Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 14 May 1845, Vang i Valdres, Oppland Fylke, Norway

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Added to Howard/Messing public tree on Ancestry.com by KatherineHoward26 on 23 Jul 2007:

NELS IVERSON (1846 - 1926) is one of Rock County's pioneers who suffered in the adverse times of the grasshopper scourge and other dire calamities of the early days, but he never lost hope and today enjoys the reward of persevering toil and has had many seasons of bountiful harvest.

He was born in Vang, Valders, Norway on April 28, 1845. His parents, Iver Olson and Anna (Myre) Sondral, were small farmers in the land of the Norse.

Mr. Iverson was educated in the common schools of his native country and in the first year of his manhood came alone to seek his fortune in the new world. A three years' residence in Decorah, Iowa was broken by an eight months' sojourn in the pineries of Wisconsin. He next came to Minnesota, the scene of his subsequent activities. He worked at farm labor in Freeborn County, was married there, and in 1871 joined the vanguard of Martin Township pioneers. He took as a homestead claim the southwest quarter of section 27, which has been his home from that day to this. Mr. Iverson was a faithful member of the township board for fourteen years and was a director of school district No. 6 for three years. He is a stockholder in the Farmers Mercantile Company of Hills, and in the co-operative creamery at that point. With his family he is a member of the Synod Norwegian Lutheran Church.

At St. Ansgar, Iowa, on July 16, 1868 Nels Iverson was married to Rangde Olson Ellingbo. She was born November 4, 1849 [sic], and is the daughter of Ole and Engebor (Anderson) Ellingbo, both deceased. To this union were born twelve children, including two pair of twins, and of the family seven are still living.

The family register gives the following record:
Ingeborg, born May 23, 1869, died July 27, 1909
Anne, born June 26, 1872
Ida M, born December 10, 1874, died August 9, 1899
Iver, born November 19, 1877
Ole, born January 15, 1881
Dora, born October 9, 1882, died Sept. 7, 1896
Bertha, born April 27, 1885
Nels Rudolph and Randi N. (twins) born April 17, 1887 (the last named dying Sept. 15, 1888
Ragndi Nelia and Andrew T. (twins) born July 15, 1889 (the latter of whom died Sept. 7, 1889
Amanda T. born July 8, 1893.

This above item taken from "THE HISTORY OF ROCK AND PIPESTONE COUNTIES"
by Arthur P. Rose
Published 1911