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- Lars emigrated from Norway in 1889. His brother Peder came in 1893.
Note written by Lars' daughter Hilda Eritsland Stratton - copy sent by Betty Wulff 1998: "Papa's father was Peder from Eritsland place in Norway. Norwegian custom was to call the children by father's name which made papa Pederso n - but in Iowa there were so many Pedersons/Petersons & so on that their mail got mixed up. When Uncle Peder and Papa bought land in Minnesota they decided on Eritsland the name of the farm they came from in Norway. Our cousins in Madison Wisconsin knocked the "IT" out of Eritsland and called it "Ersland". [Note: these are simply alternate spellings for the farm name, and both spellings are in use in the family back in Norway today. Konrad Eritsland w rote in 1969, "In the churchbook for Finnås parish in 1858 the farm name Eritsland is written as Eritsland, Eritzland and Erritzland." A chapter on "Ersland" in a book tracing ownership of Bømlo farms also gives other spellings dating back to 1519: Ericksland, Eresland, Ericklanndt, Erichslanndtt, Erichslannd, Eridsland, Erisland, Errisland, Eridtzland, Eridsland, Eriitsland, Erridtzland, Erridsland. Since 1890 it has been Ersland.]
Alma (Eritsland) von Tettenborn wrote: "My father Lars Peterson, came from Norway the next year [1889], my mother probably helped him as her sister had helped her. They were probably engaged before either left Norway. They went to the same church in Norway and were in the same confirmation class, but did not attend the same school. If they had, my father indicated, there would probably not have been any romance. In Norway the 'Gaars' or farms had been subdivided until they could no longer be. The land always went to the oldest son, in this case Ole. My father apprenticed for 4 years in Bergen, learning the craft of painting and interior decorating, which craft he followed in America between bouts of trying to farm, at which he wasn't too successful. For his 4 years apprenticing, besides his necessary food and clothing, he received the grand sum of $32.00.
"He probably followed a similar route to my mother's [see Anna Marie's entry: by ship from Bergen to Hull, by rail to Liverpool, and from there by ship to New York -- a typical itinerary for thousands of Norwegian emigrants] but I have no record of ships' names. On arriving in New York he knew no one, and understood no English. Undaunted he set out to knock on every door and ask, "Can you speak Norwegian" -- in Norwegian, of course. As luck would have it, he met with success on his first attempt. Arriving in St. Paul, he probably worked for a while, then he and my mother were married in St. Paul May 28, 1889. That fall they went back to Ridgeway - lived there till 1901 or so.
" I remember seeing a reference about Peder and Lars working for farmers in the Marshalltown, Iowa area right after they came to the USA. Later, Peder was living in Decorah, Iowa for awhile. " email from Ron George, husband of P eder's granddaughter Gail (ie Violet's son-in-law) May 2002)
Lars became a US citizen on Oct 1, 1895, "abjuring all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign prince, potentate, State and Sovereignty whatsoever, and particularly to the King of Norway and Sweden." [his granddaughter Carol Er itsland Wait has the original document]
More from Alma's narrative: "Children born in Ridgeway: Lydia (died), Lydia, Hilda, Oscar, Emma, Paul. Then they moved to Nassau, Minnesota, where they had 4 more children: Ida, Agnes, Alma & Esther.
"In Nov 1909 they moved to Eugene Oregon, then in July 1916 to Alberta Canada. In Eugene they had a 100 acre farm, and 2 houses in the city, but one was small. This they traded, sight unseen, for 2 quarter sections in Alberta.
"My mother enjoyed telling that after they were married, my father had 3 cents left in his pocket. He had wages coming at the end of the week, but it made a good story anyway."
email from Betty (Lowe) Wulff, Jan 2002 [info she got from Hilda (Eritsland) Stratton[: "In Ridgeway, Iowa Lars did housepainting and interior decoration--wall papering, special paint finishes--using feathers and rags and spatte ring by flipping paint brushes, -- which are all the rage right now, again!" Betty also gave more information about how/why they moved to Eugene and then to Alberta -- see Anna Marie's entry below.
More About LARS ANDREAS (PEDERSON) ERITSLAND:
Burial: Leslieville Cemetery, 1 mile E and 1/2 mile S of Leslieville, Alberta
Immigration to USA: 1889, came to USA to St Paul Minnesota
Moved: November 1909, moved to Eugene Oregon
Naturalization: October 01, 1895, US Citizen
Worked: 1989, Marshalltown Iowa (possibly on arrival, w. Peder)
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släkten Alfsvåg-Jonsson-Sehlberg
1864 - 1930 (65 år)
