[406] Individual settlers and single families had located in various towns in northern Illinois during the later thirties and forties. I shall name here Severt S. Helland and wife Ingeborg who immigrated in 1836 and settled at Woodstock, Illinois. Helland (b. 1828) came from Gjerdevig in Fjeldbjerg Parish; his wife was born 1825 at Helland in Etne Parish. They moved to Chicago in 1855 and in 1857 settled near Slater, Iowa.
[407] And Texas.
[408] Their duties being to show the Indians how to farm and in general to teach them the white man’s ways.
[409] The first white child born of Norwegian parents in the county was Jorund Valle (Mrs. Lars Thovson, St. Olaf), daughter of Ole Valle.
[410] See article by Rev. Jacob Tanner, entitled: “En kort Beretning 50 Aars kirkelight Arbeide; Clayton County, Iowa,” in Lutheraneren, 45 (1901). My facts here are gathered in large part from this article.
[411] The date was June 11th according to History of Clayton County, 1882, p. 831.
[412] The last three were from Hallingdal.
[413] According to others these two did not arrive till 1850.
[414] Tanner’s article. Sanden and Fingar Johnson settled in Wagner Township.