Once Upon a House

July 1857

Mrs. Larson came to America from Norway.

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  • “Mrs. Larson was born in Norway in 1825, and came to America July, 1857 ; she married Iver Svenson, September, 1858( in Dakota, Green Co., Wis., where they lived till 1869, and then came to Avon ; when here, bought 150 acres land with a house on it, which he piid cash for, earned by hard labor, and he died in Avon Sept. 8, 1872.”

    1879-history-of-rock-county/34-bios-avon.md, PDF p. 879 / book p. 883

    Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

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