Author: Ardyce Margaret Davies

Publisher:

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13:

Haagen Nelson (1828-1905) was the second son of Niels Haagenson Rud and Anne Halvorsdtr Opheim of Rud in Liagardane. He was baptized in Aal parish, Hallingdal, Norway. Niel's father, Haagen Eirichson Gulhagen married (1) Margit Olsdtr Medgarden in 1779, she died after their fourth child Niels, was born in 1793. He married (2) Astrid Haagensdtr Gulhagen Bombrud in 1795. The entire family of Niels Haagenson emigrated in 1846 to America. They settled at Rock Prairie, Wisconsin. Family members later settled in Clayton and Lyon Counties in Iowa. Haagen Nelson settled in Watonwan Co., Minn. Haagen Nelson married Anne Gjermundsdtr (1841-1920) in 1863. She was the daughter of Gjermund Halvorson Hagen and Haldis Halvorsdtr Bratalien of Aal parish, Hallingdal, Norway. Five generations of ancestors and several generations of descendants are given.