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Bosque, Henderson, and Van Zandt counties, Texas, 1856
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12022-07-22T12:29:30-07:00Early Settlers15plain12018652022-09-01T14:47:09-07:00Early Norwegian migration to the United States started in 1825 when the sloop Restauration set sail for a new land. Sixteen years later, the first Norwegian settlers came to lay land claims in the Republic of Texas. The first Norwegian to do this was Johannes Nordboe in 1841 outside of Dallas. Following him, Johan Reinert Reisersen, who set sail on a sponsored trip, arrived in 1843 to settle in Normany (now Brownsboro), Van Zandt County. Four years later, Elise Waerenskjold migrated in 1847 to settle in Brownsboro, Van Zandt County. It wasn't until 1848 that the grandfather of organized Norwegian migration, Cleng Peerson, arrived from Illinois to settle in Four Mile Prairie, Henderson County.
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