Selma NESS

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1920-MN-014668

Notes:

Various records have her birth date as 28 Jun 1872 and 17 May 1873. Neither of these can be correct if she is Mary’s sister because there was no one between Siri and Marit in the 1875 census. Selma is either Siri, born in 1870, or an as yet unidentified daughter of Ole and Barbro born after Marit. (No such daughter was found in the birth records or confirmation records.)

And she must be Mary’s sister. Mary “Nass” and her soon-to-be husband Ole were witnesses to the marriage of Selma “Nass” and Ole Nelson on 18 May 1904 at West Christiania. The church record for that marriage shows Ole Nass and Barbro Nass as the parents of Selma.

Came to this country in 1903.

She was 37 in the 1910 census (implying b. 1873). Called Felina in the 1920 census, at which time she was 46, again implying a birth in 1873.

Died of “valvular heart disease with motor paralysis of legs.” The informant for the information on her death certificate was her husband Ole.

The L Jacobson Family Tree has her birth date as 17 May 1873 and her name as Senia.

Buried:
“probable burial”; not found by Debbie Boe in her indexing of the cemetery

Selma married Ole O “Big Tom” NELSON on 18 May 1904 in Scott County, Minnesota. Ole (son of Ole Nielsson KATTEVOLD and Sigrid Olsdatter (Sarah) ELLINGBØE) was born on 25 Aug 1863 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 24 May 1933 in New Market Twp, Scott County, Minnesota; was buried on 26 May 1933 in New Market Twp, Scott County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Sophia Bertina NELSON was born on 5 Nov 1905 in Minnesota; died on 6 Jul 1945 in New Market Twp, Scott County, Minnesota; was buried in West Christiania Lutheran Cemetery, New Market Twp, Scott County, Minnesota.
2. Oscar H NELSON was born on 6 May 1907 in Scott County, Minnesota; died on 28 Oct 1978 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 31 Oct 1978 in Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.

Notes:

In the 1875 census, he and his family live on Kviteberg in Nord-Aurdal. He is a husmand med jord. He and all of the members of his family were born in Svennes. The birth years: Ole Olsen, 1837, Barbro Helgesdatter, 1835, Ole Olsen, 1861, Harald Olsen, 1865, Astri Olsdatter, 1868, Siri Olsdatter, 1870, Marit Olsdatter, 1874.

Ole and Barbro still live on a Kviteberg plass in the 1900 and 1910 censuses but none of their children live with them. In the 1910 census, they’re called Ola and Barbro Kviteberg.

Ole’s birth date, as given in the 1910 census, was 24 Jun 1835.

Ole married Barbro Helgesdatter in 1860. Barbro was born on 27 Jul 1838 in Nord-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Barbro’s birth date, as given in the 1910 census, was 27 Jul 1838.