A Norwegian settler of Newark Township married Gwin Jensen, widow of T. Rostad.

The evidence

• “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. He married again, in 1856, Gwin Jensen, widow of T. Rostad, and they had five children ; two are now living.”

  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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