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cdahl
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Posted - 17/06/2020 :  16:41:36  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I am writing memories of Nels Meland who lived with my family all the years I was in school. Of course, this was over 50 years ago! His name was Nels Meland, son of Nils Anderson Meland and Kristi Brekke Meland (b. July 13, 1843, d. November 1, 1899 in Faribault Co., Minnesota). Nils, the father, was born September 8, 1848 at Stryn, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway, immigrated to America in 1881 and died in Faribault Co., Minnesota, on November 22, 1883. Nels's mother died in 1899 and Nels and his sister went to live with a "cousin", John K. Meland. I have found that John K. Meland's father was Knut (Knud) from Stryn, Sogn og Fjordane. Could you find the name of Nils Anderson Meland's father so I can understand the relationship between John K. Meland (who I knew also) and Nils Anderson Meland. I would appreciate any help you can give me. Many Thanks!

AntonH
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Posted - 17/06/2020 :  17:52:50  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Is the the Nils you are interested in?

Nils A. Meland
in the U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-CurrentName: Nils A. Meland
Birth Date: 8 Sep 1848
Birth Place: Stryn, Stryn kommune, Sogn og Fjordane fylke, Norway
Death Date: 29 Mar 1883
Death Place: Faribault County, Minnesota, United States of America
Cemetery: South Blue Earth Lutheran Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Bricelyn, Faribault County, Minnesota, United States of America
Has Bio?: N
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AntonH
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Posted - 17/06/2020 :  17:59:18  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
This record seems to match the above information

# 27

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20050816010022

Father is Anders Eriksen and mother is Anne Johnsdatter. Farm is Meland
Edited by - AntonH on 17/06/2020 18:00:21
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AntonH
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Posted - 17/06/2020 :  18:04:31  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
This is probably him in the 1865 Census on the Meland farm. He is listed as a foster child although I do not know why, as his parents Anders Ericksen and Anne Johnsdatter are listed above him and what would appear to be two siblings.

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/census/person/pf01038275000304
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AntonH
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Posted - 17/06/2020 :  18:09:10  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Maybe him on Brekke with wife Kirsti Johnsdatter for birth of child in 1877.

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/255/pd00000002312804

Child is named Absalon. Named after the first husband of Kirsti Johnsdatter.

Nr. 9

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20050816010586
Edited by - AntonH on 18/06/2020 02:33:43
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AntonH
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Posted - 17/06/2020 :  18:11:23  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Here is his marriage in 1876. Gives his fathers name as Anders Eriksen Mæland. Her father is named John Joakimsen Nedre Flo.

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/327/pv00000000782459

She is listed as a widow.

Nr. 10

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20050816010494
Edited by - AntonH on 18/06/2020 02:36:58
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AntonH
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Posted - 17/06/2020 :  18:16:59  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Probably the father Anders Ericksen Maeland in the 1801 Census, living on Mæland. His father is Erich Andersen and his mother is Malen Hansdatter.

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/census/person/pf01058410001973

Baptism of Anders in 1796.

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/255/pd00000005077266

Nr. 26

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20070509640432
Edited by - AntonH on 18/06/2020 02:41:34
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AntonH
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Posted - 17/06/2020 :  18:39:19  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
And this maybe the John K Meland referenced in your first post.

John K. Meland
in the U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Name: John K. Meland
Birth Date: 6 Apr 1868
Birth Place: Norway
Death Date: 12 Jul 1954
Death Place: United States of America
Cemetery: South Blue Earth Lutheran Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Bricelyn, Faribault County, Minnesota, United States of America
Has Bio?: N
Father: Knute A. Meland
Mother: Eli Meland
Spouse: Anna Methilda Meland

Nr. 27

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20050816010333

Parents are Knud Andersen and Eli Larsdatter
Edited by - AntonH on 17/06/2020 18:44:56
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AntonH
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Posted - 17/06/2020 :  18:53:45  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Marriage of Knud Andersen and Eli Larsatter. His father is Anders Eriksen Mæalnd

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/327/pv00000000781763

Nr. 10

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20050816010475

The record says that Eli Larsdatter is a widow.

Knud Andersen was born Jan 10, 1841. Father was Anders Eriksen Mæland and his mother was Anne Jonsdatter

Nr. 1

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb10081106230041
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AntonH
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Posted - 17/06/2020 :  19:02:32  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
So looks like

Anders Eriksen Mæland had a son

Knud Andersen born 1841 and married to Eli Larsdatter. They had a son

John Knudsen Meland born in 1868.



Anders Eriksen Mæland also had a second son

Nils Andersen Meland born in 1848

Nils had a son Niels Meland born in 1899.


Nils Andersen Meland is a brother of Knut Andersen Mæland.

John Knudsen Meland is a first cousin of Niels Meland
Edited by - AntonH on 17/06/2020 20:08:01
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AntonH
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Posted - 17/06/2020 :  19:50:15  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Just a heads up. There is another Knud Andersen born Jan 9, 1841. He is Nr. 6, on the same page as your Knud Andersen Nr. 1. The farm associated with him is Bødal. His parents are Anders Knudsen and Siri Larsdatter. He shows up a lot in the Digitalarkvet search pages for Styrn. And had me a little confused for awhile.

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb10081106230041

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/census/person/pf01038275002315
Edited by - AntonH on 17/06/2020 19:51:00
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cdahl
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Posted - 17/06/2020 :  20:59:02  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Thank you all so much! Would it be possible to find the parents and siblings of Christi Brekke? We had many Brekke's in our area. I feel that life was very difficult for the Nils Anderson Meland family. Apparently they immigrated in 1881, a daughter, Christina, was born that year. Nels was born Dec. 2, 1883, shortly after his father died. Another question is: There was a daughter born in 1871 named Brita Absalomsdtr. It lists her birth place as Trondheim. Nels was very close to this sister Brita. She and her husband, George Mork, settled in Saskatchewan, Canada, around 1916. Again, many thanks!
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AntonH
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Posted - 17/06/2020 :  21:58:23  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
This record shows the birth of child Absalon in 1877 to Nils Andersen and Kirsti Johnsdatter Brekke.

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/255/pd00000002312805

Nr. 9

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20050816010586
Edited by - AntonH on 18/06/2020 02:52:43
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AntonH
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Posted - 17/06/2020 :  22:05:55  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Here is the marriage of Nils Andersen Meland and Christi Johnsdatter Brekke in 1876. Her father is listed as John Joakimsen Nedre Flo. His father is of course Anders Eriksen Mæland.

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/327/pv00000000782460

Nr. 10

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20050816010494
Edited by - AntonH on 18/06/2020 02:54:13
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AntonH
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Posted - 17/06/2020 :  22:10:34  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
here is the baptism of Christi in 1843. Father is John Joachimsen and the mother is Christi Amundsdatter. Farm is Flo. Date is Jully 13, 1843.

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/255/pd00000002408156

Nr. 37

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20070509650587
Edited by - AntonH on 17/06/2020 22:16:48
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AntonH
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Posted - 17/06/2020 :  22:19:57  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Marriage of Jon Joachimsen and Christi Amundsdatter in 1817. He was a widower.

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/327/pv00000000234920

Nr. 31

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20070509650113
Edited by - AntonH on 17/06/2020 23:26:02
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