Tofterå Slettemoen genealogy
Thorkel M. Nelson
1865 - 1940 (75 years)
Generation: 1
1. Thorkel M. Nelson was born on 13 Jan 1865 in Bekkjarvik, Austevoll; died on 5 Sep 1940; was buried in 1940 in Grenora, Williams County, North Dakota. Notes:
1865 og 1875 Varhaugen. Reiste ut som ugift husmandssøn 13. april 1888.
1900 Norden, Deuel, South Dakota, USA
1930 Missouri Ridge, Williams, North Dakota, USA
Barn:
Matilda (Tilley) Gurina Nelson, 1891– 1969 m. Nils Gronseth
Melvin William Nelson, 1894– 1978
Carl Ingvald Nelson, 1897– 1980
Thea Berthine Nelson, 1899– 1983
Henrik Leroy Nelson, 1901– 1928
Arthur Nelander Nelson, 1903– 1931
Clara Nelson, 1905– 1999Thorkel married Brithe Endresdtr. Drivenes in 1889. Brithe (daughter of Endre Haagens. Drivenes and Guri Johannesdtr. Uglenes) was born in 1866 in Sanden, Søre Drivenes, Austevoll; was christened on 18 Mar 1866 in Fitjar; died on 5 Apr 1925 in Michigan, Nelson, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]