Dear Debbie, It's possible that the children of Gilbert Nelson (Gulbrand Nilesen Ulveneie) used a different last name than Nelson. Because their father's name was Gilbert, they could have used the last name Gilbertson (or Gulbrandsen, or some other spelling variation). Some immigrants continued to follow the Norwegian naming patterns after arriving here. To make matters more complicated, siblings sometimes chose different last names (some using Nelson, some using Gulbrandsen, etc.). They also may have chosen the name Ulven. Chances are that they would have dropped the -eie, because that indicated that they lived on a "husmannsplass" (usually a very small, crowded part of a larger farm in Norway). A Norwegian genealogist informed me that many immigrants dropped the -eie, because living on a husmannsplass was not something they wanted to remember when they started their new lives here. So, it might be worth checking to see if the 9 children you can't locate might have had different last names than Julius did. There are several instances where situations like this occurred in my ancestry. For example, one of my ancestors was named John Olessen Bentestuen. His children all chose Johnson for their last name and used Bentestuen as a middle name. Hope this helps. > > Am posting in hopes any listers may have one of these people in their > ancestry: > > Gilbert Nelson aka Gulbrand Nielsen Ulveneie > Born: 2 Feb 1825 > Place: Ringsaker, Hedmark, Norway > Died: ? > > Spouse: Anne/Anna Eriksdatter > Born: c. 1828-1831 > Place: Norway > > Emigrated: 16 April 1860 with their four children: > 1: Mari, born c 1852 in Norway > 2: Beate, born c ? > 3: Eli born 26 Apr 1856 > 4: Ole born 7 Oct 1858 > > Children born to them in Wisconsin: > > 5: John, born c 1862 > 6: August, born c 1866 > 7: George, born c 1868 > 8: Albert born c 1871 > 9: Julius, born 1 Jan 1874 in Ettrick, WI, died 7 Mar 1955 in Monrovia CA > 10: Emilia, born c 1876 > > another child, Nels, found on 1870 Ettrick, WI census, aged 6, not found > again on 1880 census) > > Julius was found in the 1900 census for Gary SD as a single man, school > teacher. His first son Armand was born 24 Feb 1901. He married Daisy M. Kee > sometime before that probably. His second son Leslie was born 10 July 1905 in > Gary SD. > > We are the descendants of Julius Nelson. I know of only one daughter that was > born to Leslie Nelson, Nancy French. Last whereabouts for her is listed on > Leslie's death certificate as being in La Habra, CA. I cannot locate her. > > I would like to locate Nancy French or any other person who may be a > descendant of this family. It is amazing how we cannot find any trace of the > other 9 kids. > > They did attend church at the North Branch Beaver Creek Evangelical Lutheran > Church in WI, Trempealeau County, but later they broke off and formed the > South Branch and Gilbert is mentioned as having attended that church. A > relative did recently go to the South Branch and could find no headstones for > any of the children. > > I have found 3 Gilbert Nelsons in the WI statewide death index all died > around 1898-1900 and am waiting for a reply on that. > > Where are they? Hope someone recognizes a name! BettyLou at Valdres Samband > has been extremely helpful in documenting Gilbert's ancestry, but I sure > would like to find the rest of Gilbert and Anne's children. > > Debbie in Spokane, WA > > > ==== VALDRES Mailing List ==== > ========================VALDRES SAMBAND 1899-1999====================== > Interested in joining the Valdres Samband, call > June Adele Dolva (218)233-7134 if you have questions > > A. Klee kleex001@tc.umn.edu