Nils Larson BOLSTAD
(1800-1865)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Anne Olsdatter VINDEG

Nils Larson BOLSTAD

  • Born: 5 May 1800, Voss, Hordaland, Norway
  • Baptized: 3 Jun 1800, Voss, Hordaland, Norway
  • Marriage: Anne Olsdatter VINDEG in 1841
  • Died: 15 Aug 1865, WI at age 65

   Other names for Nils were Niels Larsen BOLSTAD, Niels Larsen HÆGLE and Nils Larsen VOLSTAD.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census: farm Bolstad, 1801, Voss, Hordaland, Norway. County district Parish Local parish Gard/hus
250 Søndre Bergenhuus Voss Evanger Bolstad

New household Given name Last name Household pos. Age Marital status Occupation Sex
4188 Lars Nielsen Manden 25 Begge i 1ste ægteskab Inderste og gaaer i dagleje M
4189 Ingebor Knudsdtr Hans kone 26 Begge i 1ste ægteskab K
4190 Knud Larsen Deres børn 4 Ugift M
4191 Niels Larsen Deres børn 1 M

• Immigration: from Norway, 1837, America. Name: N. L. Bolstad Age: 36 Sex: m
Passenger on: Bark Ægir 1837, from Bergen Apr. 7 to New York June 10

• Census: Deerfield, 1860, Dane County, WI. line 29

126 126 Nels Larson 60 Norway
Ann Larson 50 Norway
Lewis 16 WI
Isabel 14 WI
Ole 12 WI
Betsey 12 WI
Sarah 9 WI
Knut 7 WI
Peter Anderson 28 Norway

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• Cemetery: East Koshkonong Cemetery, Rockdale, 1865, Dane County, WI. Birth: May 5, 1800
Death: Aug. 15, 1865

• Reference: A History of Norwegian Immigration by George Flom, 1909. p171
KOSHONONG SETTLEMENT
[...]
Nils Gilderhus and Magne Bystolen continued to live another year, but Nils Bolstad erected a log cabin in 1841, when he married Anna Vindeig, who was the first white woman in the locality.

• Reference: A Chronicler Of Immigrant Life, 1982. Svein Nilsson's Articles In Billed-Magazin, 1868-1870
pp94-95


Nils married Anne Olsdatter VINDEG, daughter of Ole Ellevsen HOSTVEDT and Birgit Halvorsdatter KRAVIK, in 1841. (Anne Olsdatter VINDEG was born on 31 Oct 1811 in Rollag, Buskerud, Norway 1, baptized on 10 Nov 1811 in Veggli, Rollag, Buskerud, Norway 1 and died on 16 Jan 1893.)


Sources


1 Rollag 1792-1814 (Arkivverket), p239, 1811.


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