Upper Level: Niels Ohlsson 1834-1924 - Petrea Jensen 1841-1886

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Niels Ohlsson 1834-1924 - Petrea Jensen 1841-1886

Neils, Elsie (his 3rd wife), William, Jens
about 1924

Neils Ohlsson (The names have many different spellings)
Parents: Ola Nilsson and Elna Olsdotter

Born 10 Jun 1834 Anderslov, Malmous, Sweden

Note: his surname is spelled with double-s because he was born in Sweden. Danish names use only 1 s.

Christened 18 Jun 1834 Anderslov, Malmous, Sweden

Note: his name is spelled Nils Olsson

Died 18 Mar 1924 Tirstrup, Randers Denmark
Married: 1) Petrea Jensen 6 Nov 1863 Tirstrup, Randers, Denmark
Note: His name is spelled Niels Ohlson in record
2) Kirsten Johannesdatter about 1887 Denmark (she died about 1903)

No Children

3) Elsie Poulsen 5 Nov 1904 Tirstrup, Randers, Denmark
No children - she was over 50 years old. (She is shown in the picture)

Sources
Christening: IGI Film 144828 Batch C402142 dated 1779-1854
Marriage IGI Film 0051306 Batch M203844 dated 1854-1872

Niels Ohlsson and Petrea Jensen marriage record

Petrea Jensen (the picture is not her, but his third wife)
Parents: Soren Jensen and Elmine Boltine Horn
Born 11 Feb 1841 Draaby, Randers, Denmark
Christened 9 May 1841 Draaby Randers, Denmark
Died 5 Nov 1886 Denmark
Sources
Birth: IGI Film 34412 pt 245
Christening: IGI Film 0050940 Batch 206282 dated 1831-1863

CHILDREN

Laura Christiane Ohlson
Born 2 Jan 1864 Tirstrup, Randers, Denmark
Christened 24 Mar 1864 Tirstrup, Randers, Denmark
Note: Father's name spelled Niels Ohlson in record

Married Christen Rasmussen 2 Jan 1894 Grenaa, Randers, Denmark

Children: Neils, Tyra

Died 10 October 1910 Amtssygehuset Grenaa, Denmark

Buried Granaa, Denmark

Death Record - first frame shows the death date the second frame shows the death date and place, the third shows her married name and maiden name, the fourth shows her husband's name, their address, and her parents' names and her birth date and place

Sources
Birth and Christening: IGI Film 0051306 Batch C203844 dated 1854-1872

1890 Denmark Census (age 26, servant in the Brendstrup household)

Death: Denmark Church Records
Ola Ohlson
Born 11 Jun 1866 Tirstrup, Randers, Denmark
Christened 30 Sep 1866 Tirstrup, Randers, Denmark
Note: Father's name spelled Niels Ohlson in record

Never married

No children

Ola's birth and christening record

Died 3 May 1885 Garnisons Song, Denmark (age 18)

Buried 6 June 1885 Denmark

Ola's death record
Note: along with his name, it gives where he is from - Tirstrup

Sources
Birth and Christening: IGI Film 0051306 Batch C203844 dated 1854-1872

Birth and Christening: Denmark Church Records

Note: name spelled Ola Ohlson

1880 Denmark Census Tirstrup, Randers, Denmark (age 13, living with parents, his name is spelled Ole in record)

Death and Burial Record

Note: his surname is spelled Ohlsson in the record

1928 Elmine and grandchild)

Elmine "Minna" Ohlson (female!)
Born 20 Sep 1870 Tirstrup, Randers Denmark
Christened 1 Jan 1871 Tirstrup, Randers Denmark

Elmine's birth and Christening Record
Note: She was obviously named after her maternal grandmother

Married 1) Kristen Elskid Sorenson 26 April 1890 (he is 31-years-old)

Children: Karl, Alfrida, Ebba

Elmine and Kristen's marriage record
Note: they were divorced by 1916

2) Married (?) Kristen Mandrup about 1900 Denmark

Children: Carl, Karna

1930 - Elmine and grandchildren
Grandchildren were identified as Hans, YB, Svends, Gyfee, Ag, Erick,
but not in any order. I see 3 boys and 3 girls. I think the boys are on the left of Elmine and the girls are on the right.

Died after 1930, when the above picture was taken

Buried
Sources
Birth and Christening: IGI Film 0051306 Batch C203844 dated 1854-1872
Marriage: Denmark Church Records

Pictures: from my aunt who got copies from her Aunt Velma

1880 Denmark Census Tirstrup, Randers, Denmark (age 9, living with parents)

1911 Denmark Census Copenhagen, Demark (age 41, with husband)

1916 Denmark Census Copenhagen, Demark (age 46, divorced)

1921 Denmark Census Copenhagen, Demark (age 51, divorced, with daughter and son)

1925 Denmark Census Copenhagen, Demark (age 55, claims she is widowed)

1930 Kompagnistr, Copenhagen, Denmark

Niels Peter Ohlson
Born 3 Feb 1874 Tirstrup, Randers, Denmark
Christened 2 Apr 1874 Tirstrup, Randers, Denmark
Note: Father's name spelled Nils Ohlson in record

Niels' birth and christening

Married Karen Jorgenson Krogh 31 December 1898 Tirstrup, Randers, Denmark

Children: Inger, Cigrid

Died:

Buried
Sources
Birth and Christening: IGI Film 0051306 Batch C203844 dated 1854-1872

1880 Denmark Census Tirstrup, Randers, Denmark (age 5, living with parents)

Denmark Church Records

*Janus Marinus Elman Ohlson (a.k.a. Martin Smith)
To see him as a parent: https://upperlevelgen.blogspot.com/2009/04/martin-smith-janus-marinus-elmann.html

Born 18 Dec 1876 Tirstrup, Randers, Denmark
Note: He departed from Copenhagen, Denmark and Immigrated to USA aboard ship SS Island and arrived in New York 5 May 1899
Occupation: Farmer, Rancher, Meat Wagon driver

Married: Esther Elizabeth East 1 Feb 1911 Ogden, Weber, Utah
NOTE: He married her under the name Martin Smith, so he had obviously changed his name prior to this. I have not heard why he did - though there are rumors of criminal behavior. Nor do I know how he ended up in Utah.
Children: Mary, Alfred (Clyde), Martin (Blaine), Vesta, Velma, Hazel, Esther (Violet), Norma, Donna, Elman (Glen), Beverly
Died 8 Sep 1935 Ogden, Ogden, Utah (age 58)
Buried Oct 1935 Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah

Martin and Esther's headstone

Sources
Immigration: Ellis Island New York Passenger lists 1820-1957 for the ship: SS Island page 229 Line #8
1880 Denmark Census Tirstrup, Randers, Denmark (age 3, living with parents)

1920 US Federal Census for Weber County, Utah
1930 US Federal Census for Ogden, Weber, Utah page 4A
Utah Death Index 1905-1951 State File No. 1935003639
Obituary in Ogden Standard-Examiner, Ogden, Weber, Utah

Jens Ohlsson
passport pic
It describes him
as 5'9"
Medium forehead
Blue eyes
Regular nose
small mouth
oval face
round chin
gray hair
fair complexion

Jens Ohlsson

To see him as a parent: https://upperlevelgen.blogspot.com/2015/06/jens-ohlsson-and-bertha-marie-holst.html

Born 6 Dec 1882 Tirstrup, Randers, Denmark

Occupation: Burlington Northern RR

Married Bertha Marie Sorenson Holst 14 Oct 1911 Williston, Williams, North Dakota (divorced, she returned to Denmark with their children)

Children: William (who eventually went to South Africa) and Margaret Caroline who married Arne Hansen and lived in Denmark. Jen's niece, Sharon, visited Margaret and her family in Denmark in the 1960's at the family farm. It was called Koustrup Garden.

Immigration year: 1910 and 1930 censuses claim 1905

Note: Jens traveled back home several times. The first record I found when he came to the USA was 16 Nov 1901, sailing from Liverpool, England. He had to apply for a passport in 1921 that stated he had lived in Montana and Missouri.

Jens Ohlsson

The following is information obtained from Ellis Island records
First Name: Jens
Last Name: Ohlsson
Ethnicity:
Last Place of Residence: Wolfe Point, Montana
Date of Arrival: Mar 13, 1920
Age at Arrival: 37 Gender: M Marital Status: M
Ship of Travel: Mauretania
Port of Departure: Southampton
Manifest Line Number: 0008

Death Certificate

Died 9 May 1956 St Benedict's Hospital, Ogden, Weber, Utah
COD: Hepato-renal syndrome (Kidney failure) obstructive jaundice, probably carcinoma of common duct (Liver cancer)

Jens Obituary

Note: The informant was his sister, Mary P Smith VanDeGraaff
Buried: 9 JULY 1956 - yes, this is correct!
Note: the reason it took so long to bury him was due to the fact he was cremated and his ashes were shipped to his daughter Margaret in Denmark.
Sources
1910 US Census for Montana Page 9 (age 29)
Note: name given as Jens P Olsen in record
1920 US Census for Sheridan, Montana (age 29 - it should be 39)
Note: name given as Jens P Olsen in record
1930 US Census for Sheridan, Montana (age 49)
Note: name given as Jens P Olsen in record
1940 US Census for Sheridan, Montana (age 59) Note: name given as Jens P Olsen in record

1950 US Census Havre, Hill, Montana (age 67, divorced)
http://www.ellisisland.org/
Pictures: US Passport application and the older picture were from 1947

Obituary - has place of burial wrong

Laramie County, Wyoming Naturalization Records 1867-1920 Vol C p107
US Passport Applications 1795-1925 (He was living in Kansas City, Missouri and applied for his passport on 22 Nov 1921)
Air Passenger Manifest for Scandinavian Airlines 7 Sep 1947 page 176 Line 2 (He's living in Havre, Montana according to the information)
WW1 Draft Registration (he was living in Sheridan County, Montana, was married to Bertha, had Grey-brown hair, blue eyes, a medium build and height)

WW2 Draft Registration 2 May 1942 (described as 5'8 1/2", 190 pounds, blue eyes, light complexion - no hair color chosen, he was living in Glasgow, Montana, and listed the RR as the person that would always know where he was)

Utah Death Certificate
Cremation: Sharon Smith (his great niece) told me she went with his sister-in-law (her grandmother, Esther Elizabeth East Smith) to send his ashes to Denmark
Obituaries from Ogden Standard-Examiner
Burial: Denmark

Heidi Henriette Bertlesen of Denmark is a cousin and I have been in touch with her about this line.

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From a Funeral Program

When I come to the end of the road

And the sun has set for me

I want no rites in a gloom-filled room

Why cry for a soul set free?

Miss me a little - but not for too long

And not with your head bowed low

Remember the love that we once shared

Miss me, but let me go.

For this is a journey that we all must take

And each must go alone

It's all part of the Master's plan

A step on the road to home.

When you are lonely and sick at heart

Go to the hills we know

And bury your sorrow among the trees

Miss me, but let me go.

The Line

Every minute someone leaves this world behind.
We are all in “the line” without knowing it.
We never know how many people are before us.
We can not move to the back of the line.
We can not step out of the line.
We can not avoid the line.

So while we wait in line -

Make moments count.
Make priorities.
Make the time.
Make your gifts known.
Make a nobody feel like a somebody.
Make your voice heard.
Make the small things big.
Make someone smile.
Make the change.
Make love.
Make up.
Make peace.
Make sure to tell your people they are loved.
Make sure to have no regrets.
Make sure you are ready.

I'm My Own Grandpa

Many, many years ago when I was 23,
I got married to a widow
who was as pretty as could be.
She had a grown up daughter
who had a hair of red.
My father fell in love with her
and soon the two were wed.
This made my dad my son-in-law
And changed my very life.
My daughter was my mother,
for she was my father's wife.
To complicate the matters worse,
although it brought me joy,
I soon became the father
of a bouncing baby boy.
My little baby then became a brother -in-law to dad
and so became my uncle though it made me very sad.
For if he was my uncle,
then that also made him brother to the widow's grown-up- daughter,
who of course, was my stepmother.
Father's wife then had a son,
who kept them on the run.
And he became my grandson, for he was my daughter's son.
My wife is now my mother's mother
and it makes me blue.
Because, although she is my wife,
she's my grandma too.
If my wife is my grandmother,
then I am her grandchild.
and every time I think of it,
it simply makes me wild.
For now I have become the strangest case you ever saw.
As the husband of my grandmother,
I am my own grandpa!

Quotes from the Prophets

President Gordon B Hinckley: "It is good to look to the past to gain appreciation for the present and perspective for the future. It is good to look upon the virtues of those who have gone before, to gain strength for whatever lies ahead. It is good to reflect upon the work of those who labored so hard and gained so little in this world, but out of whose dreams and early plans so well nurtured, has come a great harvest of which we are the beneficiaries. Their tremendous example can become a compelling motivation for us all, for each of us is a pioneer in his own life."

President Spencer W Kimball: "I hope to see us dissolve the artificial boundary line we so often place between missionary work and temple and genealogical work, because it is the same great redemptive work!"

President Joseph Fielding Smith: " The responsibility on behalf of our kindred dead rests with equal force on all, according to our individual ability and opportunities...the greatest and grandest duty of all is to labor for the dead."

The Passing of the Pot (Chamber Pot)

As far back in childhood
As memory may go
One household vessel greets me
That wasn't made for show
Beneath the bed twas anchored
Where only few could see
But served the entire family
With equal privacy
Some called the critter Peggy
And some the thundermug
And others called it badger
A few called it jug
To bring it in at evening
Was bad enough no doubt
But heaven help the person
Who had to take it out
Our big one was enormous
And would accomodate
A watermelon party
Composed of six or eight
When nights were dark and rainy
It was a useful urn
On icy winter mornings
The cold rim seemed to burn
At times when things were rushing
And business extra good
Each took his turn a waiting
Or did the best he could
Sometimes when in a hurry
To our disgust and shame
We fumbled in the darkness
And slightly missed our aim
The special one for company
Was decorated well
But just the same it rendered
That old familiar smell
Today this modernism
Relieves me a lot
And only in my vision
I see that homely pot.
(author unknown)

Poem about ancestors

Though steep is the path I follow today,
The footprints of time will show me the way.
For many have traveled a smiliar road,
And carried an equal of heavier load.

No troubles I face are new to this earth,
That man has not faced from time of his birth.
The route has been charted and roads have been paved
By legions before me who were stalwart and brave.

Their steps never faltered nor courage grew dim,
For they trusted the Lord and let Him led them.
If my faith and my trust remain steadfast and true,
God will guide and protect me in all that I do.
- Dolores Karides

The Elusive Ancestor

I went searching for an ancestor.
I cannot find him still.
He moved around from place to place
and did not leave a will.
He married where a courthouse burned.
He mended all his fences.
He avoided any man who came to
take the US census

He always kept his luggage packed,
This man who had no fame,
and every 20 years or so,
This rascal changed his name.
No one else inthis world is
searching for this elusive man,
so I play "Gene-solitaire"
To find him, if I can!

I'm told he's buried in a plot,
with tombstone he was blessed;
but the weather took engravings,
and some vandals took the rest.
He died before the county clerks
were appointed to keep records
No family Bible has emerged -
In spite of all my efforts.

To top it off, this elusive ancestor
who has caused me many groans -
left me even one more challenge:
He brothed a lady,
by the name of "Jones"!
(Got this from a publication
put out by the DUP organization
that names the author: Merrell Kenworthy)

Poem: Heaven's Door

If I should go before you,

If life on earth were through;

I'll stop just inside Heaven's door,

and there I'll wait for you.

You've but to look 'cross star filled skies,

Past the moon and then beyond;

To know my leaving could never break,

This heart's undying bond.

And if you should go before me,

If your journey on earth were through;

You know I will be close behind,

I'll never be far from you.

Across the span of time and space,

This love will reach this far;

For you'll always carry a bit of my heart,

No matter where you are.

Allison Chambers Coxsey©1995 ~ All Rights Reserved

Which Shall It Be? by Adelaide Proctor

Which shall it be?

"Which shall it be? Which shall it be?
I looked at John and John looked at me,
And when I found that I must speak,
My voice seemed strangely low and weak:
˜Tell me again what Robert said,"
And then I, listening, bent my head.
This is his letter:˜I will give
A house and land while you shall live,
If, in return, from out your seven,
One child to me for aye is given."

I looked at John's old garments worn;
I thought of all that he had borne
Of poverty, and work, and care,
Which I, though willing, could not share;
I thought of seven young mouths to feed,
Of seven little children's need,
And then of this.

˜Come, John,said I,
We'll choose among them as they lie
Asleep. So, walking hand in hand,
Dear John and I surveyed our band:
First to the cradle lightly stepped,
Where Lilian, the baby, slept.
Softly the father stooped to lay
His rough hand down in a loving way,
When dream or whisper made her stir,
And huskily he said: ˜Not her!"

We stooped beside the trundle bed,
And one long ray of twilight shed
Athwart the boyish faces there,
In sleep so beautiful and fair;
I saw on James rough, red cheek
A tear undried. E'er John could speak,
He's but a baby, too," said I,
And kissed him as we hurried by.

Pale, patient, Robbie's angel face
Still in his sleep bore suffering's trace.
˜No, for a thousand crowns, not him!"
He whispered, while our eyes were dim.
Poor Dick! bad Dick! our wayward son”
Turbulent, restless, idle one”
Could he be spared?
Nay, He who gave
Bade us befriend him to the grave;
Only a mother's heart could be
Patient enough for such as he;
˜And so," said John, ˜I would not dare
To take him from her bedside prayer."

Then stole we softly up above,
And knelt by Mary, child of love;
˜Perhaps for her ˜twould better be,"
I said to John. Quite silently
He lifted up a curl that lay
Across her cheek in a wilful way,
And shook his head: ˜Nay, love, not thee,
The while my heart beat audibly.

Only one more, our eldest lad,
Trusty and truthful, good and glad,
So like his father. ˜No, John, no!
I cannot, will not, let him go."

And so we wrote, in courteous way,
We could not give one child away;
And afterward toil lighter seemed,
Thinking of that of which we dreamed,
Happy in truth that not one face
Was missed from its accustomed place;
Thankful to work for all the seven,
Trusting the rest to One in heaven."

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Niels Ohlsson 1834-1924 - Petrea Jensen 1841-1886

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