All: At the time of her death, Caroline had 11 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren and three step-daughters. Her husband died before she did. She was a member of the Swedish M.E. church. She was 84 years of age. She died at her home at 309 Northwest 2nd Avenue, following a condition of failing health for the past several years. She had been bedfast for ten days preceding her passing. Following her husbands death she came to Galva--lived there 25 yrs.--member of Swedish M.E. church
All: Frederick Carl Weltzin migrated from Christiania, Norway. He was a rich man's son. He became a farmer and came on covered wagon to Dane co., Wisconsin. It is believed that the sailing date of the 3 brothers was 25 April 1854. The son Joachim had personal knowledge of the death of his father Carl Frederick.
All: Monsina died at home of her daughter Clara Eleanora Weltzin. Obituary says she was born 17 Nov 1838. It says she died at 82 yrs., 6m, 11dys.
All: Carl lived in Sioux Falls,S.D. in 1941.
All: Frederick Carl Weltzin migrated from Christiania, Norway. He was a rich man's son. He became a farmer and came on covered wagon to Dane co., Wisconsin. It is believed that the sailing date of the 3 brothers was 25 April 1854. The son Joachim had personal knowledge of the death of his father Carl Frederick.
30 yrs. old at birth of 1st child. Source is J. Frederick Weltzin--Univ. of Idaho History Prof. Death rec on Library of Congress catalogue card #108246.
Captain Joachim Frederick VON WELTZIN
All: He was a captain in the Norwegian Army. Born probably on Gaard Nesvik. A gaard is like an old estate in a valley.
.Charlotte Anna Pauline BIERCH
All: Charlotte was a daughter of a Danish sea captain and naval commissioner. Recs also say she died in Perry. I assume that is in the new world.
Marie Carolyn Linderholm says," Bertha Jensen was widowed after her husband drowned in a fishing accident and took her children on a ship ( not 1854 excursion by Carl Frederick), 3 boys and 2 girls--2 months crossing- bad conditions. All very sick. 2 months later landed in Canada. They got very hungary while waiting for U.S. quota to open up and they found their way to South Dakota, where she homesteaded."
All: At the time of her death, Caroline had 11 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren and three step-daughters. Her husband died before she did. She was a member of the Swedish M.E. church. She was 84 years of age. She died at her home at 309 Northwest 2nd Avenue, following a condition of failing health for the past several years. She had been bedfast for ten days preceding her passing. Following her husbands death she came to Galva--lived there 25 yrs.--member of Swedish M.E. church
The 1880 census shows Nels Family. He was a farmer and she kept house.
All: Will lived in Victoria , Illinois at the time of his mother's death. He was a farmer by 1880.