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- {geni:about_me} Christopher var først i krambodslære, senere gårdsbestyrer hos sine svogere på Ringerike og i Nordland, men utvandret 1852 og slo seg ned som farmer i Martell Pierce County, Wisconsin.
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Heyerdahl, Christopher G. N. (1822 - 1898). Born in Gulbrandsdalen, Norway, Heyerdahl attended its common schools, graduated from a Latin school in Christiania, Norway, and attended a commercial school at Berlin, Germany (Prussia). He emigrated to America in 1854, locating at Rock River, Jefferson county, Wisconsin, where he married Margaret Kaalstrom (1828 X 1928) in 1856 before moving to Martell Township. They settled on 160 acres in Section 7 to farm. He served as town clerk for over 25 years, county register of deeds, and clerk of the courts. He fathered seven children: Nils, Erick, Hans, Elizabeth, Margaret, Lovise (Louise), and Frederick. Heyerdahl was buried in the Rush River cemetery. Source: "History of the St. Croix Valley",1909.
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On May 3, 1853, the good ship "Peter Tordenskjold," commanded by Captain Lugg, sailed from Christiania for Quebec, taking out some three hundred emigrants. This ship was a three-masted bark. On heaving anchor a very favorable breeze set in and good speed was made all the way out the fjord so that the farther lighthouse was made the same evening. At this point the pilot left the ship, which now stood out to sea. This vessel had a good hull and was also a good sailor, but the rigging was not considered extra. Following is a list of the cabin passengers: Fred Brön, merchant, and wife; Christ Heyerdahl, former landowner and farmer; Lauritz Heyerdahl, a brother, and Chr. Winge, the twolatter printers; -------- Casperson; K. E. Erickson, a student and former clerk.
Chr. Heyerdahl was an elderly man and a widower; he lived for some time in Milwaukee, where for a while he worked under fish inspector T. J. Widvey at the fish warehouse. Later on he removed to La Crosse with his family; he had contracted a new marriage since coming west. He died there in 1882, and his remains were laid at rest on May 3, the exact twenty-ninth anniversary of the day he sailed from Christiania.
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1822 - 1898 (75 år)
