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Jakob Svendsen Diget (b. May 14, 1818, d. date unknown)

Jakob Svendsen Diget (son of Svend Jakobsen Forland and Joren Rasmusdtr) was born May 14, 1818 in Augland, Strand, Rogaland, Norway (1034), and died date unknown in Cylinder, IA. He married Siri Nilsdatter on Apr 1, 1846 in Strand kirke, Hjelmeland, daughter of Nils Thorbjornson Ovre Fjelde and Torri Aseline Knudsdtr.

Notes for Jakob Svendsen Diget:
JACOB JORPELAND WAS BORN MAY 14,1818 IN NORWAY AND WAS MARRIED TO SIRI (NILSDATTER) FJELDE WHO WAS BAPTIZED MARCH 24,1825. JACOB AND SIRI AND THE OLDER CHILDREN CAME OVER IN A SAILBOAT IN 1867. IT TOOK THEM TWO MONTHS TO CROSS THE OCEAN. LIKE MANY OTHER FOREIGNERS OF THAT TIME HE CHANGED HIS LAST NAME WHEN HE ARRIVED IN AMERICA. HE CHANGED IT FROM JORPELAND TO JACOBSON. JACOB AND SIRI ARE BOTH BURIED IN THE ST. JOHNS (NORTH) LUTHERAN CEMETERY AT DEPEW,IA.

More About Jakob Svendsen Diget:
Burial: Unknown, North St John's Cemetery, Depew, Ia.
Source: NR785 STRAND 1769-1854.

More About Jakob Svendsen Diget and Siri Nilsdatter:
Marriage: Apr 1, 1846, Strand kirke, Hjelmeland.

Children of Jakob Svendsen Diget and Siri Nilsdatter are:

+Nels Jacobson, b. Feb 24, 1848, Forlandshei, Rogaland, Norway ( Strandssogn,Stavanger, Norway ), d. Feb 15, 1922, Depew, IA.