Osmond JOHNSON

   Other names for Osmond were Osmund JANSEN, Osmund JENSEN, Osmund JOHNSON and Osmund Jansen TVEDT.

  Christening Notes:

#5, p34, 1827

  Noted events in his life were:

• Immigration: from Norway, 1854, America. Emigranter fra Stavanger 1825-1970
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• Migration: from Wisconsin, 1858, Minnesota, USA.

• Reference: History of Fillmore County Minnesota, 1882, Fillmore County, Minnesota, USA. p389
OSMAN JOHNSON is a native of Norway, born on the 2d [sic] of February, 1828. He was married a short time before coming to America, in 1854. They located in Wisconsin, and remained until 1858, when they moved to Holt township, settling in section twenty-two, which has since been their home. In 1862, Mr. Johnson enlisted in the Fifteenth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. He participated in the battle of Murfreesborough, after which he was taken prisoner and confined in Libby prison, but in a short time was exchanged and returned to his regiment. In the battle of Chickamauga he was wounded, again taken prisoner and confined nineteen months, during months time he suffered greatly for want of food and water. He was liberated on the 28th of April, 1865, and returned to his home in this place.

• Cemetery: Elstad, 1906, Fillmore County, Minnesota, USA.

Osmond married Barbro Kjeldsdatter NAADEOEN, daughter of Kjel Jensen NAADEOEN and Barbro Nielsdatter, on 12 Apr 1854 in Finnøy, Rogaland, Norway. (Barbro Kjeldsdatter NAADEOEN was born on 4 Mar 1826 in Finnøy, Rogaland, Norway, baptized on 8 Mar 1826 in Finnøy, Rogaland, Norway and died on 29 Jun 1908 in Fillmore County, Minnesota, USA ².)

  Marriage Notes:

#6, p121, 1854