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Samuel Larson's family went by a number of names in Chicago before it settled down as Lawson, the name that he gave
all of his children. He departed from the Hytland farm in Bjerkreim, Norway, for Chicago and sailed from the port
of Stavanger on March 16, 1853. His wife was Bertine Borreson, but we know very little about her. Their daughter was Minnie Lawson, who married Olaf Anda.
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| Believed to be Svale Ståleson (Samuel Larson, Samuel Lawson) |
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Samuel Larson was born as Svale Ståleson
(Hytland) on January 2, 1823, in Bjerkreim, Norway. He died on January 22, 1801 and is buried in Chicago's Graceland
Cemetery. His parents were Ståle
Larson (Kjørn) and Birte Sigbjørnsdatter (Vassbø) (Kalveskog). We don't know when or where he was married, but at the
time of the 1860 U.S. Census he was married to Bertine and living in Chicago. From about 1865, Samuel and his wife lived
in their house at 1116 W. Grand. New book about Svale and his ancestors.
One of the greatest joys of family history is the reunion
of the U.S. family with the family from the old country. Read this account of the reunion with Reidar Efteland, a descendant
of one of Svale's brothers who stayed in Norway, which includes visits to ancestral sites: Bjerkreim Reunion
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Page last updated September 19, 2004.
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