Erik Eriks. Selstø

1853 - 1934  (80 years)

• Name	Erik Eriks. Selstø
  Birth	19 Dec 1853	Selstø, Sund
  Christening	25 Dec 1853	Sund   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Selstad
  Death	9 Mar 1934	San Jose, Santa Clara, CA, USA   [2]
  Burial	12 Mar 1934	Immanuel Lutheran Church, San Jose, Santa Clara, California, USA
  Person ID	I5127	Tofterå Slettemoen
  Last Modified	28 Dec 2021

  
  

  Father	Erik Nils. Selstø,   b. 10 Dec 1822, Selstø, Sund d. 1886, Selstø, Sund (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Ingeborg Knudsdtr. Trellevik,   b. 14 May 1818, Trellevik, Sund d. 1886, Selstø, Sund (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	24 Jun 1845	Sund
  Family ID	F1800	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ingeborg Johannesdtr. Taranger,   b. 1852, Toranger, Austevoll d. Bef 1920, Texas, USA (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	1885	North Dakota, USA
  	Søskenbarn.
  Children	1. Anna Nilsina Selstad,   b. 7 Apr 1886, Leeds township, Benson, ND d. 13 Dec 1960, Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana (Age 74 years)   2. Nels M. Erickson Selstad,   b. 29 Jul 1888, Leeds township, Benson, ND d. 27 May 1969, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA (Age 80 years)   3. John E. Selstad,   b. 29 Sep 1890, Leeds township, Benson, ND d. 14 Jun 1970, San Jose, Santa Clara, CA, USA (Age 79 years)   4. Ingvald Elias Selstad,   b. 29 Dec 1894, Leeds township, Benson, ND d. 30 Jul 1951, Anderson, Madison, Indiana, USA (Age 56 years)
  Family ID	F10581	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Dec 2021

  
  

• Notes

  To US in 1875. Census 1880 has him in Traill, ND with brother Ingebrigt. With Ingeborg J., his sister-in-law who he married, he first lived in Hatton, ND, 1900 Lake Ibsen, Benson, North Dakota, and were farmers in Nueces, TX in 1910. When his sister Ingeborg E. died in 1916 he was living in Kingsville, TX. In 1930 Eric Selstad was living with his son John and wife Anna in San Jose. He is last mentioned in the phone book there in 1934.

  
  

• Sources

  [S30] Vidar Skjelanger, Døpte i Sund 1850-1881, (Digitalarkivet) (Reliability: 3). 1853 S 1912 2512 Erik M E Gaardmand Erik Nilssen Ingeborg Knudsdr Selstø [S44] Digitalarkivet, Emigrantar over Bergen frå Sund kommune (Reliability: 3). 1875 676 5/5 Erik Eriksen Sælstø 22 1853 m Sund Sund ugift Bergen Line Gaardmandssøn 10 Spd