Martin Pedersen Ruh reminiscences, 1916

Title

Martin Pedersen Ruh reminiscences, 1916

Identifier

NAHA 2020/036

Date

1916

Description

Reminiscences by Pastor Martin Pedersen Ruh (1841-1923). Forty-nine pages, typescript. Translated by Brit Weisz, September 1974; . Chapters include: Memories ofE idsvold and Dean H.P. Krag (pgs. 1-4); My Last Christmas in Eidsvold, Norway, 1854 (pgs. 5-8); Emigrant Memories: A Voyage to America in 1855(pgs. 9-12). Ship William Tell sailing for Quebec; Some Reminiscences from Muskego [Racine County, Wisconsin] (pgs. 13-14); A Journey to Minnesota in 1856: The Founding of the Kristiania Settlement [Christiania, Eureka township, Dakota county, Minnesota] (pgs. 15-23). Includes comments on covered wagon caravan and families (Petter Hendriksen Ruh and family from Eidsvold, Johan Loe and family from Ringsaker, Johannes Thorbjornson Leine from Wisconsin, the brothers Ole and Stefan Thoreson from Hadeland, Christian Husevohn and family, plus Lars Johnson and family from Telemark); From the Pioneer Days in Minnesota (pgs. 24-27). Includes mention of Ă˜sten (Osten) Hanson and son Marbil, Rev. Beckman of Cannon Falls, Ole Bergh, and small anecdote of how a bible saved his eldest brother's life from a bullet during the Civil War; Reminiscences from My Student Days [Augustana Sem., Leland, Illinois](pgs. 28-37). Mentions Rev. Amon Johnson, student T.H. Dahl, assassination of President Lincoln; Our Supplement about the Jubilation--Synod in Decorah, Iowa, 1903 (pgs.38-42); Application for Acceptance Into the Synod of the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (pgs. 43-45); A Rare Fest[Springfield, Iowa Congregation anniversary (pgs. 46-49).

Extent

1 folder

Language

English

Citation

Pedersen, Martin and Weisz, Brit, “Martin Pedersen Ruh reminiscences, 1916,” Norwegian-American Historical Association, accessed March 29, 2024, https://naha.omeka.net/items/show/16178.