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NILSEN, Nils

Male 1835 - 1911  (75 years)


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  • Name NILSEN, Nils 
    Born 13 Apr 1835  R?yk?s u. Hakavik, Eiker Parish, Buskerud County, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 15 Feb 1911  Braaten, Konnerud under Skoger Parish, Buskerud County, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1145  Reich
    Last Modified 11 Aug 2023 

    Father HANSEN, Nils,   b. 22 Jul 1799, Lien in Snarum Annex, Modum Parish, Buskerud County, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 May 1895, Br?ten u Marknerud, Hof i Jarlsberg Parish, Vestfold County, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years) 
    Mother LARSDATTER, Karen (Kari),   b. 21 Apr 1803, Marknerud, Hof i Jarlsberg Parish, Vestfold County, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Apr 1872, Br?ten u Marknerud, Hof i Jarlsberg Parish, Vestfold County, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Family ID F1061  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family CHRISTIANSDATTER, Maren,   b. 14 Sep 1849, Thonby, Heggen under Modum Parish, Buskerud County, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Nov 1917, Braaten, Konnerud under Skoger Parish, Buskerud County, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Married 21 Mar 1869  Str?ms? parish, Buskerud County, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • The following account is mostly from Borghild Nilsdatter, the youngest child. According to the Borghild, Nils was born in Edisfos Werk. The 1875 and 1901 census list as Nils born in Hof parish (formerly called Hoff). Within Hof, there is a farm called Eidsfos Jernvaerk. Eidsfoss is about 20 miles south and slightly west of Drammen, in the Vestfold County, bordering on Buskerud County where this family settled. Nils was a carpenter (cabinet maker) and farmer.

      Nils and Maren raised their family on a farm called Gjermundrud in Konnerud, about 6 miles southwest of Drammen. In August, 1911, one of their sons painted a watercolor of their house and stable, called Braaten. Five of their children immigrated to the U.S: first Nils Christian when he was 17 (and changed his name to Christ Conrad), then Lars Johan (who didn't like it and returned to Norway), then Hans Peter, then Helene (with her husband Axel Brecke and two children) and finally Borghild.

      Borghild immigrated on August 5, 1914, with her husband, her first cousin, Carl Holman, settling at Two Harbors, MN. Carl Holman died by the end of 1914 of a heart attack when trying to chase his cow or bull that got loose. He left Borghild pregnant. She had a baby girl, Ruth, between April and September, 1915. Borghild moved to Superior, Wisconsin.

      Christ Conrad had six sons, and first settled at Two Harbors, MN, and then to Duluth. (One of Christ Conrad's sons or grandsons or maybe himself was an established artist in the U.S.) Helene was 74 years old when she died. Hans Peter and Lars Johan did not marry.

      Nils died at age 76 1/2 when Borghild was 14. Maren died when Borghild was 22 years old.
    Children 
     1. CONRAD, Nils Christian (Christ) NILSEN,   b. 21 Oct 1869, Str?ms?, Drammen Parish, Buskerud County, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Aug 1944, Duluth, St. Louis Co., Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     2. NILSDATTER, Anna Caroline,   b. 21 Apr 1871, Skoger, Str?ms? Parish, Buskerud County, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Aug 1910, Modum Parish, Buskerud County, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years)
     3. NILSDATTER, Helene Marie,   b. 11 Mar 1873, Gjermundrud, Konnerud under Skoger Parish, Buskerud County, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1951, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     4. NILSDATTER, Nilsine Mathilda,   b. 20 Sep 1874, Gjermundrud, Konnerud under Skoger Parish, Buskerud County, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1972, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 97 years)
     5. NILSEN, Hans Peter,   b. 22 Oct 1876, Gjermundrud, Konnerud under Skoger Parish, Buskerud County, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1972, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years)
     6. NILSEN, Lars Johan,   b. 22 Jun 1878, Gjermundrud, Konnerud under Skoger Parish, Buskerud County, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1972, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years)
     7. NILSDATTER, Magna Josefine,   b. 15 Feb 1882, Gjermundrud, Konnerud under Skoger Parish, Buskerud County, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1972, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
     8. NILSDATTER, Aagot Sofie,   b. 8 Oct 1884, Gjermundrud, Konnerud under Skoger Parish, Buskerud County, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1972, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     9. NILSDATTER, Valborg Olava,   b. 17 Jan 1887, Gjermundrud, Konnerud under Skoger Parish, Buskerud County, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1972, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     10. NILSDATTER, Martha Lovisa,   b. 12 Dec 1889, Gjermundrud, Konnerud under Skoger Parish, Buskerud County, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jan 1897, Braaten, Konnerud under Skoger Parish, Buskerud County, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 7 years)
     11. NILSDATTER, Emmy Lydia,   b. 17 Oct 1891, Gjermundrud, Konnerud under Skoger Parish, Buskerud County, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1972, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     12. NILSDATTER, Borghild Andrine,   b. 27 Jun 1895, Gjermundrud, Konnerud under Skoger Parish, Buskerud County, 6 mi. from Drammen, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Feb 1976, Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
    Last Modified 5 Feb 2013 
    Family ID F197  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S850] Norway 1875 Census, Folketaelling for Kongeriget Norge, den 31te December 1875, Skouger Praestegjeld, Taellngskreds No. 6, Liste No. 80, FHL Film 0255673 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S894] 1901 Norway Census for Nils Nilsen household, From the internet: Digitalarkivet: 1900-telling for 0712 Stromsgodsets sogn Skoger, 489, Personliste 19, Herred Skoger, Krets 6, Gardsnr 82, Bruksnr 4, Gardsnamn Gjermundrud (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S905] 1901 Norway Census - Rebaekka Holm household, From the internet: Digitalarkivet: 1900-telling for 0712 Stromsgodsets sogn Skoger, 489, Personliste 57, Herred Skoger, Krets 6, Gardsnr 80, Bruksnr 58,59, Gardsnamn Masrud Lidskjalt (Reliability: 3).


  

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