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Selma NESS

Female - 1920


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  • Name Selma NESS 
    Birth Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    MN Death Cert Checked
    Minnesota Death Certificate 1920-MN-014668 
    Death 18 Dec 1920  New Market Twp, Scott County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial East Christiania Lutheran Cemetery, Eureka Twp, Dakota County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • “probable burial”; not found by Debbie Boe in her indexing of the cemetery
    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.
    Person ID I1012  Don Carlson's Tree
    Last Modified 30 Jun 2023 

    Father Ole Olsson NÆS,   b. 24 Jun 1835, Nord-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Barbro Helgesdatter,   b. 27 Jul 1838, Nord-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 1860 
    Family ID F8139  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ole O “Big Tom” NELSON,   b. 25 Aug 1863, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 May 1933, New Market Twp, Scott County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Marriage 18 May 1904  Scott County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Sophia Bertina NELSON,   b. 5 Nov 1905, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jul 1945, New Market Twp, Scott County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years)
     2. Oscar H NELSON,   b. 6 May 1907, Scott County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Oct 1978, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
    Family ID F744  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Jan 2010