Reached a brick wall in my search for Margaret Nelson, nee Tallaksen Margaret/Margrete Tallaksen was born 20 April 1853; parents Salve Talaksen and Berthe Halvorsdtr. She lived with her parents in Port Washington Ozaukee County until her marriage in 1874 to Ole Nelson (1851-1923). Margaret & Ole next appear in the 1880 US census, running a boarding house in Northfield, Rice County, MN. I do not know if the couple remained in MN, came back to WI or moved farther west. In 1920 Ole reappears alone in St.Paul MN, he died in 1923 as a widower.