A Norwegian immigrant was born in Norway.

The evidence

• “He was born in Norway, June 4, 1843, and there spent his early life working on a farm. He came to Rock county, Wisconsin in 1869, and stopped a short time with Mr.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/34e-biographical-5.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 577 / book p. 1061

  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.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources