Jacobson was born at Sandefjord and followed his family's seafaring tradition in 1870. He immigrated in 1892 to Racine, Wis., becoming a sailor on the Great Lakes. His memoirs were published in 18 installments in Skandinaven (Oct.. 6, 1931-Jan. 6,…
An organ of the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, the volume contains all the numbers except (vol. 2, No. 6-7; vol. No. 3; and pgs. 23-4 of vol. 12) and , of "Maanedstidende" from the first issue March, 1851, to the including March…
Correspondence and personal papers of two Ashippun, Wisconsin, families, including those of father-in-law Ole Tollefson, born 1794, emigrated 1862 of Racine, Wisconsin.Includes 1860 mortgage to Hans and Mary Larson, and Ingebret (Englebert) and Anne…
