Tarje Grover, son of Aslak Tarjeison Skrei, immigrated to the United States from Telemark, Norway, with his mother, Kristi Olavsdatter Lien, one brother and two sisters in 1846.   

In 1857 he married Geline Kassenborg in Houston, Minnesota. He and his family moved to Clay County, Minnesota in 1874.  Tarje and Geline raised eight children.

This website tells the story of Tarje's ancestors in Norway, his  journey to Wisconsin, first home in Houston County, Minnesota and his part in the Buffalo River Settlement in the Red River Valley of Minnesota. You will find information about Tarje's parents and siblings and biographies of Geline, their eight children and many of their descendants.  There is also information about the communities where the family lived.