Dear Wanda, You don't specifically ask for help finding the Norwegian origin of this family, so this may all be known information to you, but just in case: FamilySearch shows: Anders Nilsson (23 - father Nils Thomasson) and Ingeborg Gulliksdotter (28 - father Gullik Saamundson) were married in Bo County, Telemark fylke on Feb. 1, 1833 and had at least these children born in Bo County in Telemark fylke: * Nils, born May 18, 1833, christened May 27, 1833 * Gullik, born May 1, 1835, christened June 8, 1835 * Kirsti, born June 5, 1837, christened June 18, 1837 * Thomas, born May 20, 1840, christened June 8, 1840 * John, born Feb. 11, 1843, christened Mar. 12, 1843 * Gunnhild Marie, born Jan. 15, 1846, christened Feb. 16, 1846 * Kari, born Oct. 27, 1850, christened Jan. 19, 1851 The family home was a "husmannsplass" named Engeland! Hoping this may be of some interest to you! Very sincerely yours, Lars E. Oyane ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Apr 22, 2015, at 12:51 AM, DON HENDERSON via wrote: > I joined this list a bit ago and have enjoyed everyone's questions and suggestions. I have found some new resources for my own research. > I have found an ELCA record on Ancestry that I need a couple of words translated, but I don't believe you can use a link? If I am wrong, please let me know. I am hoping someone with access to Ancestry would look at a death record. If you do an exact search for Gunhild Maria, born 1847, died 1870 and there will be only one record. It is the fourth entry on the left page:"Gunhild Maria, daughter of Andreas Nelsen and wife Ingeberg, born 15th January 1847, married with Hans Johansen 5th May 1870, died in -?- -?- November 1870." > I am hoping this might be a clue for something - anything. I can find nothing of this marriage. Or on the 1870 census, which is dated August, so they should be listed. She is not with her family in Palmyra, Jefferson Co, WI. She is buried at Skoponong Cemetery in Palmyra, with her family. In fact, she has a shared headstone with her sister, Kari, who died four years after her, and on this headstone is listed her husband again, Hans Johansen ( Gunhild Marie Nielson (1846 - 1870) - Find A Grave Memorial ). There is an entry for him at FindaGrave, but I don't believe he is buried there (engraved over the sisters' names is 'here is resting the dust from sisters'). I have never come across a death record with husband and marriage date listed (maybe because so recent?), then his name on the headstone also, when he is not buried there. > The family was in Gibralter, Door Co, WI in 1860 and she was 14 years old. I don't know when between 1860 and 1870 they moved to Palmyra, but maybe she stayed in Door County? She was buried the day after she died, so she must have been living close. > Any help would be appreciated - she has been a mystery. > Wanda >

Thank you Lars. Yes, this is the family. They left Bø 24 Feb 1852 and went to Sannidal. Then left Sannidal 2 Apr 1857 for Chicago. None of the children were married at that time. Andrew's obit states "...emigrated to America in 1857, locating first in Chicago where he remained one year. In the spring of 1858 he came to Door county, entering some lands near Egg Harbor and clearing up a farm upon which he resided eight years. He then sold this property and went to Utica, WI, where he bought a farm upon which he lived two years, when he traded it for another farm between Whitewater and Palmyra..." In 1860 all but Gullik and Kirsti are with the family in Gibraltar, Door, WI. Nils is my great grandfather, and I know of John and Thomas' families. I don't know about the other four children, except that Gullik, Gunhild and Kari are buried with the family at Skoponong Cemetery in Palmyra, WI. Seems possibly Kirsti married/died in Door Co? Since this death record and burial for Gunhild is the only info I have for her since the 1860 census, I wanted to find: -what that word in her death record is, hoping it could be a clue to something [written in Norwegian] -find a marriage record-find her and husband Hans Johansen/Johanneson in the 1870 census Thanks, Wanda On Wednesday, April 22, 2015 6:46 AM, Lars E. Oyane <lars.e.oyane@sdsl.no> wrote: Dear Wanda, You don't specifically ask for help finding the Norwegian origin of this family, so this may all be known information to you, but just in case: FamilySearch shows: Anders Nilsson (23 - father Nils Thomasson) and Ingeborg Gulliksdotter (28 - father Gullik Saamundson) were married in Bo County, Telemark fylke on Feb. 1, 1833 and had at least these children born in Bo County in Telemark fylke: * Nils, born May 18, 1833, christened May 27, 1833 * Gullik, born May 1, 1835, christened June 8, 1835 * Kirsti, born June 5, 1837, christened June 18, 1837 * Thomas, born May 20, 1840, christened June 8, 1840 * John, born Feb. 11, 1843, christened Mar. 12, 1843 * Gunnhild Marie, born Jan. 15, 1846, christened Feb. 16, 1846 * Kari, born Oct. 27, 1850, christened Jan. 19, 1851 The family home was a "husmannsplass" named Engeland! Hoping this may be of some interest to you! Very sincerely yours, Lars E. Oyane ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Apr 22, 2015, at 12:51 AM, DON HENDERSON via wrote: I joined this list a bit ago and have enjoyed everyone's questions and suggestions. I have found some new resources for my own research. I have found an ELCA record on Ancestry that I need a couple of words translated, but I don't believe you can use a link? If I am wrong, please let me know. I am hoping someone with access to Ancestry would look at a death record. If you do an exact search for Gunhild Maria, born 1847, died 1870 and there will be only one record. It is the fourth entry on the left page:"Gunhild Maria, daughter of Andreas Nelsen and wife Ingeberg, born 15th January 1847, married with Hans Johansen 5th May 1870, died in -?- -?- November 1870." I am hoping this might be a clue for something - anything. I can find nothing of this marriage. Or on the 1870 census, which is dated August, so they should be listed. She is not with her family in Palmyra, Jefferson Co, WI. She is buried at Skoponong Cemetery in Palmyra, with her family. In fact, she has a shared headstone with her sister, Kari, who died four years after her, and on this headstone is listed her husband again, Hans Johansen ( Gunhild Marie Nielson (1846 - 1870) - Find A Grave Memorial ). There is an entry for him at FindaGrave, but I don't believe he is buried there (engraved over the sisters' names is 'here is resting the dust from sisters'). I have never come across a death record with husband and marriage date listed (maybe because so recent?), then his name on the headstone also, when he is not buried there. The family was in Gibralter, Door Co, WI in 1860 and she was 14 years old. I don't know when between 1860 and 1870 they moved to Palmyra, but maybe she stayed in Door County? She was buried the day after she died, so she must have been living close. Any help would be appreciated - she has been a mystery. Wanda

You might be able to find something in the newspapers for them. Door County has all of their old newspapers online. http://doorcountynewspapers.org <http://doorcountynewspapers.org/> From what I can tell, you need to search for an exact spelling, so it might take awhile to search for different possible spellings of their names. -Mark