Iowa Family Group Sheet for the Jacob Nikolai GABRIELSON Family

Submitted by: Caroline Herfindahl 


HUSBAND: 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


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