Toensing and the Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1873 list his name as T.G. Jonsrud. The Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1887 lists C.G. Johnsrud. The Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1874 lists his name as both T.G. Jonsrud and T.G. Johnsrud. The Fifteenth Legislature of Minnesota, St. Paul: Press Printing Company, 1873 lists his name as T.G. Jonsrud. Toensing also lists a T.J. Johnsrud from Senate District 5 in 1873-1874. We decided they must be the same person.
The Fifteenth Legislature of Minnesota, St. Paul: Press Printing Company, 1873 lists his birth year as 1835. Toensing lists 1836 with a question mark.
He came to the United States in 1857. He moved to Freeborn County, Minnesota in 1859 or 1860.
The Fifteenth Legislature of Minnesota, St. Paul: Press Printing Company, 1873 lists him as a member of the Republican Party.