Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Ole Johnson and Margaretta Wildman




Ole Johnson (Feb 15th, 1831-April 6th, 1914) married Margaretta Wildman (Feb. 17th, 1835-Feb. 23rd, 1877). They are my great great grandparents. There is extensive family research at this link.

Ole was born in Holla, Telemarken, Norway. He had a twin, named Peder, who died several months after being born. His parents were John Nielson and Gunnild Jorgensdatter. He married Margaretta Wildman and they had the following children:
Maria Tomine (April 6th, 1863-April 28th, 1939)
John (Bron abt. 1865)
Thomas (born abt 1867)
Samuel H (born abt 1869)
Julia (Aug 19th, 1874-Jan 1st, 1936)
A note from Herb Eimerman's mothers research:
"Ole Johnsonn came to the United States in 1856 at the age of 25. He secured employment with Niels Jacobson in the Norwegian district of Port Washington, Wisconsin. He lived on his farm for 7 years and then purchased a larger one and lived and worked on it for 31 years until he sold it to his sons Sam and Tom. He then retired and lived in Port Washington. In addition to being a farmer he was a good cobbler and made the shoes worn by his children and later his grandchildren."
Margaretta Wildman died early and Ole remarried Aase Tellefson in 1894. Aase was born in Norway on July 16th, 1846 and died on November 20th, 1920.
Margaretta Wildman was born in Ireland. Her parents were Thomas Wildman and Mary Totten. She and her family arrived here on May 4th, 1860.

Regarding Ole, I have found a fabulous web site for Norwegian Parish records and can date the family pretty far back through these records. The link is here. Or, if you would rather not spend the hours digging for the records, you can email me and I can email you the records themselves, as I have spent many hours pulling and saving the records myself. 

Photos from top to bottom:
Margaretta's Tombstone
Ole's Tombstone
Holden Cemetery in Port Washington Wisconsin
Ole and Margaretta
Sources:
New York Passenger Lists,1820-1957
1860 United States Federal Census
1870 United States Federal Census
1880 Untied States Federal Census
1900 United States Federal Census

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