The Voyage from Upper Telemark to Skien and then to Quebec was a difficult one. So was the ship and train journey to Minnesota and then after a few years later, on to Iowa. Here we will share a few of those stories.
Here is one, called From Skien to Quebec on a Sailing Ship, which tells the story of a journey from Norway to Quebec in 1861, on the ship Maple Leaf, which might have been the ship Hans and Margit took in 1862. It was written by Thor Sigurdson, from Upper Telemark. 1861/ 2000 – by Thor Sigurdson