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Ole Jorgens

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Ole Jorgens

Birth
Norway
Death
29 Dec 1897 (aged 84)
Scandinavia, Waupaca County, Wisconsin, USA
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Scandinavia, Waupaca County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
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On Ole Jorgens gravestone his name is Ole Sillekjer, which is common for the Norwegians. Sillekjer was the name of the farm they lived on before they left Norway for America. Ole was born on Farm Loddensol, Olstead. He was the son of Jorgen Olsen and Torborg Tolvsdatter. When he and his wife and two children came to America they were taken up the Mississippi River and made their home for a year or two in St. Joseph, Missouri. They later moved to Wisconsin where Karen's brother lived.

In the census records their last name has been recorded as Jorgensen, Johnson, Jorgenson.

He married Karen on November 27, 1846 Church of Oyestad Arendahl, Norway
On Ole Jorgens gravestone his name is Ole Sillekjer, which is common for the Norwegians. Sillekjer was the name of the farm they lived on before they left Norway for America. Ole was born on Farm Loddensol, Olstead. He was the son of Jorgen Olsen and Torborg Tolvsdatter. When he and his wife and two children came to America they were taken up the Mississippi River and made their home for a year or two in St. Joseph, Missouri. They later moved to Wisconsin where Karen's brother lived.

In the census records their last name has been recorded as Jorgensen, Johnson, Jorgenson.

He married Karen on November 27, 1846 Church of Oyestad Arendahl, Norway

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