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Jens Larsen (son of Lars) was born 25 December 1822 in Norway, and died 31 January 1906 in York, WI.He married Anna Mathea Egger, daughter of Christian Egger and Mathea Christiandtr.
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Jens came to Coon Prairie, Vernon Co., WI, when he arrived in the United States.The district was called "America's Gudbrandsdal" because many of the immigrants from the valley of that name in Norway settled here.In Trempealeau County, during the second half of the 1860s, Norwegians poured in so fast they constituted 40% of the population.In Pigeon Township, 1877, Norwegians won most of the elective offices, making a clean sweep in the next election.per notes in the family history compiled by Bea Larson, 1989. br
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Emigration: 23 August 1868, Christened Johan Larsen.
Children of Jens Larsen and Anna Mathea Egger are:
  1. +Maren Christine Larson, b. 26 January 1857, Oslo, Norway, d. 23 January 1940, WI.
  2. +John Larson, b. 09 July 1868, Eidsvoll, Akershus Prestegjold, Norway, d. 09 June 1938, York, WI.