NELSON, Nels Engebret Qvisle 1826-1921

NELSON, NIELSDATTER, HANSDATTER QVISLE

Posted By: Deidre Badker (email)
Date: 12/5/2014 at 09:50:59

Nels Engebret Qvisle Nelson was born July 3, 1826 at Kvisle, Sigdal, Buskerud, Norway to Ingebret Nelson and Ingeborg Nielsdatter, the oldest of their four children. Nels had three younger sisters.

He came to America in 1853 with his parents, sailing on the ship "Sjofna" and landing at Quebec, Canada. The family traveled on to Wisconsin and settled at Dodgeville, Iowa County, Wisconsin. In 1859, they moved west to Iowa with a group of other Norwegian emigrants.

Nels married Berthe Maria Hansdatter in 1861 at Cedar, Mitchell, Iowa.

The couple had 2 sons:
Edvard Nels Bakken Nelson (b January 15, 1863 Cedar, Mitchell, Iowa, d January 25, 1945 Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa) and

Hans Christian Nelson (b January 2, 1865 Cedar, Mitchell, Iowa, d May 22, 1925 Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo, Iowa.

Found in the 1870 - 1920 censuses living at Cedar, Mitchell, Iowa:
1870: Nels Nelson 35, Betsey Nelson 30, Edley Nelson 8, Haurss Nelson 6.

1880: Nels Nelson 53, Betsy Nelson 53, Eleward Nelson 17, Hans Nelson 15.

1885: Nels Nelson 59, Bertha Nelson 59, Edward Nelson 21, Hans Nelson 19.

1900: Nils E Nelson 73, Bertha Nelson 77, Edward N Nelson 37.

1910: Nels Engebret Qvisle Nelson 83, Edvard Nels Bakken Nelson 47.

1920: Edward N Nelson 57, Nels E Nelson 93.

Nels E Nelson died October 15, 1921 at Cedar, Mitchell, Iowa and is buried at the Rock Creek Lutheran Cemetery, Meroa, Cedar, Mitchell, Iowa.

There is a memorial for Nels at Find a Grave #50230554

Information found in the 1911 Mitchell County, Iowa Atlas, Section 2, Page 19:
Nels E. Nelson came to Iowa with his parents in 1859. He was born in Sigdal (Sigval), Norway, on July 3, 1826. He emigrated to Wisconsin in 1853. He was united in matrimony to Bertha Hanson, also a native of Hadeland, Norway, just before the opening of our Civil War, and settled on Section 16-97-17 of Cedar Township, Mitchell County, Iowa. Mother died November 5, 1908; father and two sons survive, as far as known in 1911. Father , with his four score years and five, is the oldest man in the township. The sons, Edward N., resides at home, and Hans C., at Clear Lake, Iowa.

From the 1873 Rock Creek Lutheran Church Membership list:
Niels E. Nielsen Quivsle, age 47. Immigrated from Sigval, Norway in 1853 to Wisconsin. Moved to Mitchell County, IA in 1859. Wife: Bertha, age 44; Children: Edvard, age 10 and Hans Christian, age 8. Cemetery lot #70.