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Nils Ovesen SELID

Male 1884 - 1958  (74 years)


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  • Name Nils Ovesen SELID 
    Birth 24 Feb 1884  Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Bø 25/ Uppigarden; his WWI draft registration said 20 Feb
    Gender Male 
    Death 31 Aug 1958  Traill County, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Bruflat Cemetery, Portland, Traill County, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Surname Sælid in Norway.

      He registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, in McKenzie County, North Dakota. He was a farmer in Watford City. He had come to the U.S. in 1905.

      In the 1930 census, he was a farmer in Tobacco Garden Twp, McKenzie County, North Dakota.

      In the 1940 census, he was still a farmer in Tobacco Garden Twp. Children still at home were Dorothy and Orville. Alvin, Harold, and Annie were listed with the family but shown as absent.

      He and Jennie returned from a trip to Norway aboard an American Overseas Airlines airplane that landed in New York on 26 Jul 1948. The plane had departed from Oslo. They lived in Watford City, North Dakota, at that time.
    Person ID I23382  Don Carlson's Tree
    Last Modified 18 Mar 2019 

    Father Ove Nilson BØFLATEN,   b. 1839, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1914, Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Anne Nilsdatter KATTEVOLD,   b. 1859, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1930, Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Family ID F16733  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jennie LARSON,   b. 23 Feb 1898, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Mar 1987, Traill County, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years) 
    Marriage 19 Feb 1915  McKenzie County, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • by a Lutheran minister; witnesses: Ole Steile, Aurelia Larson
    Children 
     1. O.C. SELID
     2. Alvin Lawrence SELID,   b. 25 Dec 1917, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Mar 2002, Oregon Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
     3. N.I. SELID
     4. Harold Conrad SELID,   b. 25 Oct 1922, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jun 1979, Williston, Williams County, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)
     5. Annie Mabel SELID,   b. 27 Oct 1925, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Feb 2014, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
     6. Dorothy E SELID,   b. 13 Apr 1927, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 May 2013, McLean County, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
    Family ID F16734  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 18 Mar 2019