Published on Wednesday, 18 November 2009 18:13
The Peterson family emigrated to America during the mid to late 1800's, primarily from Luster, in the Sognefjorden region of Norway. Peder Pederson Teigen (b. 1809) had three sons that decided to emigrate: Peder in 1861, Hans in 1864, and my G-Grandfather Lars in 1882. As Peder, emigrated in 1861, he found himself smack dab in the Civil War. Further information, visit the 15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry website.
Peder Pederson Teigen Info
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- Published on Thursday, 18 September 2008 19:13
Information provided by Scott Meeker as detailed below.
Peter Peterson (Petersen)
Peder Pederson Teigen
Private, Company B
15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
"The Scandinavian Regiment"
Born February 1, 1839, Teigen Farm, Hafslo, Kingdom of Norway
Married Britha "Betsy" Eriksdotter, January, 1865, Crawford County, State of Wisconsin
Died Old Soldiers Home, Town of Lisbon, State of North Dakota
Buried Military Section, Old Soldiers Home Cemetery, Lisbon, North Dakota
Peder Pederson Teigen enlisted under the name Peter Peterson in Company B of the 15th Wisconsin by Captain Ole C. Johnson on October 16, 1861, for a 3 year term of service. The men of Company B called themselves the Wergeland Guards in honor of the famous Norwegian writer and poet Henrik Wergeland. Peter was mustered into Federal service as a Private on November 16, 1861, at Camp Randall, near the City of Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin. At the time he was listed as not married and as both 20 and 21 years old. His residence was recorded as Primrose Township, Dane County, Wisconsin.
After several months at Camp Randall learning to be a soldier, Private Peterson left there in early March, 1862, with his company and regiment to join the war. From then until May, 1864, he was listed as "present."
Johnson Family Overview
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- Published on Sunday, 18 September 2011 19:14
The Johnson side of the family came primarily from Ringebu, in the Gudbransdalen Valley, which means "God's Shining Valley."
One great source of information came from this web site and has information going back to 0A.D. Jens Olsen Bjørgerønningen from this site would be my G-G-G-Grandfather, and luckily was the one person that converges upon the family tree from this Norwegian site and mine.