Ole [—] and his younger brother Ansten formed a partnership as drovers and went to the west coast of Norway to deal in sheep.

The evidence

• “In 1836 Ole and his younger brother Ansten formed a partnership as drovers and went to the west coast to deal in sheep. While at Stavanger they heard wonderful stories of America.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/18-scandinavians.md, Vol. 1, PDF p. 452 / book p. 418

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

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