Tarje
Grover, son of Aslak
Tarjeison Skrei,
immigrated to the United States from Telemark, Norway, with his mother,
Kristi
Olavsdatter Lien,
one brother and two sisters in 1846.
In 1857 he married
Geline
Kassenborg in
Houston, Minnesota. He and his family moved to Clay County, Minnesota in
1874.
Tarje and Geline raised eight children. |
This website
tells the story of Tarje's ancestors in Norway, his journey to Wisconsin,
first home in Houston County, Minnesota and his part in establishing the
Buffalo River Settlement in the Red River Valley of Minnesota. You will
find information about Tarje's ancestors, parents and siblings and biographies of Geline,
her parents, their eight
children, and some of their descendants.
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