When Hans Johnsen Stokkebo was born on 12 January 1853, in Leikanger, Selje, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway, his father, John Hansen Stokkebø, was 23 and his mother, Malena Nilsdotter Brugjeld, was 26. He married Ingebor "Isabelle" Juline Thompson on 13 July 1882, in Emerald Township, Faribault, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He immigrated to United States in 1855 and lived in Brush Creek Township, Faribault, Minnesota, United States for about 5 years and Lincoln Township, Winnebago, Iowa, United States for about 10 years. He died on 1 January 1929, in Rake, Winnebago, Iowa, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Rake, Winnebago, Iowa, United States.
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Birth year of Erik Werenskiold Norwegian painter and illustrator. He was especially known for his drawings of the Asbjørnsen and Moe fairytale collection.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Niels, Johan, Knut, Per, Alf, Anders, Bjorg, Carsten, Kerstin, Lars, Ove.
Norwegian, Danish, and North German: patronymic from the personal name John, a vernacular form of Johannes (see John ). Compare Johnson .
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