Torger Nelsen^[1]

1840 - 1908  (67 years)

• Name	Torger Nelsen
  Born	10 Apr 1840	Brottem, Ringsaker, Hedmark, Norway
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1870	Yankton, South Dakota, United States   [2]
  Residence	1880	Yankton, South Dakota, United States   [3]
  Residence	1900	Yankton, South Dakota, United States   [4]
  Died	9 Mar 1908	Yankton, South Dakota, United States
  Buried	Vangen Lutheran Cemetery, Mission Hill, Yankton, South Dakota, United States   [5]
  Person ID	I5857848840	Master Tree
  Last Modified	20 Aug 2009

  
  

  Father	Niels Thorstensen Klovstad,   b. 1799, Ringsaker, Hedmark, Norway ,   d. 1899  (Age 100 years)
  Mother	Ingeborg Jorgensdatter,   b. 1805, Ringsaker, Hedmark, Norway ,   d. 1899  (Age 94 years)
  Family ID	F16053348278	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ellen Andersdatter Johnson,   b. 30 Jun 1850, Furnes, Hedmark, Norway ,   d. 30 Oct 1922, Mission Hill, Yankton, South Dakota, United States  (Age 72 years)
  Married	18 Jan 1868
  Children	1. Nels Albert Nelsen,   b. Nov 1868,   d. 4 Feb 1869  (Age ~ 0 years) + 2. Norman Alfred Nelsen,   b. 07 Apr 1871, Yankton, South Dakota, United States ,   d. 11 Jan 1931, Mission Hill, Yankton, South Dakota, United States  (Age 59 years) + 3. Edward Martin Nelsen,   b. 21 Nov 1872, Volin, Yankton, South Dakota, United States ,   d. 07 Dec 1951  (Age 79 years) + 4. Gustav Ingvald Nelsen,   b. 29 Dec 1876, South Dakota, United States ,   d. 23 Feb 1944  (Age 67 years) + 5. Bertha Josephine Nelsen,   b. 16 Jan 1877, South Dakota, United States ,   d. 22 Sep 1950  (Age 73 years) + 6. Julia Karine Nelsen,   b. 06 Dec 1878, Yankton, South Dakota, United States ,   d. 15 Aug 1935, Yankton, South Dakota, United States  (Age 56 years) + 7. William Oliver Nelsen,   b. 22 Sep 1881, South Dakota, United States ,   d. 2 Oct 1928, Yankton, South Dakota, United States  (Age 47 years) + 8. Tilda Eline Nelson,   b. 12 Apr 1883, South Dakota, United States ,   d. 31 Oct 1971, Yucca Valley, San Bernardino, California,  (Age 88 years) + 9. Emma Bergina Nelson,   b. 17 Feb 1885, South Dakota, United States ,   d. 17 Jan 1950, Superior, Douglas, Wisconsin, United States  (Age 64 years)   10. Marcus Nelsen,   b. 25 Nov 1887,   d. 10 Apr 1888  (Age 0 years) + 11. Marcus Nelsen,   b. 25 Mar 1889, Yankton, South Dakota, United States ,   d. 7 Dec 1955  (Age 66 years) + 12. Almer Nelson,   b. 17 June 1891, Yankton, South Dakota, United States ,   d. 19 Jun 1951, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States  (Age 60 years)   13. Nora Nelson,   b. 24 Mar 1895, Yankton, South Dakota, United States ,   d. 24 Jan 1974  (Age 78 years)
  Documents		The Family History of Torger and Elie Nelsen
  Last Modified	20 Aug 2009
  Family ID	F5350798187	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 10 Apr 1840 - Brottem, Ringsaker, Hedmark, Norway Residence - 1870 - Yankton, South Dakota, United States Residence - 1880 - Yankton, South Dakota, United States Residence - 1900 - Yankton, South Dakota, United States Died - 9 Mar 1908 - Yankton, South Dakota, United States Buried - - Vangen Lutheran Cemetery, Mission Hill, Yankton, South Dakota, United States  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Immigration year 1860 South Dakota Territorial Legislator from 1867-1868 for Yankton County. Mentioned in Chapter LXXXVII of "History of South Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. I (1904), pages 506-508. This organization included all that territory in which the Norwegians had then settled, from Brule creek, Union county, to Dakota river. Rev. Krohn visited the congregation again in the month of September, the following year, and this time he came as far west as to Dakota river, where he preached at the house of Torger Nelson. Translated from 'Nordmændene i Amerika' by Martin Ulvestad. 1907: Christian Pedersen Marindahl from Ringsaker is given as the first Norwegian settler in this county. He settled at a place that now bears his name (Marindahl) in 1860. The Indians were his neighbors there for a time. Next after Christian Pedersen came Ole Pedersen, M. J. Minde, John J. Aalseth, C. H. Brurud, Frans Shager, Gulbrand Levorson, Haldor Bryngelsen Løen, Lars Olsen, Simon Petersen, Torger Nelson, T. Aalseth, Mathias Larsen, Peder Einarsen and Torbjørn Torbjørnsen. They were also sort of soldiers against the Indians. They received carbines and saddles from the government.

  
  

• Sources

  [S8072387529] History of Dakota Territory, Kingsbury, George W., (Chicago: S.J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1915), Volume 4, Page 1007. On the 12th of January, 1888, occurred the worst blizzard in the experience of the white settlers in Dakota, but Mr. Welby braved the storm to take food and hot coffee tothe children, who were of necessity detained at school. In company with his neighbor, Torger Nelsen, he made a second trip to the school and they nearly missed the building, so blinding was the storm. They had passed it when they heard voices which guided them to the school in safety. The two men took their children with them on returning from the second trip and all remained at the Welby home during the night. [S560402622] 1870 United States Census. [S8029507917] 1880 United States Census. [S560402473] 1900 United States Census. [S8072066245] Yankton Co. Cemetery Inscriptions on USGenWeb, http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/sd/yankton/cemeteries.