Events
- Born
- 10 Apr 1840 — Brottem, Ringsaker, Hedmark, Norway
- Residence
- 1870 — Yankton, South Dakota, United States1 source
- Residence
- 1880 — Yankton, South Dakota, United States1 source
- Residence
- 1900 — Yankton, South Dakota, United States1 source
- Died
- 9 Mar 1908 — Yankton, South Dakota, United States
Parents
Family group sheet →- FatherNiels Thorstensen Klovstad1799 – 1899
- MotherIngeborg Jorgensdatter1805 – 1899
- ChildKari Nelsensdatterb. 1830
- ChildJohanne Nelsensdatterb. 1836
- ChildTorger Nelsen10 Apr 1840 – 9 Mar 1908
- ChildEven Nelsenb. 1844
Family
Family group sheet →Married: 18 JAN 1868
- FatherTorger Nelsen10 Apr 1840 – 9 Mar 1908
- MotherEllen Andersdatter Johnson30 Jun 1850 – 30 Oct 1922
- ChildNels Albert NelsenNov 1868 – 4 Feb 1869
- ChildNorman Alfred Nelsen07 Apr 1871 – 11 Jan 1931
- ChildEdward Martin Nelsen21 Nov 1872 – 07 Dec 1951
- ChildGustav Ingvald Nelsen29 Dec 1876 – 23 Feb 1944
- ChildBertha Josephine Nelsen16 Jan 1877 – 22 Sep 1950
- ChildJulia Karine Nelsen06 Dec 1878 – 15 Aug 1935
- ChildWilliam Oliver Nelsen22 Sep 1881 – 2 Oct 1928
- ChildTilda Eline Nelson12 Apr 1883 – 31 Oct 1971
- ChildEmma Bergina Nelson17 Feb 1885 – 17 Jan 1950
- ChildMarcus Nelsen25 Nov 1887 – 10 Apr 1888
- ChildMarcus Nelsen25 Mar 1889 – 7 Dec 1955
- ChildAlmer Nelson17 June 1891 – 19 Jun 1951
- ChildNora Nelson24 Mar 1895 – 24 Jan 1974
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. <i>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 <b>Torger Nelson</b>.</i>
- Translated from 'Nordmændene i Amerika' by Martin Ulvestad. 1907: <i>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.<br><br>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, <b>Torger Nelson</b>, 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.</i>