Person ID: I5857880356
Nils Winther Luth Jaeger
8 Sep 1841 – Jul 1909
Male
Events
- Born
- 8 Sep 1841 — Strand, Norway
- Died
- Jul 1909 — Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States
Family
Family group sheet →Married: 7 Feb 1877 — Minneota, Lyon, Minnesota, United States
- FatherNils Winther Luth Jaeger8 Sep 1841 – Jul 1909
- MotherChristine Dahl9 May 1858 – 7 Jan 1919
- ChildEdna Katherine Dorothea Jaegerd. Apr 1968
- ChildDitlef Ephraim Jaeger5 Dec 1877 – 29 Mar 1919
- ChildNordahl Jaeger12 Aug 1880 – 1918
- ChildHalfdan Garfield Jaeger28 Jun 1883 – 25 Sep 1975
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.