SOREN NELSON
(1849 - 1939)
Soren Nelson, 89, former Manitowoc resident, died Sunday morning at the home of his son, Rev. G. A. Sundby, Rio, Wisconsin, with whom he had been making his home for the past six years.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at three o'clock at the Evergreen cemetery chapel, the Rev. Ernest Zoerb officiating.
Mr. Nelson was born Sept. 29, 1849 in Norway. In the late 1860's he came to America and directly to Manitowoc. He sailed on vessels out of this city for some years. Among the ships on which he sailed were the Jessie Philips and the Success. With four partners, Mr. Nelson built the Felicitous, of which he was part owner. For fifty years or more Mr. Nelson was a carpenter at the Manitowoc Shipyards.
On December 18, 1877 he was married to Martha Halverson Kiland. Mrs. Nelson died in 1931. Mr. Nelson was a member of the First Lutheran church here.
Only one son, the Rev. Sundby, survives.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Wis., June 20, 1939 P. 2
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Seren Nilsen (Sam Nelson)
▪ son of Nils Andreassen and Andrine
▪ b Sept 1849 Norway, d 1939 bur Evergreen
▪ Immigrated 1869, declaration of intent 1870
▪ Manitowoc: sailor 1877, ship carpenter 1880-
▪ m 18 Dec 1877 Manitowoc to Marthe, daughter of *Gunder Halvorsen Kiland and Gunnild Torjusdatter
▪ b 22 Aug 1851 Manitowoc, d 2 June 1931 Rio, Wisconsin, bur Manitowoc
Children:
▪ Gustav Adolf b 27 Sept 1878, pastor, used the name Sundby
▪ Agnes Cornelia b 30 April 1881, d 28 May 1904
▪ Selma Mathilde b 18 Nov 1883, d 23 Jan 1890
"Manitowoc-skogen; A Biographical and Genealogical Directory of the Residents of Norwegian Birth and Descent in Manitowoc and Kewaunee Counties in Wisconsin from the First Settlement to 1900"; by Robert A. Bjerke pg. 216
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▪ died 06-18-1939
▪ buried 06-21-1939
▪ died at Rio, WI
▪ cause: exhaustion from possible pancreatic malignancy
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(1849 - 1939)
Soren Nelson, 89, former Manitowoc resident, died Sunday morning at the home of his son, Rev. G. A. Sundby, Rio, Wisconsin, with whom he had been making his home for the past six years.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at three o'clock at the Evergreen cemetery chapel, the Rev. Ernest Zoerb officiating.
Mr. Nelson was born Sept. 29, 1849 in Norway. In the late 1860's he came to America and directly to Manitowoc. He sailed on vessels out of this city for some years. Among the ships on which he sailed were the Jessie Philips and the Success. With four partners, Mr. Nelson built the Felicitous, of which he was part owner. For fifty years or more Mr. Nelson was a carpenter at the Manitowoc Shipyards.
On December 18, 1877 he was married to Martha Halverson Kiland. Mrs. Nelson died in 1931. Mr. Nelson was a member of the First Lutheran church here.
Only one son, the Rev. Sundby, survives.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Wis., June 20, 1939 P. 2
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Seren Nilsen (Sam Nelson)
▪ son of Nils Andreassen and Andrine
▪ b Sept 1849 Norway, d 1939 bur Evergreen
▪ Immigrated 1869, declaration of intent 1870
▪ Manitowoc: sailor 1877, ship carpenter 1880-
▪ m 18 Dec 1877 Manitowoc to Marthe, daughter of *Gunder Halvorsen Kiland and Gunnild Torjusdatter
▪ b 22 Aug 1851 Manitowoc, d 2 June 1931 Rio, Wisconsin, bur Manitowoc
Children:
▪ Gustav Adolf b 27 Sept 1878, pastor, used the name Sundby
▪ Agnes Cornelia b 30 April 1881, d 28 May 1904
▪ Selma Mathilde b 18 Nov 1883, d 23 Jan 1890
"Manitowoc-skogen; A Biographical and Genealogical Directory of the Residents of Norwegian Birth and Descent in Manitowoc and Kewaunee Counties in Wisconsin from the First Settlement to 1900"; by Robert A. Bjerke pg. 216
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▪ died 06-18-1939
▪ buried 06-21-1939
▪ died at Rio, WI
▪ cause: exhaustion from possible pancreatic malignancy
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SOREN NELSON
(1849 - 1939)
Soren Nelson, 89, former Manitowoc resident, died Sunday morning at the home of his son, Rev. G. A. Sundby, Rio, Wisconsin, with whom he had been making his home for the past six years.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at three o'clock at the Evergreen cemetery chapel, the Rev. Ernest Zoerb officiating.
Mr. Nelson was born Sept. 29, 1849 in Norway. In the late 1860's he came to America and directly to Manitowoc. He sailed on vessels out of this city for some years. Among the ships on which he sailed were the Jessie Philips and the Success. With four partners, Mr. Nelson built the Felicitous, of which he was part owner. For fifty years or more Mr. Nelson was a carpenter at the Manitowoc Shipyards.
On December 18, 1877 he was married to Martha Halverson Kiland. Mrs. Nelson died in 1931. Mr. Nelson was a member of the First Lutheran church here.
Only one son, the Rev. Sundby, survives.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Wis., June 20, 1939 P. 2
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Seren Nilsen (Sam Nelson)
▪ son of Nils Andreassen and Andrine
▪ b Sept 1849 Norway, d 1939 bur Evergreen
▪ Immigrated 1869, declaration of intent 1870
▪ Manitowoc: sailor 1877, ship carpenter 1880-
▪ m 18 Dec 1877 Manitowoc to Marthe, daughter of *Gunder Halvorsen Kiland and Gunnild Torjusdatter
▪ b 22 Aug 1851 Manitowoc, d 2 June 1931 Rio, Wisconsin, bur Manitowoc
Children:
▪ Gustav Adolf b 27 Sept 1878, pastor, used the name Sundby
▪ Agnes Cornelia b 30 April 1881, d 28 May 1904
▪ Selma Mathilde b 18 Nov 1883, d 23 Jan 1890
"Manitowoc-skogen; A Biographical and Genealogical Directory of the Residents of Norwegian Birth and Descent in Manitowoc and Kewaunee Counties in Wisconsin from the First Settlement to 1900"; by Robert A. Bjerke pg. 216
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▪ died 06-18-1939
▪ buried 06-21-1939
▪ died at Rio, WI
▪ cause: exhaustion from possible pancreatic malignancy
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(1849 - 1939)
Soren Nelson, 89, former Manitowoc resident, died Sunday morning at the home of his son, Rev. G. A. Sundby, Rio, Wisconsin, with whom he had been making his home for the past six years.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at three o'clock at the Evergreen cemetery chapel, the Rev. Ernest Zoerb officiating.
Mr. Nelson was born Sept. 29, 1849 in Norway. In the late 1860's he came to America and directly to Manitowoc. He sailed on vessels out of this city for some years. Among the ships on which he sailed were the Jessie Philips and the Success. With four partners, Mr. Nelson built the Felicitous, of which he was part owner. For fifty years or more Mr. Nelson was a carpenter at the Manitowoc Shipyards.
On December 18, 1877 he was married to Martha Halverson Kiland. Mrs. Nelson died in 1931. Mr. Nelson was a member of the First Lutheran church here.
Only one son, the Rev. Sundby, survives.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Wis., June 20, 1939 P. 2
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Seren Nilsen (Sam Nelson)
▪ son of Nils Andreassen and Andrine
▪ b Sept 1849 Norway, d 1939 bur Evergreen
▪ Immigrated 1869, declaration of intent 1870
▪ Manitowoc: sailor 1877, ship carpenter 1880-
▪ m 18 Dec 1877 Manitowoc to Marthe, daughter of *Gunder Halvorsen Kiland and Gunnild Torjusdatter
▪ b 22 Aug 1851 Manitowoc, d 2 June 1931 Rio, Wisconsin, bur Manitowoc
Children:
▪ Gustav Adolf b 27 Sept 1878, pastor, used the name Sundby
▪ Agnes Cornelia b 30 April 1881, d 28 May 1904
▪ Selma Mathilde b 18 Nov 1883, d 23 Jan 1890
"Manitowoc-skogen; A Biographical and Genealogical Directory of the Residents of Norwegian Birth and Descent in Manitowoc and Kewaunee Counties in Wisconsin from the First Settlement to 1900"; by Robert A. Bjerke pg. 216
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▪ died 06-18-1939
▪ buried 06-21-1939
▪ died at Rio, WI
▪ cause: exhaustion from possible pancreatic malignancy
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