Nels IVERSON

1845 - 1926  (81 years)

• Name	Nels IVERSON  [1]
  Birth	28 Apr 1845	Vang i Valdres, Oppland Fylke, Norway   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	14 May 1845	Vang i Valdres, Oppland Fylke, Norway   [1]
  Death	24 Dec 1926	Hills, Rock County, Minnesota, USA   [2]
  Notes	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 [3]
  Person ID	I9800	Ellingboe
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2010

  
  

  Family ID

  F5770

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• Documents

  "Ole Throndsen Ellingbøe's 1866 Letter from Iowa" James Ellingboe, Budstikken, May 2011, pages 12-15. Many persons mentioned in this letter are described in footnotes and linked to this letter.

  
  

• Sources

  [S125] Vang Church Books, (Records found in original books at Hamar State Archives, LDS microfilm, or Digital Archives.), Ministerialbok nr. 5 (1831-1845), F?dte og d?pte 1845, p. 78, #48. (Reliability: 3). [S82] Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002, (Ancestry.com. Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001. Original data: State of Minnesota. Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002. Minneapolis, MN, USA: Minnesota Department of Health. URL: http://www.ancestry.com), Certificate #: 013212; Record #: 472793. (Reliability: 3). [S154] Ancestry.Com, (URL: http://www.ancestry.com), Howard/Messing public tree on Ancestry.com. Added by KatherineHoward26 on 23 Jul 2007. (Reliability: 3).