Torger Olsen Nerbye, son of Ole Torgrimsen Nerbye and Johanne Larsdatter Lien Søberg, was born in 1793 in Hof, Solør, Hedmark, Norway. He married Marit Bjornsdatter Granum in 1824. He married Kari Hansdatter Lien in 1833 in Fluberg, Oppland, Norway. They had seven children. He died in 1865. Six of their children emigrated and settled in Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota.