I am a gg-grandson of this couple. My Grandfather, Burnis Christopher, is the son of Ole Christopher and Helen Tesdahl, daughter of Lars and Martha.

I am currently attempting to catalogue all the known descendents of Lars TESDAHL and Martha BERG. They married in 1854 in Norway and immigrated to the United States the following year. They came to Story County, Iowa, in the summer of 1855. They were original members of the Palestine Lutheran Church formed in Lisbon, Illinois, prior to the "exodus" to Iowa.

Following compilation of this information, I hope to publish it in a book, tentatively titled "The Ancestors and Descendents of Lars Tesdahl and Martha Berg." (I know it's not very original, but it is descriptive.) I have already linked each of them to a published source and have their individual ancestries for several generations in Norway.

I need the help of the entire extended TESDAHL family in order to accomplish this task. If you are a descendent, or if you know a descendent, of this couple, please contact me at my e-mail address (garyandliz@emstar2.net). Any and all assistance will be gratefully appreciated.

Listed above are the surnames of Lars and Martha's sons-in-law, and alternate spellings of their surname.

Thank You

Gary A. Christopher