Dear Margit : Nils Oleson was born 12 April 1850, married 5 Dec 1870 and died in Feb 1872, his daughter was born shortly after his death in 1872. His widow moved to ND in June 1874 with her parents,her two children, two brothers and sister. They settled next to Fingal Gulbrandson, Enger, on the Goose River. In 1875 Gjertrud married Fingal and Olaus Nilson , my grand father , took the name Enger. Thank you for the quick response. Ken Enger ps Olaus Engers land is still being farmed and owned by his grand son, Scott Enger ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margit" <margit@eot.com> To: <NOR-OPPLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 6:03 PM Subject: Re: [Oppland] urgent reqest for help, ole Nelson,aaberg and sigri[sarah ] syversdatter,aaberg > Ken, > If Nils died in 1870, how did he have a child in 1872? > Margit > > Dear Margit: I have been searching for a long time trying to find out where > and when my great grand parents , > Ole Nelson, Aaberg or Braten [born 22 Feb 1815, married 6 Nov 1842 > Sigri or Sarah Syversdatter, Aaberg, born 2 Oct 1815, died . > > They left Norway in April 1959 and are listed in 1860 Census, Goodhue Co, > Holden TWP, Mn. In Dec 1865 they moved to Feeborn Co, Freeman TWP and bought > a farm from my great uncle, Bjorn Erickson, Nyhus. > > In 1870 census they are listed as still living in Freeman TWP, section 30 . > In 1872 their only son, Nils Oleson born 12 Apr 1850 died in a farm > accident and was buried at Silver Lake Luth. Cem in Northwood, Iowa .On 5 > Dec 1870 > > Nils Oleson born 12 Apr 1850 married > Gjertrud Pedersdatter, Nyhus. She was born in Eggedal , Norway in 1846 and > died in Hatton ND in 1914 . > > Nils and Gjertrud had 2 children > Olaus Nilson [later Enger ], born 30 Nov 1870-died in Nd in 1944 > and > Caroline Nilsdatter born 1872 and died ND 1881. > > Olaus Nilson Enger has hundreds of decendents.I would like help in finding > out : > [1] what ship they Ole, Sarah or Sigri and son Nils ] came over on and what > port they arrived at, > [2] where they lived in Holdon TWP, what church they attended > [3 ] where did they go in 1872 when they sold their land. > [4 ] when and where did they die > [5] also did Ole or Nils ever become US citizens .Thank you for > > your help. [also under Family Trees ,Ancesstry . com ,see my GEDCOM file] > > > ==== NOR-OPPLAND Mailing List ==== > Make sure you check out the other lists available here for Norway: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/NOR/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Hei Ken, This is the only family I find leaving from Nord Aurdal in your time frame that fits with information given by you: Would you have more information maybe? It does help to give all information you know. Margit Digitalarkivet: Migrants from Valdres 1816-67. [187029/32] Rettar til dataene: Digitalarkivet Post 531-536 av 7453 totalt i databasen Fornavn Etternavn Gard Stand Alder Reisemål År No Dato Sokn Prestegjeld 531 Ole Nilsen Aaberg 41 Amerika 1859 24 11 a pril Aurdal Nord-Aurdal 532 Sigri Knudsd Hustru 41 Amerika 1859 25 11 a pril Aurdal Nord-Aurdal 533 Nils Olsen Søn 7 Amerika 1859 26 11 a pril Aurdal Nord-Aurdal > > Dear Margit : Nils Oleson was born 12 April 1850, married 5 > Dec 1870 and died in Feb 1872, his daughter was born shortly after his > death in 1872. His widow moved to ND in June 1874 with her parents,her two > children, two brothers and sister. They settled next to Fingal Gulbrandson, > Enger, on the Goose River. In 1875 Gjertrud married Fingal and Olaus Nilson > , my grand father , took the name Enger. Thank you for the quick response. > Ken Enger ps Olaus Engers land is still being farmed and owned by his > grand son, Scott Enger