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Title
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Elise Waerenskjold, Marker
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Commemorates
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Waerenskjold, Elise
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Biographical Text
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Aluminum rectangular marker with rounded top. Features include a black background, white text and white outline of Texas enclosed in a circle at the sign's top.
The marker is located on the west lawn of the Hamilton County Courthouse in Hamilton, TX. It's placement honors Waerenskjold, an early influential advocate of Norwegian emigration to Texas during the 1800s. The marker was erected in 1968 by the State Historical Survey Committee, and stands alongside the Ann Whitney Memorial.
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Text
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STATE HISTORICAL SURVEY COMMITTEE
TEXAS
ELISE WAERENSKJOLD
(HOME 3 BLOCKS W; GRAVE 6 BLOCK NW)
INFLUENTIAL EARLY PROMOTER OF
NORWEGIAN EMIGRATION TO TEXAS;
BORN ELISE TVEDE IN 1815.
IN 1846, AFTER JOHN REIERSEN
MIGRATED TO TEXAS TO FOUND THE
FIRST NORWEGIAN SETTLEMENT IN
THE STATE, SHE BECAME EDITOR OF
HIS PERIODICAL "NORWAY AND TEXAS".
THROUGH HER ARTICLES, MANY WERE
INSPIRED TO MOVE HERE.
IN 1847 SHE, TOO, MOVED TO TEXAS,
AND RESIDED IN BOTH VAN ZANDT
COUNTY AND HAMILTON COUNTY. SHE
MARRIED WILHELM WAERENSKJOLD.
OFTEN THEY WELCOMED GRATEFUL
NEWCOMERS INTO THEIR HOME.
HERE SHE HELPED PRESERVE THE
HISTORY OF HER PEOPLE. DIED 1895.
(1968)
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Date Created
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1968
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Type
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English
Signage
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Project Researcher
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O'Neill, Iris
