Knud Ericksen Savre

SAVRE

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Date: 11/8/2022 at 19:15:59

Knud Ericksen Savre

K. E. Savre was born July 13, 1840, in Norway. He came to America in 1851, landing at New York City, and went at once to Wisconsin, where he lived until 1869. He came to Worth Co., Iowa, in 1870, settling on their present home, on section 29, Kensett township. He has 240 acres of good land, well improved. Mr. Savre was married in 1868, to Gertrude Nerby, born in Norway in 1845. They have had seven children - Cecelia, Erick, Bertie, Carl, Elling, Melim and Gertrude. Mr. Savre and family are members of the Norwegian Lutheran Church. He is engaged in grain and stock raising. Source: History of Mitchell and Worth Counties, Iowa, 1884, p.780