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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. One of the Norwegian websites that was able to provide a some information on Peder Pederson Teigen (b. 1809) can be found here, however it is primarily on his wife's side. G-G-Grandfather - Peder Pederson Teigen (1809) Peder lived at Dulsvik (subfarm), Lingjerde (main farm) in Luster where he had his first child. Lingjerde is on the Eastern side of the fjord, some miles northeast of Teigen. It looks like he then moved to G-Grandfather - Lars Pederson Teigen (1848) Lars Pederson Teigen was born at the Teigen farm under Sandvik farm in Luster parish (Gaupne subparish) in 8 Sep 1848. He was the 6th child (of 10) of Peder Pederson Teigen (1809-1885) from the Aurland parish and Christenca Torbjørnsdatter Eikum (1813-1883) from the Hafslo parish. Lars emigrated to Crawford County, Wisconsin in 1882 and married Oline Olsdatterthere in 6 Jan 1887 . Lars (also called Louis) and Oline (called Olena) farmed at Rush Creek, Freeman township, Crawford Co. and had 11 children: Elmer, Peter, Lottie, Christina, John, Steen, Anna, Rudolph, Alfred, Oscar, and Hannah.
There are great number of details found within the Norwegian bygdebook for the Luster area. Teigen is located near Marifjøra in Luster (Lyster) on a map of Western Norway. Teigen is about 2 km along the coast southeast of Marifjøra
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