Iowa Family Group Sheet for the Jacob Nikolai GABRIELSON Family Submitted by: Caroline HerfindahlHUSBAND: Jacob Nikolai GABRIELSON Birth date: 7 Nov 1859 Birthplace: Espeland, Førde, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway Death date: 9 Sep 1948 Place of death: Decorah, Winneshiek, Iowa Burial date: Burial place: Other Spouse: Father: Gabriel Reinen OLIVERSEN Mother: Rakel (Rachel) Malena ANDERSDATTER Marriage date: 18 May 1881 Marriage place: Decorah, Winneshiek, Iowa WIFE: Gertrude ALBERTSON Birth date: 8 Sep 1863 Birthplace: Sumner Twp, Winneshiek, Iowa Death date: 12 Jun 1949 Place of death: Decorah, Winneshiek, Iowa Burial date: 16 Jun 1949 Burial place: Hauges Cemetery, Winneshiek, Iowa Other Spouse: Father: Ole ALBERTSON Mother: Johanna OLSDATTER CHILDREN Child No. 1: Rodena Teresa GABRIELSON Sex: F Birth date: 6 Apr 1882 Birthplace: North Dakota Death date: 15 Mar 1969 Place of death: Spring Valley, Fillmore, Minnesota Burial date: 18 Mar 1969 Burial place: Grand Meadow, Mower, Minnesota Spouse's name: William Julius RIEHL Marriage date: 7 Jan 1903 Marriage place: Decorah, Winneshiek, Iowa Child No. 2: Anna Petrine GABRIELSON Sex: F Birth date: 28 Sep 1885 Birthplace: Sumner Twp, Winneshiek, Iowa Death date: 7 Apr 1957 Place of death: Shell Lake, Washburn, Wisconsin Burial date: 10 Apr 1957 Burial place: Spooner, Washburn, Wisconsin Spouse's name: Edward Alfred MERRITT Marriage date: 8 Jan 1908 Marriage place: Decorah, Winneshiek, Iowa Child No. 3: Martha Amelia GABRIELSON Sex: F Birth date: 24 Feb 1890 Birthplace: Decorah, Winneshiek, Iowa Death date: 19 Apr 1945 Place of death: Rochester, Olmsted, Minnesota Burial date: 23 Apr 1945 Burial place: Burr Oak, Winneshiek, Iowa Spouse's name: William I HALSE Marriage date: 16 Mar 1910 Marriage place: Child No. 4: Johanna Alletta GABRIELSON Sex: F Birth date: 4 Mar 1892 Birthplace: Decorah, Winneshiek, Iowa Death date: 10 May 1974 Place of death: Decorah, Winneshiek, Iowa Burial date: 14 May 1974 Burial place: Hauge Cemetery, Winneshiek, Iowa Spouse's name: Andrew SIVERTSGAARD Marriage date: 11 Feb 1914 Marriage place: Sumner Twp, Winneshiek, Iowa Child No. 5: Gilbert Julius GABRIELSON Sex: M Birth date: 26 Aug 1896 Birthplace: Decorah, Winneshiek, Iowa Death date: 3 May 1986 Place of death: Decorah, Winneshiek, Iowa Burial date: 6 May 1986 Burial place: Decorah, Winneshiek, Iowa Spouse's name: Louise Julia BLEGEN Marriage date: 31 Mar 1920 Marriage place: Decorah, Winneshiek, Iowa Child No. 6: Olga Christen GABRIELSON Sex: F Birth date: 24 Dec 1899 Birthplace: Spillville, Winneshiek, Iowa Death date: 17 May 2000 Place of death: Decorah, Winneshiek, Iowa Burial date: 20 May 2000 Burial place: Decorah, Winneshiek, Iowa Spouse's name: Daniel Annanais GABRIELSON Marriage date: 29 May 1918 Marriage place: Fallon County, Montana Child No. 7: Albert Oliver GABRIELSON Sex: M Birth date: 17 Sep 1907 Birthplace: Spillville, Winneshiek, Iowa Death date: 12 Feb 1974 Place of death: Durant, Cedar, Iowa Burial date: Burial place: Decorah, Winneshiek, Iowa Spouse's name: Mary Alice SHIELDS Marriage date: 8 Jun 1940 Marriage place: Kahoka, Clark, Missouri Documentation and Sources: after their wedding Jacob and Gertrude stayed at her fathers for 3 weeks - the year was 1881- there was a wheat failure in Ridgeway (near Decorah) and stories promised great opportunities in North Dakota - they set out in a covered wagon - after many hardships and travel through Minnesota - they settled in Sargent County where they lived for about a year - until a tornado came - then they moved back to Iowa - they lived on 80 acres in Ridgeway for 25 years (all their children were born there) - 1908 moved to a farm in Canoe township Jacob retired at 60 - and they moved to Decorah immigrated in 1880, naturalized emigrated to the United States 1 May 1880 with older brother Simon - leaving from Bergen Norway on the Inman Line SOURCES: Norwegian Digital Archives Førde birth records Memorial Cards from funerals Anna Petrine Merritt death certificate Anna Gabrielson/Edward Merritt marriage certificate Rodena Gabrielson/William Riehl marriage certificate Gilbert Gabrielson obituary Louise Gabrielson obituary Olga Gabrielson obituary ************************************************** Copyright © 2008 by Caroline Herfindahl. All rights reserved. http://www.iagenweb.org/state/disclaim.htm **************************************************