Married to Agnet HOVELSDATTER. After wife died in 1863, Nils immigrated to the U.S. and may have taken the name Nelson or Nilson. He lived with his daughter, Andrine, and her husband Gilbert Hanson in Allamakee Co., Iowa.
Nils died shortly after coming to the U.S. and is buried beside Gilbert Hanson in the Old West Paint Creek Lutheran Cemetery. His headstone reads only "Grandfather", no name or dates.
In Norway, Nils was a "husmann" or "cotter" at an estate known as Ulshus, which meant he was subject to working for daily wages and was on call for work at the him of the owner of the manor at any time.
Nils died shortly after coming to the U.S. and is buried beside Gilbert Hanson in the Old West Paint Creek Lutheran Cemetery. His headstone reads only "Grandfather", no name or dates.
In Norway, Nils was a "husmann" or "cotter" at an estate known as Ulshus, which meant he was subject to working for daily wages and was on call for work at the him of the owner of the manor at any time.
Married to Agnet HOVELSDATTER. After wife died in 1863, Nils immigrated to the U.S. and may have taken the name Nelson or Nilson. He lived with his daughter, Andrine, and her husband Gilbert Hanson in Allamakee Co., Iowa.
Nils died shortly after coming to the U.S. and is buried beside Gilbert Hanson in the Old West Paint Creek Lutheran Cemetery. His headstone reads only "Grandfather", no name or dates.
In Norway, Nils was a "husmann" or "cotter" at an estate known as Ulshus, which meant he was subject to working for daily wages and was on call for work at the him of the owner of the manor at any time.
Nils died shortly after coming to the U.S. and is buried beside Gilbert Hanson in the Old West Paint Creek Lutheran Cemetery. His headstone reads only "Grandfather", no name or dates.
In Norway, Nils was a "husmann" or "cotter" at an estate known as Ulshus, which meant he was subject to working for daily wages and was on call for work at the him of the owner of the manor at any time.
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