Froystad is the name of a farm in Breim,Gloppen,Sogn of Fjordane, Norway. On ancestry.com, the place of birth is given as Breine. Sailed from Christiania (now Oslo) Norway,on the ship Oscar II and landed at Ellis Island,New York,New York 31st May, 1911.
The Family Search LDS site notes he was from Nordfjord, Norway.
1920 census notes he lives in Davis, Harding County, South Dakota. He had a homestead in Ludlow, South Dakota.
1940 census notes he lives at Fort Amador, Balboa, Panama Canal.
Enlisted January, 1946 during World War II as a U.S.Army Master SGT. Mustered out 3rd August,1946.
The body was at the Godeau Funeral Home in San Francisco, CA. and then it was sent to Wisconsin for burial.
The gravestone gives his birth date but the application for his headstone gives a corrected birth date of 28th May, 1894.
John P.Fossum's wife Gyda Froystad Fossum was a sister to Nils.
Nels was one of eight children.
The Family Search LDS site notes he was from Nordfjord, Norway.
1920 census notes he lives in Davis, Harding County, South Dakota. He had a homestead in Ludlow, South Dakota.
1940 census notes he lives at Fort Amador, Balboa, Panama Canal.
Enlisted January, 1946 during World War II as a U.S.Army Master SGT. Mustered out 3rd August,1946.
The body was at the Godeau Funeral Home in San Francisco, CA. and then it was sent to Wisconsin for burial.
The gravestone gives his birth date but the application for his headstone gives a corrected birth date of 28th May, 1894.
John P.Fossum's wife Gyda Froystad Fossum was a sister to Nils.
Nels was one of eight children.
Froystad is the name of a farm in Breim,Gloppen,Sogn of Fjordane, Norway. On ancestry.com, the place of birth is given as Breine. Sailed from Christiania (now Oslo) Norway,on the ship Oscar II and landed at Ellis Island,New York,New York 31st May, 1911.
The Family Search LDS site notes he was from Nordfjord, Norway.
1920 census notes he lives in Davis, Harding County, South Dakota. He had a homestead in Ludlow, South Dakota.
1940 census notes he lives at Fort Amador, Balboa, Panama Canal.
Enlisted January, 1946 during World War II as a U.S.Army Master SGT. Mustered out 3rd August,1946.
The body was at the Godeau Funeral Home in San Francisco, CA. and then it was sent to Wisconsin for burial.
The gravestone gives his birth date but the application for his headstone gives a corrected birth date of 28th May, 1894.
John P.Fossum's wife Gyda Froystad Fossum was a sister to Nils.
Nels was one of eight children.
The Family Search LDS site notes he was from Nordfjord, Norway.
1920 census notes he lives in Davis, Harding County, South Dakota. He had a homestead in Ludlow, South Dakota.
1940 census notes he lives at Fort Amador, Balboa, Panama Canal.
Enlisted January, 1946 during World War II as a U.S.Army Master SGT. Mustered out 3rd August,1946.
The body was at the Godeau Funeral Home in San Francisco, CA. and then it was sent to Wisconsin for burial.
The gravestone gives his birth date but the application for his headstone gives a corrected birth date of 28th May, 1894.
John P.Fossum's wife Gyda Froystad Fossum was a sister to Nils.
Nels was one of eight children.
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