Trules Colbertson Weka

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Date: 11/8/2022 at 22:07:48

Trules Colbertson Weka

Trules Colbertson Weka was born in Norway, in 1844. When thee and one-half years old his parents emigrated to the United States, and settled in Rock Co., Wis., where the father died in 1866, aged 96 years. The family resided there until 1871, when Trules and his mother went to Cerro Gordo Co., Iowa, where they remained three years. They then came to Brookfield township, and settled on section 31, where they still live. The farm contains 146 acres in this township and ten acres in Bristol township. Mr. Colbertson was married in1874. His wife is a native of Norway, born in 1845. They are the parents of one child-Arandena. The mother is still living with her son at the advanced age of seventy-seven years. She is the mother of nineteen children, only two of whom are still living. Source: History of Mitchell and Worth Counties, Iowa, 1884, p.729