Holden in America

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width="146" height="83" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B><U>Pages marked</U></b><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>  *</b></FONT></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B> </b><B><U>are in english!</U></b></div> <div> *  <A HREF="http://www.holla.no/krigsminner/id15.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.holla.no/krigsminner/id15.htm"><U>War Memorial</U></A></div> <div> *  <A HREF="http://www.holla.no/fotoalbum/prestens_foto/id109.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.holla.no/fotoalbum/prestens_f"><U>The priest's Photoalbum</U></A></div> <div> *  <A HREF="https://members.tripod.com/hollaorganist" TARGET="_top" TITLE="https://members.tripod.com/hollaorganist"><U>Director of Music</U></A>/<A HREF="https://members.tripod.com/hollaorganist" TARGET="_top" TITLE="https://members.tripod.com/hollaorganist"><U>Kantor</U></A></div> <div> *     <A HREF="https://members.tripod.com/hollaorganist/id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="https://members.tripod.com/hollaorganist/"><U>Holla Chamber Choir / Kammerkor</U></A></div> <div> *     <A HREF="https://members.tripod.com/hollaorganist/id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="https://members.tripod.com/hollaorganist/"><U>Links/Andre områder</U></A></div> <div> *     <A HREF="https://members.tripod.com/hollaorganist/id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="https://members.tripod.com/hollaorganist/"><U>Concerts   Konserter</U></A></div> <div> *     <A HREF="https://members.tripod.com/hollaorganist/id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="https://members.tripod.com/hollaorganist/"><U>Organs in  / Orgler i Holla</U></A></div> <div> *    <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFBF0" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><A HREF="https://members.tripod.com/hollaorganist/id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="https://members.tripod.com/hollaorganist/"><U>Pictures / Bilder</U></A></div> <div> *  <A HREF="http://www.holla.no/kirke/id177.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.holla.no/kirke/id177.htm"><U>Holla church</U></A></div> <div> *     <A HREF="http://www.holla.no/kirke/id182.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.holla.no/kirke/id182.htm"><U>Pictures from HOLLA</U></A></div> <div> *     <A HREF="http://www.holla.no/fotoalbum/menighetsliv/id180.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.holla.no/fotoalbum/menighetsl"><U>Pictures from Parish-life in Holla</U></A></div> <div>     <A HREF="http://www.holla.no/kirke/id175.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.holla.no/kirke/id175.htm"><U>From the "Hollaboken</U></A>"</div> <div> *     <A HREF="http://www.holla.no/kirke/id179.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.holla.no/kirke/id179.htm"><U>History of the new Holla church</U></A> </div> <div> *  <A HREF="http://www.holla.no/romnes/id72.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.holla.no/romnes/id72.htm"><U>Romnes church</U></A></div> <div>     <A HREF="http://www.holla.no/romnes/id74.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.holla.no/romnes/id74.htm"><U><B>Romnes kerk (Dutch)</b></U></A></div> <div>     <A HREF="http://www.holla.no/romnes/id77.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.holla.no/romnes/id77.htm"><U><B>Romnes kirche (German)</b></U></A></div> <div>      <A HREF="http://www.holla.no/romnes/id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.holla.no/romnes/id29.htm"><U>Per Bernt Tufte: About Romnes</U></A></div> <div>      <A HREF="http://www.holla.no/romnes/id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.holla.no/romnes/id22.htm"><U>From the "Hollaboken</U></A>"</div> <div> *     <A HREF="http://www.holla.no/romnes/id82.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.holla.no/romnes/id82.htm"><U>Pictures from Romnes </U></A></div> <div> *  <A HREF="http://www.holla.no/helgen/id83.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.holla.no/helgen/id83.htm"><U>Helgen Church</U></A></div> <div> *     <A HREF="http://www.holla.no/helgen/id88.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.holla.no/helgen/id88.htm"><U>Pictures from Helgen </U></A></div> <div>      <A HREF="http://www.holla.no/helgen/id16.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.holla.no/helgen/id16.htm"><U>From "Hollaboken": The old church</U></A></div> <div>      <A HREF="http://www.holla.no/helgen/id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.holla.no/helgen/id28.htm"><U>From "Hollaboken": The new church</U></A></div> <div>      <A HREF="http://www.holla.no/helgen/id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.holla.no/helgen/id29.htm"><U>Clergymen in Helgen from 1735 -</U></A></div> <div> *     <A HREF="http://www.holla.no/helgen/id86.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.holla.no/helgen/id86.htm"><U>Helgen new church: newer history</U></A></div> <div> *    <A HREF="http://www.holla.no/helgen/id89.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.holla.no/helgen/id89.htm"><U> Pictures from parishlife in Helgen</U></A></div> <div> *  <A HREF="http://www.holla.no/holden/id48.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.holla.no/holden/id48.htm"><U>Old Holla Church</U></A></div> <div> *     <A HREF="http://www.holla.no/holden/id36.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.holla.no/holden/id36.htm"><U>Pictures from "Høyden"</U></A></div> <div> *      <A HREF="http://www.holla.no/holden/id49.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.holla.no/holden/id49.htm"><U>From the "Hollaboken"</U></A></div> <div> *  <A HREF="http://www.holla.no/menighet/id348.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.holla.no/menighet/id348.htm"><U>Fen Church</U></A></div> <div> *  <A HREF="http://www.holla.no/kirkegaardene/id38.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.holla.no/kirkegaardene/id38.h"><U>Cemeteries in Holla Parish</U></A></div> <div> *     <A HREF="http://www.holla.no/kirkegaardene/id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.holla.no/kirkegaardene/id18.h"><U>"New" Kronborg</U></A></div> <div> *     <A HREF="http://www.holla.no/kirkegaardene/id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.holla.no/kirkegaardene/id19.h"><U>"Old" Kronborg</U></A></div> <div> *     <A HREF="http://www.holla.no/kirkegaardene/id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.holla.no/kirkegaardene/id20.h"><U>Romnes</U></A></div> <div> *    <A HREF="http://www.holla.no/kirkegaardene/id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.holla.no/kirkegaardene/id21.h"><U> Holla</U></A></div> <div> *     <A HREF="http://www.holla.no/kirkegaardene/id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.holla.no/kirkegaardene/id22.h"><U>Helgen</U></A></div> <div> *  <A HREF="http://www.holla.no/amerika/id35.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.holla.no/amerika/id35.htm"><U>Holden in America</U></A></div> <div> *     <A HREF="http://www.holla.no/amerika/id37.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.holla.no/amerika/id37.htm"><U>Muskego in Wisconsin</U></A></div> <div> *     <A HREF="http://www.holla.no/amerika/id38.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.holla.no/amerika/id38.htm"><U>Port Washington in Wisconsin</U></A></div> <div> *     <A HREF="http://www.holla.no/amerika/id50.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.holla.no/amerika/id50.htm"><U>Heart Prairie and Sugar Creek i WI.</U></A></div> <div> *     <A HREF="http://www.holla.no/amerika/id39.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.holla.no/amerika/id39.htm"><U>Mt.Morris in Wisconsin</U></A></div> <div> *     <A HREF="http://www.holla.no/amerika/id40.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.holla.no/amerika/id40.htm"><U>Kenyon in Minnesota</U></A></div> <div> *     <A HREF="http://www.holla.no/amerika/id41.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.holla.no/amerika/id41.htm"><U>Colfax in Wisconsin</U></A></div> <div> *     <A HREF="http://www.holla.no/amerika/id42.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.holla.no/amerika/id42.htm"><U>St.James in Minnesota</U></A></div> <div> *     <A HREF="http://www.holla.no/amerika/id43.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.holla.no/amerika/id43.htm"><U>Sinai in South-Dakota</U></A></div> <div> *     <A HREF="http://www.holla.no/amerika/id44.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.holla.no/amerika/id44.htm"><U>Beardsley in Minnesota</U></A></div> <div> *     <A HREF="http://www.holla.no/amerika/id45.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.holla.no/amerika/id45.htm"><U>Geneseo in North-Dakota</U></A></div> <div> *     <A HREF="http://www.holla.no/amerika/id46.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.holla.no/amerika/id46.htm"><U>RedTop in Minnesota</U></A></div> <div> *     <A HREF="http://www.holla.no/amerika/id47.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.holla.no/amerika/id47.htm"><U>Maxbass in North-Dakota</U></A></div> <div> *     <A HREF="http://www.holla.no/amerika/id48.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.holla.no/amerika/id48.htm"><U>New England in North-Dakota</U></A></div> <div> *     <A HREF="http://www.holla.no/amerika/id49.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.holla.no/amerika/id49.htm"><U>Helgen in Florence in South-Dak.</U></A></div> <div>   <A HREF="http://www.holla.no/kalender/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.holla.no/kalender/"><U>Calendar</U></A></div> <div>   <A HREF="http://www.holla.no/menighet/id156.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.holla.no/menighet/id156.htm"><U>Employees</U></A>  </div> <div>   <A HREF="http://www.holla.no/menighet/id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.holla.no/menighet/id29.htm"><U>The Norw. 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in America</b></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=445 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#FFFBF0" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="79c95c01eearkz.jpg"> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="70c1a340.png" border=0 width="538" height="52" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> By Nils Buverud.</div> <div> ( Translation from Norwegian by Christopher John Denton, - musical director of Holla parrish. )</div> <bR> <div> The first documented parishioner from Holla to emigrate to America was <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" ><U>John Jensen Graver</U></FONT>. The documents relating to the estate of Jens Augustinussen Graver (who died in February 1818) state that <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" >John Jensen</FONT> was living in America at that time. - (<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Arial" >Arne Johan Gjermundsen</FONT> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Arial" >"Skifteregister for Holla Nedre Telemark"</FONT> p.57.)</div> <bR> <div> After Cleeng Person left,<IMG SRC="7cdc88d0.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="141" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10"> people began to emigrate from Holla to America from the beginning of 1840. In the years preceding 1900 about 1100 people emigrated from Holla - probably more. Some of those who left had more of a pioneering spirit than others! From <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Arial" >Martin Ulvestad</FONT>'s book "<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Arial" >Nordmændene i Amerika</FONT>" (Norwegians in America) we can see that many people from Holla were the first to settle new ground in the West of America.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" >Ole Anundsen Lunde</FONT> (Holla 1, p.818) was one of these pioneers. He arrived in New York on the boat `Washington' and first set foot on American soil on 1st August 1842. <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" >Ole</FONT> was from <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" >`Søgal-Lunde'</FONT> in Valebø and was the first person we know of who emigrated from Holla after the mass emigration started in 1825.<IMG SRC="7cfc8770.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="119" ALT="Ellis Island" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10"></div> <div>      The new settlements and townships developed by the new inhabitants created a need for churches and priests to serve the growing populations. Congregations were established in the places where the Norwegians settled.</div> <bR> <div> In <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Arial" >O.M.Norlie</FONT>'s book "<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Arial" >Norsk Lutherske Menigheter i Amerika 1843-1916"</FONT> (Norwegian Lutheran congregations in America 1843-1916) published in 1918 we find 46 congregations with names from Telemark (totals in brackets): <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >B</FONT>revig (1), <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >B</FONT>ø/e (4), <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >D</FONT>rangedal (1), <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >G</FONT>jerpen (1), <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" >Helgen</FONT> (1), <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >H</FONT>itterdal (4),<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" > Holla</FONT> (11), <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >H/V</FONT>ideseid/<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >H</FONT>vidsøi (3), <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >L</FONT>unde (4), <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >M</FONT>elum/<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >M</FONT>ellem (1), <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >M</FONT>o/e (3), <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >S</FONT>aude (2), <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >S</FONT>kien (1), <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >S</FONT>olum (3), <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >T</FONT>elemark (2) and<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > V</FONT>inje (3).  - Some, for example Bø, Mo and Lunde may have their names from other places in Norway, outside Telemark. </div> <bR> <div> What is remarkable is that Holla/Holden alone has given it's name to nearly one quarter of all these. We find congregations called <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" >`Holden'</FONT> in 4 States: <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >Wisconsin (WI), Minnesota (MN), South-Dakota (SD) and North Dakota (ND</FONT>). </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <TABLE BORDER="1" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="538" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 24 ><NOBR><div> Congregation</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div>  Beg./Stop</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="98"><div> Town or</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> distance to town</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="65"><div> County</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> State</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Comments:</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 242 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id37.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Muskego"><U>Muskego</U></A></div> <div>  <A HREF="id38.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Port Washington"><U>1  Holden</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id50.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Heart Prairie and Sugar Creek"><U>Heart</U></A> <A HREF="id50.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Heart Prairie and Sugar Creek"><U>Prairie</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id50.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Heart Prairie and Sugar Creek"><U>Sugar Creek</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id39.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mt.Morris"><U> 2  Holden</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id40.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Kenyon"><U> 3  Holden</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id41.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Colfax"><U> 4  Holden</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id42.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="St.James "><U> 5  Holden</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id43.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sinai"><U> 6  Holden</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id44.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Beardsley"><U> 7  Holden</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id45.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Geneseo"><U> 8  Holden</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id46.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="RedTop"><U> 9  Holden</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id47.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Maxbass"><U>10  Holden</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id48.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="New England"><U>11  Holden</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id49.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Helgen"><U>Helgen</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 1843 - 1890</div> <div> 1848 -1910 </div> <div> -</div> <div> -</div> <div> 1854 -  </div> <div> 1856 -</div> <div> 1864 - </div> <div> 1874 -1879</div> <div> 1879 -1896</div> <div> 1885 -</div> <div> 1895 -1897</div> <div> 1895-</div> <div> 1901-? </div> <div> 1908-? </div> <div> 1880 - </div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id37.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Muskego"><U>Waterford</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id38.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Port Washington"><U>Port Washington</U></A></div> <div> -</div> <div> -</div> <div> <A HREF="id39.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mt.Morris"><U>Mt.Morris</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id40.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Kenyon"><U>Kenyon</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id41.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Colfax"><U>Colfax</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id42.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="St.James "><U>St.James</U></A>     <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >1)</FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id43.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sinai"><U>Sinai </U></A>          <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >2)</FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id44.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Beardsley"><U>Beardsley</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id45.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Geneseo"><U>Geneseo </U></A>    <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >3)</FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id46.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="RedTop"><U>RedTop</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id47.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Maxbass"><U>Maxbass</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id48.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="New England"><U>New England</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id49.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Helgen"><U>Florence</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 4 miles N</div> <div> -</div> <div> -</div> <div> -</div> <div> -</div> <div> 7 miles N.Ø. (N.E.)</div> <div> -</div> <div> 13 miles S.W.</div> <div> 1 mile S</div> <div> 5 miles S.</div> <div> 6 miles S.W.</div> <div> 7 miles N.W.</div> <div> 6 miles Ø. (E.)</div> <div> 12 miles N.W.</div> <div> 6½ miles S.Ø. (S.E</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Waukesha</div> <div> Ozonkee </div> <div> Walworth</div> <div> ------ " ------</div> <div> Waushara</div> <div> Goodhue</div> <div> Dunn </div> <div> Watonwan</div> <div> Brookings</div> <div> Big Stone</div> <div> Sargent</div> <div> Aitkin</div> <div> Bottineau</div> <div> Slope </div> <div> Codington</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="31"><div> WI</div> <div> WI</div> <div> WI</div> <div> WI</div> <div> WI</div> <div> MN</div> <div> WI</div> <div> MN</div> <div> SD</div> <div> MN</div> <div> ND</div> <div> MN</div> <div> ND</div> <div> ND</div> <div> SD</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="70"><div> <B>1)</b><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000CC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000CC" FACE="Arial Narrow" >From 1874 -1886 in LOM, whitch from 1886 merged with LONG LAKE  congregation.</FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>2)</b></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000CC" FACE="Arial Narrow" >Merged with BLOM in 1896 and formed LAKE SINAI congregation</FONT>.</div> <div> <B>3)</b><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Arial" >   </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Arial Narrow" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000CC" FACE="Arial Narrow" >In 1897 the name was changed to  BERGEN congregation.</FONT></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1c09fdc0.jpg" border=0 width="415" height="220" ALT="Map with the Congregations" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="15" VSPACE="15">The table shows that naturally enough the development of the churches follows to a large degree the pattern of immigration from the East towards the West of America. As far as I can see there are two reasons that the name `Holden' was chosen. The first is that emigrants from Holden/Holla named the new churches after the one they left behind, and this is the most likely explanation for the naming of most `Holden' congregations. Another possible explanation is that people who settled first in a `Holden' in America and then moved on to settle new ground took the name with them, despite the fact that they had no connection with Holden in Norway. Before we take a closer look at these congregations we first visit <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id37.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Muskego"><U>Muskego</U></A></FONT>, where the first Norwegian church in America was built.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="mailto:nils@buverud.no" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:nils@buverud.no"><U><B>Webmaster</b></U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>