Green Bay Press-Gazette (Green Bay, Wisconsin), Friday, September 20, 1895, Page 5:
DEATH OF MRS. RACHEL LARSEN
Mother of William Larsen Expires at an Advanced Age.
Mrs. Rachel Larsen died at the residence of her son, William Larsen, at 1 o'clock this morning, at the age of 78 years. Mrs. Larsen has been gradually failing for the past year and passed away this morning very peacefully. The funeral will take place from William Larsen's residence tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. From there the remains will be taken to Ephraim, Wis., for burial. Three sons and two daughters survive her, William and Henry Larsen of Green Bay, Otis R. Larsen of Chicago, Mrs. P. O. Johnson of Hamlin, Minn., and Mrs. M. F. Kalmbach of Duluth, Minn.
Mrs. Larsen was a native of Norway, her maiden name being Weisenberg (misspelled in this obituary as 'Wersenberg'). She married Ole Larsen in Buffalo (NY) nearly fifty years ago. She came to Wisconsin in 1852 with her husband, they residing in Fort Howard several years and then removing to Door County, where they lived on a farm. Her husband died several years ago, at the age of 65 years.
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Notes on the above obituary: Only the three sons were her biological children. The two daughters mentioned, Pauline Johnson and Adrine Kalmbach, were from Ole's previous marriage to Elisabet Hansdatter Skien, who died in Norway around 1845. It is very likely that Ole and Rachel came to Wisconsin earlier than 1852, probably shortly after their son William's birth in 1850. According to the historical marker on the site of Ole's home, now the Nicolet Bay Campground in Peninsula State Park, he came to Door County in 1850. However, other accounts state that he and Rachel spent time in both Milwaukee and Fort Howard before settling north on the peninsula. Although the historian Hjalmar Höland was involved in dedicating the marker at Peninsula Park, he contradicted that date in his book "History of Door County," where he stated that Ole Larsen first ventured north to Eagle Island in Door County in the spring of 1852. This looks much more plausible to me. He was followed in 1853 by his fellow Norwegian Moravians from the Fort Howard/Green Bay area, and they founded the village of Ephraim. The marker also states that Ole was the first farmer in Door County, but this doesn't make sense when considering that Increase Claflin and his family settled at Little Sturgeon Bay in 1835, moving north to the Fish Creek area in 1844. Claflin's marker at Little Sturgeon Bay describes him as "Door County's First Pioneer." I conclude that Ole was the second farmer/pioneer in Door County. Ole and Rachel's second son, my great-grandfather Henry, was born on Eagle Island in 1854. Ole might better be described as the first pioneer and founder of Ephraim, Wisconsin. His portrait still hangs in the Moravian Church there.
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Ragnil Pettersdatter Weisenberg (American name Rachel) was born at Høyland, Strand, Rogaland, Norway, on January 13, 1817. The old church record reads as follows (in translation from the Norwegian):
Ragnil daughter of Petter
Mother Girl Borgilla daughter of Svend (should read Girl Torborg daughter of Svend, see notes below)
Høylands Klubb
As father of the child was named
Captain Petter Weissenberg
at Hamranes (place where he lived)
Date of birth: January 13, 1817
Date of baptism: January 19, 1817
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According to Stein Auestad, a 4th great-grandson of Peter Weisenberg who lives in Strand, Rogaland, Norway, the pastor seems to have confused two sisters when recording the birth record. Here is an excerpt from one of his emails:
"I have more on both Peter's parents as well as Rachel's mother. Her name is written in wrong in the church records, as the pastor seems to have confused two sisters. Rachel's mother was named Torborg, Borgilla was her sister. Torborg died when Rachel was 6, on September 17, 1823 at the cotters place Hala, Geitaskjer, Strand parish, Rogaland. Rachel was confirmed on October 2, 1831 in Strand church. She was a servant girl at Steinane, Løbrekk, Strand.
The name Weisenberg hails from Denmark. The family came to Norway in 1718, a time when German was the standard language of almost every military in Europe. So officers would often Germanize their names. The original family name from the 1600s is from the village they came from, Vissenbjerg (about 15 miles west of Odense)."
In the spring of 1849 the reverend Andrew M. Iverson, a Moravian pastor, set sail from Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway, with his wife, reaching Buffalo, New York in June where he met Ole Larsen, who ran a sort of inn or boarding house for immigrants there. Rachel traveled there at about the same time, where she met and married Ole in 1849, and gave birth to William on May 29, 1850. The couple joined Iverson's congregation (it's unclear whether Rachel was previously associated with Iverson), with plans to establish a church in Milwaukee. This idea was scrapped in favor of Fort Howard, Wisconsin, where difficulties with their benefactor, Nils Otto Tank, ultimately led them to the wilderness of Door County and the founding of the village of Ephraim
DEATH OF MRS. RACHEL LARSEN
Mother of William Larsen Expires at an Advanced Age.
Mrs. Rachel Larsen died at the residence of her son, William Larsen, at 1 o'clock this morning, at the age of 78 years. Mrs. Larsen has been gradually failing for the past year and passed away this morning very peacefully. The funeral will take place from William Larsen's residence tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. From there the remains will be taken to Ephraim, Wis., for burial. Three sons and two daughters survive her, William and Henry Larsen of Green Bay, Otis R. Larsen of Chicago, Mrs. P. O. Johnson of Hamlin, Minn., and Mrs. M. F. Kalmbach of Duluth, Minn.
Mrs. Larsen was a native of Norway, her maiden name being Weisenberg (misspelled in this obituary as 'Wersenberg'). She married Ole Larsen in Buffalo (NY) nearly fifty years ago. She came to Wisconsin in 1852 with her husband, they residing in Fort Howard several years and then removing to Door County, where they lived on a farm. Her husband died several years ago, at the age of 65 years.
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Notes on the above obituary: Only the three sons were her biological children. The two daughters mentioned, Pauline Johnson and Adrine Kalmbach, were from Ole's previous marriage to Elisabet Hansdatter Skien, who died in Norway around 1845. It is very likely that Ole and Rachel came to Wisconsin earlier than 1852, probably shortly after their son William's birth in 1850. According to the historical marker on the site of Ole's home, now the Nicolet Bay Campground in Peninsula State Park, he came to Door County in 1850. However, other accounts state that he and Rachel spent time in both Milwaukee and Fort Howard before settling north on the peninsula. Although the historian Hjalmar Höland was involved in dedicating the marker at Peninsula Park, he contradicted that date in his book "History of Door County," where he stated that Ole Larsen first ventured north to Eagle Island in Door County in the spring of 1852. This looks much more plausible to me. He was followed in 1853 by his fellow Norwegian Moravians from the Fort Howard/Green Bay area, and they founded the village of Ephraim. The marker also states that Ole was the first farmer in Door County, but this doesn't make sense when considering that Increase Claflin and his family settled at Little Sturgeon Bay in 1835, moving north to the Fish Creek area in 1844. Claflin's marker at Little Sturgeon Bay describes him as "Door County's First Pioneer." I conclude that Ole was the second farmer/pioneer in Door County. Ole and Rachel's second son, my great-grandfather Henry, was born on Eagle Island in 1854. Ole might better be described as the first pioneer and founder of Ephraim, Wisconsin. His portrait still hangs in the Moravian Church there.
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Ragnil Pettersdatter Weisenberg (American name Rachel) was born at Høyland, Strand, Rogaland, Norway, on January 13, 1817. The old church record reads as follows (in translation from the Norwegian):
Ragnil daughter of Petter
Mother Girl Borgilla daughter of Svend (should read Girl Torborg daughter of Svend, see notes below)
Høylands Klubb
As father of the child was named
Captain Petter Weissenberg
at Hamranes (place where he lived)
Date of birth: January 13, 1817
Date of baptism: January 19, 1817
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According to Stein Auestad, a 4th great-grandson of Peter Weisenberg who lives in Strand, Rogaland, Norway, the pastor seems to have confused two sisters when recording the birth record. Here is an excerpt from one of his emails:
"I have more on both Peter's parents as well as Rachel's mother. Her name is written in wrong in the church records, as the pastor seems to have confused two sisters. Rachel's mother was named Torborg, Borgilla was her sister. Torborg died when Rachel was 6, on September 17, 1823 at the cotters place Hala, Geitaskjer, Strand parish, Rogaland. Rachel was confirmed on October 2, 1831 in Strand church. She was a servant girl at Steinane, Løbrekk, Strand.
The name Weisenberg hails from Denmark. The family came to Norway in 1718, a time when German was the standard language of almost every military in Europe. So officers would often Germanize their names. The original family name from the 1600s is from the village they came from, Vissenbjerg (about 15 miles west of Odense)."
In the spring of 1849 the reverend Andrew M. Iverson, a Moravian pastor, set sail from Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway, with his wife, reaching Buffalo, New York in June where he met Ole Larsen, who ran a sort of inn or boarding house for immigrants there. Rachel traveled there at about the same time, where she met and married Ole in 1849, and gave birth to William on May 29, 1850. The couple joined Iverson's congregation (it's unclear whether Rachel was previously associated with Iverson), with plans to establish a church in Milwaukee. This idea was scrapped in favor of Fort Howard, Wisconsin, where difficulties with their benefactor, Nils Otto Tank, ultimately led them to the wilderness of Door County and the founding of the village of Ephraim
Green Bay Press-Gazette (Green Bay, Wisconsin), Friday, September 20, 1895, Page 5:
DEATH OF MRS. RACHEL LARSEN
Mother of William Larsen Expires at an Advanced Age.
Mrs. Rachel Larsen died at the residence of her son, William Larsen, at 1 o'clock this morning, at the age of 78 years. Mrs. Larsen has been gradually failing for the past year and passed away this morning very peacefully. The funeral will take place from William Larsen's residence tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. From there the remains will be taken to Ephraim, Wis., for burial. Three sons and two daughters survive her, William and Henry Larsen of Green Bay, Otis R. Larsen of Chicago, Mrs. P. O. Johnson of Hamlin, Minn., and Mrs. M. F. Kalmbach of Duluth, Minn.
Mrs. Larsen was a native of Norway, her maiden name being Weisenberg (misspelled in this obituary as 'Wersenberg'). She married Ole Larsen in Buffalo (NY) nearly fifty years ago. She came to Wisconsin in 1852 with her husband, they residing in Fort Howard several years and then removing to Door County, where they lived on a farm. Her husband died several years ago, at the age of 65 years.
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Notes on the above obituary: Only the three sons were her biological children. The two daughters mentioned, Pauline Johnson and Adrine Kalmbach, were from Ole's previous marriage to Elisabet Hansdatter Skien, who died in Norway around 1845. It is very likely that Ole and Rachel came to Wisconsin earlier than 1852, probably shortly after their son William's birth in 1850. According to the historical marker on the site of Ole's home, now the Nicolet Bay Campground in Peninsula State Park, he came to Door County in 1850. However, other accounts state that he and Rachel spent time in both Milwaukee and Fort Howard before settling north on the peninsula. Although the historian Hjalmar Höland was involved in dedicating the marker at Peninsula Park, he contradicted that date in his book "History of Door County," where he stated that Ole Larsen first ventured north to Eagle Island in Door County in the spring of 1852. This looks much more plausible to me. He was followed in 1853 by his fellow Norwegian Moravians from the Fort Howard/Green Bay area, and they founded the village of Ephraim. The marker also states that Ole was the first farmer in Door County, but this doesn't make sense when considering that Increase Claflin and his family settled at Little Sturgeon Bay in 1835, moving north to the Fish Creek area in 1844. Claflin's marker at Little Sturgeon Bay describes him as "Door County's First Pioneer." I conclude that Ole was the second farmer/pioneer in Door County. Ole and Rachel's second son, my great-grandfather Henry, was born on Eagle Island in 1854. Ole might better be described as the first pioneer and founder of Ephraim, Wisconsin. His portrait still hangs in the Moravian Church there.
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Ragnil Pettersdatter Weisenberg (American name Rachel) was born at Høyland, Strand, Rogaland, Norway, on January 13, 1817. The old church record reads as follows (in translation from the Norwegian):
Ragnil daughter of Petter
Mother Girl Borgilla daughter of Svend (should read Girl Torborg daughter of Svend, see notes below)
Høylands Klubb
As father of the child was named
Captain Petter Weissenberg
at Hamranes (place where he lived)
Date of birth: January 13, 1817
Date of baptism: January 19, 1817
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According to Stein Auestad, a 4th great-grandson of Peter Weisenberg who lives in Strand, Rogaland, Norway, the pastor seems to have confused two sisters when recording the birth record. Here is an excerpt from one of his emails:
"I have more on both Peter's parents as well as Rachel's mother. Her name is written in wrong in the church records, as the pastor seems to have confused two sisters. Rachel's mother was named Torborg, Borgilla was her sister. Torborg died when Rachel was 6, on September 17, 1823 at the cotters place Hala, Geitaskjer, Strand parish, Rogaland. Rachel was confirmed on October 2, 1831 in Strand church. She was a servant girl at Steinane, Løbrekk, Strand.
The name Weisenberg hails from Denmark. The family came to Norway in 1718, a time when German was the standard language of almost every military in Europe. So officers would often Germanize their names. The original family name from the 1600s is from the village they came from, Vissenbjerg (about 15 miles west of Odense)."
In the spring of 1849 the reverend Andrew M. Iverson, a Moravian pastor, set sail from Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway, with his wife, reaching Buffalo, New York in June where he met Ole Larsen, who ran a sort of inn or boarding house for immigrants there. Rachel traveled there at about the same time, where she met and married Ole in 1849, and gave birth to William on May 29, 1850. The couple joined Iverson's congregation (it's unclear whether Rachel was previously associated with Iverson), with plans to establish a church in Milwaukee. This idea was scrapped in favor of Fort Howard, Wisconsin, where difficulties with their benefactor, Nils Otto Tank, ultimately led them to the wilderness of Door County and the founding of the village of Ephraim
DEATH OF MRS. RACHEL LARSEN
Mother of William Larsen Expires at an Advanced Age.
Mrs. Rachel Larsen died at the residence of her son, William Larsen, at 1 o'clock this morning, at the age of 78 years. Mrs. Larsen has been gradually failing for the past year and passed away this morning very peacefully. The funeral will take place from William Larsen's residence tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. From there the remains will be taken to Ephraim, Wis., for burial. Three sons and two daughters survive her, William and Henry Larsen of Green Bay, Otis R. Larsen of Chicago, Mrs. P. O. Johnson of Hamlin, Minn., and Mrs. M. F. Kalmbach of Duluth, Minn.
Mrs. Larsen was a native of Norway, her maiden name being Weisenberg (misspelled in this obituary as 'Wersenberg'). She married Ole Larsen in Buffalo (NY) nearly fifty years ago. She came to Wisconsin in 1852 with her husband, they residing in Fort Howard several years and then removing to Door County, where they lived on a farm. Her husband died several years ago, at the age of 65 years.
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Notes on the above obituary: Only the three sons were her biological children. The two daughters mentioned, Pauline Johnson and Adrine Kalmbach, were from Ole's previous marriage to Elisabet Hansdatter Skien, who died in Norway around 1845. It is very likely that Ole and Rachel came to Wisconsin earlier than 1852, probably shortly after their son William's birth in 1850. According to the historical marker on the site of Ole's home, now the Nicolet Bay Campground in Peninsula State Park, he came to Door County in 1850. However, other accounts state that he and Rachel spent time in both Milwaukee and Fort Howard before settling north on the peninsula. Although the historian Hjalmar Höland was involved in dedicating the marker at Peninsula Park, he contradicted that date in his book "History of Door County," where he stated that Ole Larsen first ventured north to Eagle Island in Door County in the spring of 1852. This looks much more plausible to me. He was followed in 1853 by his fellow Norwegian Moravians from the Fort Howard/Green Bay area, and they founded the village of Ephraim. The marker also states that Ole was the first farmer in Door County, but this doesn't make sense when considering that Increase Claflin and his family settled at Little Sturgeon Bay in 1835, moving north to the Fish Creek area in 1844. Claflin's marker at Little Sturgeon Bay describes him as "Door County's First Pioneer." I conclude that Ole was the second farmer/pioneer in Door County. Ole and Rachel's second son, my great-grandfather Henry, was born on Eagle Island in 1854. Ole might better be described as the first pioneer and founder of Ephraim, Wisconsin. His portrait still hangs in the Moravian Church there.
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Ragnil Pettersdatter Weisenberg (American name Rachel) was born at Høyland, Strand, Rogaland, Norway, on January 13, 1817. The old church record reads as follows (in translation from the Norwegian):
Ragnil daughter of Petter
Mother Girl Borgilla daughter of Svend (should read Girl Torborg daughter of Svend, see notes below)
Høylands Klubb
As father of the child was named
Captain Petter Weissenberg
at Hamranes (place where he lived)
Date of birth: January 13, 1817
Date of baptism: January 19, 1817
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According to Stein Auestad, a 4th great-grandson of Peter Weisenberg who lives in Strand, Rogaland, Norway, the pastor seems to have confused two sisters when recording the birth record. Here is an excerpt from one of his emails:
"I have more on both Peter's parents as well as Rachel's mother. Her name is written in wrong in the church records, as the pastor seems to have confused two sisters. Rachel's mother was named Torborg, Borgilla was her sister. Torborg died when Rachel was 6, on September 17, 1823 at the cotters place Hala, Geitaskjer, Strand parish, Rogaland. Rachel was confirmed on October 2, 1831 in Strand church. She was a servant girl at Steinane, Løbrekk, Strand.
The name Weisenberg hails from Denmark. The family came to Norway in 1718, a time when German was the standard language of almost every military in Europe. So officers would often Germanize their names. The original family name from the 1600s is from the village they came from, Vissenbjerg (about 15 miles west of Odense)."
In the spring of 1849 the reverend Andrew M. Iverson, a Moravian pastor, set sail from Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway, with his wife, reaching Buffalo, New York in June where he met Ole Larsen, who ran a sort of inn or boarding house for immigrants there. Rachel traveled there at about the same time, where she met and married Ole in 1849, and gave birth to William on May 29, 1850. The couple joined Iverson's congregation (it's unclear whether Rachel was previously associated with Iverson), with plans to establish a church in Milwaukee. This idea was scrapped in favor of Fort Howard, Wisconsin, where difficulties with their benefactor, Nils Otto Tank, ultimately led them to the wilderness of Door County and the founding of the village of Ephraim
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