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- Daniel Danielsen valgte å utvandre til Amerika i 1860. Daniel mista faren i ein alder av 19 år. Då overtok etterkvart broren Nils bruket på Klungtvedt. Nils flyta tilbake hit frå Finnøy saman med kona og to små barn. Daniel var vel då fri til å reisa, utan plikter heime, når broren tok over.
Jernbanen frå Chicago til LaSalle var då ganske ny, den opna 11. mars 1853. I heile LaSalle County budde det omlag 30-40.000 (9.022 menn mellom 18 og 45 frå militærregistrering), og i Mission Township truleg oppunder 1000 (224 menn mellom 18 og 45).
Daniel kom til Amerika kort tid før Den Amerikanske Borgarkrigen braut ut (12. april 1861 - 9. april 1865). I boka History of La Salle County, Illinois (1906) finn me ein del om Daniel (side 948 og 951).
Han arbeidde som farmer i seks år hjå George Southworth i LaSalle. Han får etterkvart sin eigen farm, og gifta seg i 1867 med Johanna .
Johanna. Far? - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45127619/jorgen-christianson. F. 20 Feb 1815 - d. 20 Nov 1903. Gravlagd på Fox River Cemetery
Marta Jørgensdatter datter av Jørgen og Johanna fødd 12. Feb 1846, emigrerer i 1864 som 18-åring saman med foreldra og søstera Kristiane på 10 år. Storesøster Maria på 21 vert gjen på Nordø i Rennesøy.
Når tar ho namnet Johanna? Mora Johanna døyr i 1884 etter 20 år i La Salle County.
I 1906 vises det til at Daniel eig tre gode farmar i Miller og Mission townships. Heimplassen er på 160 acres, ein annan farm på 200 acres, og den tedje på 140 acres. Då har og sone Daniel B Twait ein farm på 180 acres. Det vises og til god drift på farmane.
Miller Township i LaSalle var ein av dei områda som mange nordmenn hadde etablert seg tidleg frå 1834-1836 og framover (History of La Salle County, Illinois - 1906, s. 212-213).
Daniel og Johanna fekk elleve born, fem søner og seks døtre nemnde i 1906:
- Cornelius Danielsen Twait gift med sju born bur på ein av gardanane som faren eig.
- Daniel B Twait, gift og seks born og bur på ein farm i Mission township i LaSalle
- George D Twaite;
- David Twait
- Berdie, student på Lutheran college i Ottawa
- Josephine, gift med Benjamin Twait, bur nær Buffalo Center i Iowa
- Matilda, gift med Stuart Marcus og bur i Mission township i LaSalle
- Rachel D Twait Dahl, gift med John Dahl og bur i Miller township
- Clara, gift med A. Twait, som er farmer i Mission township
- Hannah Twait, heimeverande
- Mary Twait, heimeverande
Eldste sonen til Daniel og Johanna, heiter Conelius Danielsen. Ein av sønene hans - Clarence Twait (1895-1981) er og omtala i boka til Karen Kindler Kotlarchik om hennar forfedre tilbake til "The Sloopers" dei som var med på første organiserte seilas frå Noreg til Amerika, med Kleng Peerson. På side 52 der ser me Clarence Twait vart gift med Florence DeBolt, som seinare gifte seg med Joseph Erickson
Det er ganske stor avstand mellom min og Karen's slekt her! To ektefeller til Florence DeBolt, men litt morro lell:
- Joseph Erickson (1867-1931) er bror til Harriet "Hattie" Caroline Erickson, oldemor til forfattaren Karen Kindler Kotlarchik
- Clarence Twait (1895-1981) er tremenning med min bestefar Jakob Skogøy (1922-1981)
(Clarence - Cornelius - Daniel - Daniel Nilsen vs Jakob - Nils - Knut - Daniel Nilsen)
Ein Peter Twait f. 1890 arbeider som servant i samme Township og kom til Amerika i 1910: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RVX-H61
Sjå Nerstrandslaget side 83-84
History of LaSalle (1906, s. 948-951):
D. D. Twait, living on section 2, Miller township, where he is engaged in the cultivation of his good farm of one hundred and sixty acres, has made his home in La Salle county since 1860. He was born in Norway on the 24th of December, 1841, and there remained until nineteen years of age. being reared to manhood on a farm, while in the public schools he acquired his education. He is self-educated in English, however, having no knowledge of the language here spoken when he came to the new world. Crossing the Atlantic to America, having determined to try his fortune in the new world, he worked at farm labor at fifty cents per day and was employed by the month for six years by George Southworth. Saving his earnings during this period, as the result of his frugality and industry, he was at length enabled to purchase one hundred and sixty acres of land where he now resides. Locating thereon, he began to farm the property and later put on better improvements. He now has a two-story residence, a big barn, granary and corn crib. He has fenced and tiled the place and made the farm what its is today, a well improved property which responds readily to the care and labor bestowed upon it, yielding in return for cultivation rich, golden harvests.
Mr. Twait was married in Miller township in 1866 to Miss Hannah Norby, a native of Norway, and they have become the parents of five sons and six daughters, namely: Cornelius D., who has married, has seven children and resides upon a farm belonging to his father; D. B., who is married, has six children and lives on a farm in Mission township; George; David at home; Berdie, a student in the Lutheran college at Ottawa; Josephine, the wife of Benjamin Twait, who resides near Buffalo Center, Iowa; Matilda, the wife of Stuart Marcus, of Mission township; Rachel, the wife of John Dahl, of Miller township; Clara, the wife of A. Twait, a farmer of Mission township; Hannah and Mary, both at home.
Politically Mr. Twait is a republican and cast his first presidential ballot for Abraham Lincoln. He has never sought or desired office but has served as a member of the school board. He and his family are members of the Lutheran church. In his business career he has prospered and as his financial resources have increased he has become the owner of three good farms in Miller and Mission townships, the home place containing one hundred and sixty acres, another of two hundred acres and the third of one hundred and forty acres. His son D. B. also has a farm of one hundred and eighty acres. All of his land is valuable and well improved and is the visible evidence of a life of thrift and enterprise. He deserves much credit for what he has accomplished, for he came to America empty-handed and started out in life at the meagre salary of fifty cents per day, but as the years have gone by he has worked persistently and energetically and in his labor is found the secret of his prosperity. Such an example should serve as a source of encouragement and inspiration to others, showing what may be accomplished in a land where labor is unhampered by caste or class.
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1837 - 1922 (84 år)
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