Immigrants from Norway,
Louis & Johannah circa 1890 surrounded by all of their children except for their first son John, who died in 1884 at age 4, Albert, born in 1892, and Ivar, born in 1894.
This Website is Dedicated to the Family, Ancestors & Descendents of
Norwegian Immigrants & South Dakota Pioneers
LOUIS (Lasse) PETERSON (of) ØYE,
born on February 8, 1847 at Øye gård (farm) in
Lærdal, Sogn og Fjordane, on the Sognefjord on Norway's western coast,
&
JOHANNAH BREDESDATTER ERICKSON (of) BAKKEN,
born on September 24, 1850 to ethnic Finns at Bakken gård,
in Hoff, Hedmark, in southeast Norway near the Swedish border
Louis and Johannah met in Wisconsin, where they married a few years later in 1872, had their first child in 1873, and then traveled by covered wagon to
Dakota Territory, where they homesteaded in Yankton County and raised their family.
The Louis Petersons were founding members of the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Jamesville township, built two miles west of Midway on land donated by Louis for the church, cemetery and parsonage.
Lo, There Do I See My Father; Lo, There Do I See My Mother, My Sisters And My Brothers;
Lo, There Do I See My People Back To The Beginning. Lo, There Do They Call To Me ... Viking Prayer, from the 1999 movie
The 13th Warrior
Louis' & Johannah's Homes in Norway
The 12 CHILDREN of Louis & Johannah
GRANDCHILDREN - 29
Louis provided each of his children land in the Jamesville township area when they reached age 21, where all but Thomas and Ole remained.
LOUIS' AND JOHANNAH'S DEATHS
Immigrated with her family
to Wisconsin in 1853, age 3
Immigrated at age 21 with sister,
arriving in Wisconsin in 1866
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
NEWS
of our
ANCESTRAL HOMELAND
January 19, 2014
Fire Destroyed Numerous Homes & Injured 90 in the
Historic Town of Lærdalsoyri near Øye Farm in
Lærdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
Most Recent Additions, Changes, etc.
Addition: Translation of Chapter 4 Dorothea Anchers Kronike (20151228)
Addition: Pictures of Oye Gard (20151211)
JOHANNAH BREDESDATTER ERICKSON (BAKKEN), b. 1850
Pioneer Settlers of
Wisconsin &
South Dakota
Ancestors & Descendants of
LOUIS PETERSON (ØYE), b. 1847 &
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