BIOGRAPHIES:  Jacob VAN NORNAM, Durand, Pepin Co., WI

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JACOB VAN NORNAM, harness-maker, Durand. Came to Durand in 1862.
Followed the river as engineer on a steamboat until 1871, when he
commenced his present business as dealer in harness and harness
hardware. He was born in La Cole, Canada, Aug. 16, 1845. His father,
Lenman Van Nornam, moved to Vermont about the year 1859, and settled
there, and in 1862 Jacob V. left home and came to Durand as above
stated. He was married at Mondova, May 25, 1871, to Miss Fanny Douglas,
formerly from Walsell, England.

-Transcribed from the "History of Northern Wisconsin, 1881," page 702


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