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John Johnson Mæland (1831-1907) married Mari Brekke in 1856, and in 1866 the family immigrated from Norway to Faribault County, Minnesota. John " ... was born 20 March, 1831 in Opstryn, Nordfjord, Norway. His wife ... Mari nee Brekke, daughter of State Senator Anders Brekke, ... was born September 15, 1828 in Opstryn. Both were baptized and confirmed in Opstryn Lutheran Church."--page 9. Mari Brekke Maland died 18 January 1900. John Johnson Maland died 1 November 1907. Both were laid to rest in the North Blue church cemetery in Dell, Minnesota. Descendants lived in Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, Iowa, Colorado, Washington, Oregon, California, Montana, Illinois, Massachusetts, Connecticut and elsewhere. Includes ancestry in Stryn and other parishes in Sogn og Fjordane County, Norway.
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This expansive history by David Johnston, spanning the years 1654 to 1905, focuses on the early settlements along the New River in the area that encompasses present-day Mercer and Monroe counties, West Virginia, and Tazewell and Giles counties, Virginia. Of particular interest to genealogists are the biographical and genealogical summaries of the following thirty-nine families: Bailey, Bane, Belcher, Black, Barnes, Bowens, Burke, Calfee, Capertons, Chapmans, Christian, Cecil, Clay, Cloyd, Davidson, Emmons, French, Gillespie, Hale, Hare, Hoge, Howe, Johnston, Kirk, Lybrook, M'Claugherty, M'Comas, Meadow, M'Donald, Napier, Pack, Peck, Pearis, Peters, Shannon, Smith, Snidow, Straley, and Witten.