Hegland Family Ancestors

 

Mikkel and Sissel Hegland emigrated with their children in May of 1861.  They landed at the port of New York and made their way to Fillmore County.

Mikkel's father was Tarje Mandt, and his descendants are part of the Olav Mandt line of that notable Telemark family.

Sissel's father Amund and his second wife Margit and their children were already in Minnesota, having come to America in 1853. Sissel's mother Anne died in Norway and Sissel was the only surviving child of that marriage.  Amund was a member of Telemark's Fjågesund family.

Research into their voyages to America - dates, ships, etc - is currently underway.