You had asked about Gjermund Neirson.
He is the son of Neri Gjermundson BERGLAND and Haege Mikkel Dottir Mandt. In 1872 he left Telemark Norway on a ship from Skien Norway to Quebec Canada and then to Stoughton, Wisconsin. His son Mikell Gjermundson Haukness Vraa was my great grandfather. He was born in Vraadalen, Telemark, Norway on Apr 29, 1857 and died on April 29, 1951 in Crookston, Minnesota.