Nils Winther Luth Jaeger

Notes:

!SO: D-006, D-023, MRIN-547.
BIRTH: Probably Strand, Norway (to confirm). D-025 lists Strand, Norway.
CHILDREN: D-006 lists 5, no names given . . . D-023 lists 4 with names, dates.
NOTES: Nils' parents were Ditev Ephraim Jaeger (1802-1866, d. in Norway) and
Catherine Dorothea Bergfeldt (1803-1861, d. in Norway).
NOTES: Nils was the first postmaster of Minneota, Minn. (D-012 p.11)
The original settlement, now called Minneota, was called 'Pumpa',
Norwegian for 'pump'. The Chicago Northwestern trains stopped to take
on water. Nils had come from Norway and had had a better education than
most of the pioneers. His father was a preacher. Nils had the first
store and post office in Minneota. The post office was established in
1871 and the town took on the name, Norland, reason not known but might
have been because so many Norwegians living in the area had emmigrated
from Norland, Norway. Because mail destined for Norseland often ended
up in Norland and mail to Norland would often be sent to Norseland, the
Post Office Department notified Nils Jager that it would be necessary
to change the name of the town. An election was held and the name that
got the most votes was 'Jagersville'. However, a certain resident of
town, named Doc Seals had contacted the Senator from Minnesota, H. B.
Strait and he had was influential in having the town named Minneota.
The day after the local election, Nils Jager recieved notice from the
Post Office Department that the town had been named Minneota. (D-012
p.11)
Jeanne (Jaeger) Horsey (in documentation attached to MRIN-547) explains
that the origional spelling in Norway was Nils Winther LUTH-JAEGER with
a hyphen. Reason: When Nils' parents, Ditlev LUTH and his wife,
Claudine Marie WINTHER died in June and August 1774, Nils was adopted
by Ephraim JEAGER and JAEGER was added to Nils' name. Ephram Jaeger
was an unmarried relative, a pastor. It followed that the first Nils
Winther Lars-Jaeger named his son Ditlev Ephraim Jaeger (dropping the
LUTH). Then Ditlev's son was named Nils Winther Luth Jaeger and he
named his son Ditlev Ephraim Jaeger (Jeanne [Jaeger] Horsey's uncle)
D-023 (an Ancestry Chart) lists 2 more generations of ancestors for Nils.
Jeanne Jaeger Horsey of Seattle has information on this line.
D-023 lists year of emegration from Norway to America as 1868.

Nils married Christine Dahl on 7 Feb 1877 in Minneota, Lyon, Minnesota, United States. Christine (daughter of Nils Tobias Dahl and Tori Haaversdatter Ovedal) was born on 9 May 1858 in Coon Prairie, Vernon, Wisconsin, United States; died on 7 Jan 1919 in Connell, Franklin, Washington, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Edna Katherine Dorothea Jaeger died in Apr 1968 in Medford, Jackson, Oregon, United States.
2. Ditlef Ephraim Jaeger was born on 5 Dec 1877; died on 29 Mar 1919 in Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States.
3. Nordahl Jaeger was born on 12 Aug 1880 in Minneota, Lyon, Minnesota, United States; died in 1918.
4. Halfdan Garfield Jaeger was born on 28 Jun 1883 in Minneota, Lyon, Minnesota, United States; died on 25 Sep 1975; was buried in Fairfield, Spokane, Washington, United States.