Nils Hansen Rødalshaugen and wife Ida Olsdotter

Started by NancyC · 2013-08-26
NancyC · 2013-08-26#1
This post is connected to the long thread on Edvard Hansen Rødalshaugen /forum/edvard-hansen-roedalshaugen-1/ I have new information on Nils Hansen Rødalshaugen, and I hope that this might lead to some descendants or, hopefully, some information on the fate of Edvard. Nils was the older brother of Edvard, and he was born 26 December 1857. He is listed in the church record among the "udflyttede" 31 May 1879, at the top of the page in this link http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=4073&uid=ny&idx_side=-242 So far, I have not found Nils among the lists of emigrants at Arkivverket/digitalarkivet, or on a list of passengers. Perhaps someone has further information on his emigration details? Nils married Ida Olsdotter Gundstad, Krokum, 29 April 1878 in Sør-Fron, listed as number 4 in this link http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=6081&uid=ny&idx_side=-311 Nils and Ida had a daughter, Hanna, 1 June 1878. She was born and christened the same day at Rødalshaugen, which may indicate that she was weak at birth. One of her sponsors was her uncle, Edvard Rødalshaugen. http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=4073&uid=ny&idx_side=-7 Ida and her two children, Anna Amundsdotter and Hanna Nilsdotter, emigrated 14 May 1880, traveling on the Angelo from Christiania to Hull. Their destination was Westby, WI, so Nils had probably settled there the year before http://digitalarkivet.no/cgi-win/WebCens.exe?slag=visbase&sidenr=8&filnamn=emikra1&gardpostnr=19096&merk=19096#ovre I have not been able to find the family in the censuses, but their surname is again a problem, so I have been looking at a number of possibilities. I will post again if I find anything more. if anyone is related to these people or has additional information, please respond!

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