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Torger Nelsen

Torger Nelsen[1]

Male 1840 - 1908  (67 years)

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  • Name Torger Nelsen 
    Born 10 Apr 1840  Brottem, Ringsaker, Hedmark, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1870  Yankton, South Dakota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Residence 1880  Yankton, South Dakota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Residence 1900  Yankton, South Dakota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Died 9 Mar 1908  Yankton, South Dakota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Vangen Lutheran Cemetery, Mission Hill, Yankton, South Dakota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Person ID I5857848840  Master Tree
    Last Modified 20 Aug 2009 

    Father Niels Thorstensen Klovstad,   b. 1799, Ringsaker, Hedmark, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1899  (Age 100 years) 
    Mother Ingeborg Jorgensdatter,   b. 1805, Ringsaker, Hedmark, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1899  (Age 94 years) 
    Family ID F16053348278  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ellen Andersdatter Johnson,   b. 30 Jun 1850, Furnes, Hedmark, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Oct 1922, Mission Hill, Yankton, South Dakota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 18 Jan 1868 
    Children 
     1. Nels Albert Nelsen,   b. Nov 1868,   d. 4 Feb 1869  (Age ~ 0 years)
    +2. Norman Alfred Nelsen,   b. 07 Apr 1871, Yankton, South Dakota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jan 1931, Mission Hill, Yankton, South Dakota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)
    +3. Edward Martin Nelsen,   b. 21 Nov 1872, Volin, Yankton, South Dakota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 07 Dec 1951  (Age 79 years)
    +4. Gustav Ingvald Nelsen,   b. 29 Dec 1876, South Dakota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Feb 1944  (Age 67 years)
    +5. Bertha Josephine Nelsen,   b. 16 Jan 1877, South Dakota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Sep 1950  (Age 73 years)
    +6. Julia Karine Nelsen,   b. 06 Dec 1878, Yankton, South Dakota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Aug 1935, Yankton, South Dakota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)
    +7. William Oliver Nelsen,   b. 22 Sep 1881, South Dakota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Oct 1928, Yankton, South Dakota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years)
    +8. Tilda Eline Nelson,   b. 12 Apr 1883, South Dakota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Oct 1971, Yucca Valley, San Bernardino, California, Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
    +9. Emma Bergina Nelson,   b. 17 Feb 1885, South Dakota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jan 1950, Superior, Douglas, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
     10. Marcus Nelsen,   b. 25 Nov 1887,   d. 10 Apr 1888  (Age 0 years)
    +11. Marcus Nelsen,   b. 25 Mar 1889, Yankton, South Dakota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Dec 1955  (Age 66 years)
    +12. Almer Nelson,   b. 17 June 1891, Yankton, South Dakota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jun 1951, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years)
     13. Nora Nelson,   b. 24 Mar 1895, Yankton, South Dakota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jan 1974  (Age 78 years)
    Documents
    The Family History of Torger and Elie Nelsen
    The Family History of Torger and Elie Nelsen
    Last Modified 20 Aug 2009 
    Family ID F5350798187  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 10 Apr 1840 - Brottem, Ringsaker, Hedmark, Norway Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1870 - Yankton, South Dakota, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1880 - Yankton, South Dakota, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1900 - Yankton, South Dakota, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 9 Mar 1908 - Yankton, South Dakota, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Vangen Lutheran Cemetery, Mission Hill, Yankton, South Dakota, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Immigration year 1860
    • South Dakota Territorial Legislator from 1867-1868 for Yankton County.
    • Mentioned in Chapter LXXXVII of "History of South Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. I (1904), pages 506-508. This organization included all that territory in which the Norwegians had then settled, from Brule creek, Union county, to Dakota river. Rev. Krohn visited the congregation again in the month of September, the following year, and this time he came as far west as to Dakota river, where he preached at the house of Torger Nelson.
    • Translated from 'Nordmændene i Amerika' by Martin Ulvestad. 1907: Christian Pedersen Marindahl from Ringsaker is given as the first Norwegian settler in this county. He settled at a place that now bears his name (Marindahl) in 1860. The Indians were his neighbors there for a time.

      Next after Christian Pedersen came Ole Pedersen, M. J. Minde, John J. Aalseth, C. H. Brurud, Frans Shager, Gulbrand Levorson, Haldor Bryngelsen Løen, Lars Olsen, Simon Petersen, Torger Nelson, T. Aalseth, Mathias Larsen, Peder Einarsen and Torbjørn Torbjørnsen. They were also sort of soldiers against the Indians. They received carbines and saddles from the government.

  • Sources 
    1. [S8072387529] History of Dakota Territory, Kingsbury, George W., (Chicago: S.J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1915), Volume 4, Page 1007.
      On the 12th of January, 1888, occurred the worst blizzard in the experience of the white settlers in Dakota, but Mr. Welby braved the storm to take food and hot coffee tothe children, who were of necessity detained at school. In company with his neighbor, Torger Nelsen, he made a second trip to the school and they nearly missed the building, so blinding was the storm. They had passed it when they heard voices which guided them to the school in safety. The two men took their children with them on returning from the second trip and all remained at the Welby home during the night.



    2. [S560402622] 1870 United States Census.

    3. [S8029507917] 1880 United States Census.

    4. [S560402473] 1900 United States Census.

    5. [S8072066245] Yankton Co. Cemetery Inscriptions on USGenWeb, http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/sd/yankton/cemeteries.