Gunder Knutson located in Newark near the large spring on Section 4, buying the interest Gunnel Stordock sold in the place.

The evidence

• “O. Beloit; born in Newark Aug. 2, 1844 ; he is the pon of Gunder Knutson, who was born in Norway in 1812 ; emigrated to Wisconsin, and located in the town of Newark in 1843, near the same large spring on Section 4 that his brother Gulack JCnutson had located on in 1841 ; the land that he bought was owned by Gunnel Stordock, who came in September, 1841, to live near the spring also, and owned forty acres, which he sold; he made improvements, and built house and barns. He married, in Norway, Sarah Taurjon, widow of Ole Nelson (by whom she had three children), and they had three more children ; one is living, Knud Gunder; the name of Springen is derived from being residents by the large spring ; his wife died in 1854, during the cholera in this town, by which great numbers died.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/19-bios-newark.md, PDF p. 770 / book p. 774

  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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• “This fine spring soon attracted the attention of the early homeseekers, and in September, 1841, Gullik Knndsen and Gunnel Stordock, with their families, located near this spring, which as a land mark was already known as the "Big Spring." Stordock with his family lived in a haystack for three months while he built a house. In 1843 he sold his interest in the place to Gunder Knudson, a brother of Gullik Knudson; so we have the tAvo brothers, Gullik and Gunder Knudson, living near "Spring-en" (the spring). This place already having a name, they were referred to as Gullik Springen and Gunder Springen.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/18-scandinavians.md, Vol. 1, PDF p. 466 / book p. 432

  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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