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...

Peerson is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Cleng Peerson (1783–1865), Norwegian-American pioneer Jack Peerson (1910–1966), American...

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...

Restauration (often called the "Norse Mayflower"). Under the leadership of Cleng Peerson, the Restauration left Stavanger in July 1825 and ferried six families...

century. The nearby community of Norse is the final resting place of Cleng Peerson, commonly recognized as the "Father of Norwegian Immigration to America...

memorandum i anledning 75 aors jubileet for Abraham Vereide's utvandring til Amerika i 1905. Stavanger, Norway: The Cleng Peerson Memorial Institute....

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...

during 1825 aboard the Restauration. Norwegian-American pioneer leader Cleng Peerson founded this second settlement in the Fox River Valley of Illinois....

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...

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...