Born 12 Aug 1815 in Sigdal, Norway, son of Elling Eriksen Ulberg and Mari Torstensdatter Baasum. He came to America on”Hercules”, which sailed from Drammen and arrived in New York on 1 Jul 1843. He came to Wisconsin, worked in lead mines, went to California, and finally to Iowa. Somewhere along he served in the Civil War: Sources: (Naeseth ’43-30)
