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ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></b></I></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id91.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SummertimeMuskego Church / Kirkesommer"><U><I><B><IMG SRC="3311f2d0.jpg" border=0 width="31" height="45" ALT="Summertime-Muskego Church/Kirke-sommertid" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></b></I></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id92.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Interior of the church seen from the al"><U><I><B><IMG SRC="3333a2d0.jpg" border=0 width="58" height="45" ALT="Interior of the church - seen from the altar Interiøret i kirken - sett fra alterområdet." ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></b></I></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Links:<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" >   </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000CC" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="http://www.ci.muskego.wi.us/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ci.muskego.wi.us/"><U>City of Muskego Web Page</U></A></FONT></div> <div>               <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000CC" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="http://www.luthersem.edu/tour/visitor/muskego.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.luthersem.edu/tour/visitor/mu"><U>Old Muskego Church on the campus of </U></A></FONT></div> <div>                                    <A HREF="http://www.luthersem.edu/tour/visitor/muskego.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.luthersem.edu/tour/visitor/mu"><U>Luther Seminary in St. Paul.</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></b></I></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="736" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 1103 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="71034d50.png" border=0 width="52" height="469" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="675"><div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial Rounded MT Bold" ><IMG SRC="70023dc0.jpg" border=0 width="291" height="220" ALT="The Church of Muskego" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10"></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial Rounded MT Bold" >   </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial Rounded MT Bold" >  </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Cottage" >M</FONT>any of the first immigrants settled in the Milwaukee area. Agents tried to attract newcomers to Muskego by producing exaggerated or misleading reports. There were many who were misled by talk of good land to build and farm on, only to find the place was actually a marshland. There were many who went there, some of whom settled. Among them were <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" >Peder </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Arial" >and</FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" > Johannes Jacobsen</FONT> from <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" >Wærstadkåsa</FONT> in Helgen. When the congregation decided to build a church in Muskego these brothers were involved in the task. <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" >Peder</FONT> was a trained wheelwright and was responsible for the turning of the pillars in the new building. He is named also as inspector of the project and later was the first sexton of the church.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial Rounded MT Bold" >  </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Cottage" >A</FONT>t the dedication of the church we hear that <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" >Jacobsen</FONT> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial Rounded MT Bold" ><IMG SRC="7013cd90.jpg" border=0 width="316" height="217" ALT="Church in Winter" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10"></FONT>walked with great dignity to the lectern to read the opening prayer while the priest knelt before the altar. In Chronicle of old Muskego mention is made of Søren <IMG SRC="70f98ef0.jpg" border=0 width="152" height="239" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">Bakke as <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Arial" >`that pedantic chairman'</FONT> (probably the chairman of the Parochial Church Council) and in A Chroniclerof Immigrant life (Svein Nilsson in Billedmagasin 1868-70): <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Arial" >`As one of the most prominent men in Norway Township must be named the postmaster Peder Jacobsen'</FONT>. These sons of a crofter from Helgen (two more brothers <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" >Nils</FONT> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Cottage" ><IMG SRC="70e6b4f0.jpg" border=0 width="363" height="335" ALT="Inside the church." ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></FONT>and <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" >Tollef</FONT> lived in Port Washington) came to be solid citizens of their new country.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Cottage" > I</FONT>n 1866 the congregation built a new church and the old building was sold to a neighbouring farmer for use as an outhouse. The author<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial Rounded MT Bold" ><IMG SRC="11ecc270.jpg" border=0 width="204" height="295" ALT="Muskego Church" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10"></FONT> of De norske settlementers historie (A history of the Norwegian settlements), Hjalmar R Holand tells: <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Arial" >`When the author in 1897 visited Muskego he was singularly unimpressed</FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial Rounded MT Bold" ><I><B><IMG SRC="7cb01b70.jpg" border=0 width="257" height="183" ALT="Summertime !" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></b></I></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Arial" > that the venerable old church was in use as a pigsty'</FONT>. He made this matter known to others, the result of which was that in 1904 the old church was purchased, taken apart and re-assembled in what is now the Luther Seminary in St.Paul. One of the workers on this project was one of <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" >Johannes Jacobsen</FONT>'s grandchildren. In the church today hangs a picture of sexton <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" >Peder Jacobsen</FONT>.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>