Peder Larsen Moe
Utreist med/Emigrated on: "Porsgrund" - arriving in New York July 6, 1848 (123 pass)
Utreist til/Emigrated to: Juneau Co, Wisconsin
Peder Larsen Moe: He was born June 17, 1821
in the farm Moe in Gjerpen by parents Lars Pedersen Moe and Kari Nielsdatter.
His father Lars was born ca 1782 and was married Sept 26, 1806. Kari Nielsdatter
was baptized on December 26, 1785 and died Febr 11, 1843. lars died June
21, 1855, both at Moe farm.
Peder married Oct 4, 1844 in Gjerpen to Ingeborg Maria Olsdatter, born 1818,
from Øverbøe in Siljan (Slemdal) parish. Her parents were
Ole Jacobsen Øverbøe (b. 1794) and Mari Olsdatter.
They had one child born in Gjerpen before they emigrated, the rest born
in Wisconsin.
Karen
Maria, b. Jan 8, 1848, Moe farm, Gjerpen.
Laura, b. 1850, Wisconsin
Ole Peter, b. Oct 14, 1852, (Conf. May 12, 1867) East Lemonweir, Juneau
Co.
Nelson, b. 1855
Jacob, b. 1857
Johannes (John), b. Mar 19, 1860,East Lemonweir, Juneau Co (bapt Jul 24)
Hans Martin, b. Dec 14, 1862, East Lemonweir, Juneau Co. (bapt May 19)
They emigrated April 27th from Porsgrunn and arrived in New York July 6th,
1848.
In the 1860 census they are listed as living on a farm in Fountain township
in Juneau Co.
Lars Moo, age 45, farmer, (He had $300 in personal property and $100 in
real property.
Emily (Ingeborg), age 40
Caroline, age 12
Laura, age 10
Peter, age 7
Nelson, age 5
Jacob, age 3 John, age 4/12
The family does not appear in the church-records of East Lemonweir after
1867.