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TLarson
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 Posted - 11/06/2013 : 00:49:35
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I am sorry to resurrect this thread from the dead, but I have found some further information.
I found the following information: "Ole Nilson Kragerø. He left lower Telemark, Norway, in the spring of 1866 and came to Winneshiek Co., Iowa, where he lived for 6 years. Afterwards he went to Jackson Co., Iowa, where he remained for about 4 years. In the summer of 1877 he left Iowa and came here, where he took a 1/4 section of land in the town of Fossum, where he still lives. His first wife was Ingeborg Melaas. She died December 1886 and is buried at Wild Rice Cemetery. In the summer or fall of 1889 he remarried to the widow Mrs. Anne Kaardahl, who a few years before had moved here to the settlement from Dakota. With his first wife he had 6 children, 4 boys and 2 girls, who are all at home. With his second wife he has one child."
Could this Ingeborg be the one that I am looking for information on? Kragerø could possibly be a different spelling for Kraggerud. Wild Rice Cemetary is relatively close to where other relatives with the Melaas name lived in the early part of the 20th century.
I would also like to try and find the children of this Ole and Ingeborg. |
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AntonH
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Posted - 12/06/2013 : 03:03:58
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This may provide some information on an Ingeborg married ot Ole Nison.
1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Ingebor Nilson
Age in 1870: 26
Birth Year: abt 1844
Birthplace: Norway
Home in 1870: Springfield, Winneshiek, Iowa
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: Ossian
Value of real estate:
Household Members:
Name Age
O P Nilson 26
Ingebor Nilson 26
Nils O Nilson 1/12
Abraham Nilson 16
Kari Olson 28
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AntonH
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Posted - 12/06/2013 : 03:06:28
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As wel as this informaion that pops up during the search.
1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Ingeborg Nelson
Age: 35
Birth Year: abt 1845
Birthplace: Norway
Home in 1880: Fossum, Polk, Minnesota
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: O.P. Nelson
Father's Birthplace: Norway
Mother's Birthplace: Norway
Neighbors:
Occupation: Keeping House
Household Members:
Name Age
O.P. Nelson 36
Ingeborg Nelson 35
Nels Nelson 10
Matha Nelson 8
Hans Nelson 6
Tilda Nelson 3
Adolph Nelson 6m
R.B. Johnson 32
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AntonH
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Posted - 12/06/2013 : 03:09:17
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And this information seems to fit your question. I skimmed youir 5 pages of questions and answers on this post so I hope some of this informaltion fits youir ingeborg.
Web: Minnesota, Find A Grave Index, 1800-2012
Name: Ingeborg Melaas Kragero
Birth Date: 5 May 1843
Age at Death: 43
Death Date: Dec 1886
Burial Place: Twin Valley, Norman County, Minnesota, USA
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AntonH
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AntonH
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Posted - 12/06/2013 : 03:17:29
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The grave photo above shows five chidren, however this Family Tree on Ancestry.com shows eight chidren for these two people.
Ingeborg Melaas
Birth 5 May 1843 in Jevnaker, Oppland, NORWAY
Death 27 Dec 1886 in Fossum, Minnesota, USA
Ole Peter Nilson Kragerø
Birth 4 December 1844 in Bamble Herad Telemark County, Norway
Death 21 July 1929 in Twin Valley,Norman,MN |
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TLarson
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Posted - 12/06/2013 : 04:55:33
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| Wow, you put lots of time into this research! Thank you SO much for your help! |
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AntonH
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Posted - 12/06/2013 : 16:14:44
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If one can beleive the Ancestry.com Family Tree birth date for Ingeborg, this is likely her. Father is Ole Hansen Melaas and mother Marte Olsdatter. See #23 in the girls section.
http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=8966&idx_id=8966&uid=ny&idx_side=-25
Going back and reading the first few pages of this post, this matches up well with the information provided to you by Jan Peter on page one And from Kåre on page three. I think if you sort through all the information on these five pages again you might find everything you need is already there. |
Edited by - AntonH on 12/06/2013 16:33:46 |
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TLarson
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Posted - 27/01/2014 : 05:59:05
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Is there a way to find out the date that Martha Ensrud's mother Karen Melaas Ensrud died? According to a letter my great grandmother wrote in 1955 her mother died before her sixth birthday in 1889.
So she must have died between Ingeborg's birth on Feb. 28, 1889 and Sept. 5, 1889. |
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TLarson
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Posted - 27/01/2014 : 06:03:58
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According to a letter I have that was written Sept. 22, 1889 it lists Karen Ensrud af gik ved Doden den 18 August. I would really appreciate help looking this up in the church records to confirm and possibly find out her cause of death.
Thank you in advance! |
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eibache
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Posted - 27/01/2014 : 09:58:04
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The record is #28.
It says she died Aug 11 and the cause of her dath was "Tæring and Saar i Munnen" - tuberculosis and ulcers in the mouth. |
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Looking for ship Great Grandmother came over on
