Timeline
- Sep 24, 1878Born Kjemhus, Veggli, Rollag, Buskerud, Norway
- Oct 27, 1878Christened Veggli, Rollag, Buskerud, Norway
- Oct 27, 1878Baptized Rollag, Buskerud, Norge
- May 27, 1887Emigrated ChristianiaChristiania Norway's capital, spelled Kristiania from the late 1800s and renamed Oslo in 1925. Emigrants from eastern Norway sailed from its harbor, and the city's police kept a register of them as they left. All the words (Oslo), Norway, Aboard the Rollo from Christiania. source
- Jun 14, 1887Arrived Quebec, Quebec, Canada, Arrived aboard Toronto (Dominion Line) with the Kjemhus family, from Liverpool 3 June via Belfast 4 June; ticket destination Montevideo, Minnesota. source
- 1897Arrived
- 1897Married Halvor Bjornson Nelson, Morden, Manitoba, Canada
- 1910Lived Freemont, Cavalier, North Dakota, United States
- 1920–1930Lived Fremont, Cavalier, North Dakota, United States
- 1935Lived Same House
- 1940Lived Fremont Township, Cavalier, North Dakota, United States
- May 6, 1964Died North Dakota, United States
- 1964Buried Nore NumedahlNumedahl A Norwegian farming community in Cavalier County, North Dakota, named by its settlers after Numedal, the valley in Norway. Tollef Kjemhus farmed there, and his grandson Pete spent boyhood summers on his farm. Numedal and Numedahl → Church, Cavalier, Dakota Territory, United States
Family
- Parents
- Halvor Steinarsen Kjemhus 1835–1888
Kjersti Tollevsdatter b. 1844 - Spouse
- Halvor Bjornson Nelson
- Children
- Bernhard Nelson 1898–1989
Charles Nelson 1900–1994
Clara Nelson b. c. 1904
Helmet Nelson b. 1908
Marie Nelson 1910–1992
Anne Nelson 1912–1982
Selma Madeline Nelson 1914–2010 - Siblings
- Steinar Halvorson Kjemhus 1869–1907
Tollef Halvorsen Kjemhus 1871–1963
Tosten Kjemhus 1883–1943
Peder Halvorson Kjemhus 1887–1936 - Farms
- Kjemhus born here
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Sources
- Emigration · May 27, 1887Rollag ministerialbok I11 — Halvor Stenersen Kjemhus household, departures1887, p225
- Emigration · May 27, 1887Oslo police emigrant protocol14 (1887–1888) — Halvor Stenersen household, p79
- Emigration · May 27, 1887Christiania emigrant protocol 14 — Kjemhus family, Rollo departure, 27 May 1887. National Archives of Norway ↗
- Arrival · Jun 14, 1887Canada passenger lists — Toronto, Liverpool to Quebec, 14 June 1887, Kjemhus family. Ancestry ↗ (account needed)
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