SCANDINAVIAN SETTLERS.
T.-e death of Mr Johan Jessen, following 'closely upon that of Mr Charles Farsberg, removes another link in the chain of early settlement in tihe Wairarapa. It was nearly forty years ago that the first Scandinavian immigrants came to Masifcerton. They were a fine, sturdy band of Norsemen. Very few of them understood the English language, and fewer still the vicissitudes of colonization. Headed by a lingual genius in one Dreyer, they pitched their tents at Maiuriceville. Here, with pluck and determination, they carved homes for themselves from the recesses of the forest. Their selections were small, and, as their families grew up, they found it difficult ito gain a .subsistence. Sitall they struggled on, wedded to their adopted homes, and full of thrift and industry. One by. one they are now passing to the Beyond. When the history of New Zealand comes to be written, the names of those Staauij* navians ,will be inscribed upon itd pages as among the best of our pioneer settlers.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10236, 12 May 1911, Page 4
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168SCANDINAVIAN SETTLERS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10236, 12 May 1911, Page 4
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