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Martensson migration to the United States +



Martensson Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • Knut Martensson, who arrived in Delaware in 1641 1
  • Marten Martensson, who landed in Delaware in 1642 1
  • Eric Martensson, who landed in Delaware in 1655 1
  • Mats Martensson, who arrived in Delaware in 1693 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Martensson (post 1700) +

  • Frithiof Martensson (1884-1956), Swedish Olympic gold medalist for wrestling at the 1908 games

SS Norge
  • Miss Ruth Maria Martensson (1888-1904), Danish passenger who was aboard the ship "SS Norge" when she ran aground and sunk on 28th June 1904, she died


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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