Cleng Peerson (17 May 1783 – 16 December 1865) was a Norwegian emigrant to the United States; his voyage in 1824 was the precursor for the boat load of...
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Peerson is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Cleng Peerson (1783–1865), Norwegian-American pioneer Jack Peerson (1910–1966), American...
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their country's gold bullion past German guards to a waiting ship, the Cleng Peerson. Published in 1942, it has been in print ever since. The book was made...
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Restauration (often called the "Norse Mayflower"). Under the leadership of Cleng Peerson, the Restauration left Stavanger in July 1825 and ferried six families...
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century. The nearby community of Norse is the final resting place of Cleng Peerson, commonly recognized as the "Father of Norwegian Immigration to America...
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memorandum i anledning 75 aors jubileet for Abraham Vereide's utvandring til Amerika i 1905. Stavanger, Norway: The Cleng Peerson Memorial Institute....
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pioneering band of farm-seekers led by the peripatetic ethnic leader Cleng Peerson. Peerson's vessel, the Restauration, is often credited with bringing the first...
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during 1825 aboard the Restauration. Norwegian-American pioneer leader Cleng Peerson founded this second settlement in the Fox River Valley of Illinois....
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unincorporated rural community of Norse, Texas. Among the pioneers in Norse was Cleng Peerson. The founder of Norse was Ole Canuteson (Ole Knudsen) from the Stavanger...
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following table is based on the 2020 census of Lee County. † county seat Cleng Peerson (1783–1865), pioneer settler in Lee County in 1840 Richard Proenneke...
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