Nils Larson BOLSTAD

   Other names for Nils were Niels Larsen BOLSTAD, Niels Larsen HÆGLE and Nils Larsen VOLSTAD.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census: farm Bolstad, 1801, Voss, Hordaland, Norway. County district Parish Local parish Gard/hus
250 Søndre Bergenhuus Voss Evanger Bolstad

New household Given name Last name Household pos. Age Marital status Occupation Sex
4188 Lars Nielsen Manden 25 Begge i 1ste ægteskab Inderste og gaaer i dagleje M
4189 Ingebor Knudsdtr Hans kone 26 Begge i 1ste ægteskab K
4190 Knud Larsen Deres børn 4 Ugift M
4191 Niels Larsen Deres børn 1 M

• Immigration: from Norway, 1837, America. Name: N. L. Bolstad Age: 36 Sex: m
Passenger on: Bark Ægir 1837, from Bergen Apr. 7 to New York June 10

• Census: Deerfield, 1860, Dane County, WI. line 29

126 126 Nels Larson 60 Norway
Ann Larson 50 Norway
Lewis 16 WI
Isabel 14 WI
Ole 12 WI
Betsey 12 WI
Sarah 9 WI
Knut 7 WI
Peter Anderson 28 Norway

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• Cemetery: East Koshkonong Cemetery, Rockdale, 1865, Dane County, WI. Birth: May 5, 1800
Death: Aug. 15, 1865

• Reference: A History of Norwegian Immigration by George Flom, 1909. p171
KOSHONONG SETTLEMENT
[...]
Nils Gilderhus and Magne Bystolen continued to live another year, but Nils Bolstad erected a log cabin in 1841, when he married Anna Vindeig, who was the first white woman in the locality.

• Reference: A Chronicler Of Immigrant Life, 1982. Svein Nilsson's Articles In Billed-Magazin, 1868-1870
pp94-95

Nils married Anne Olsdatter VINDEG, daughter of Ole Ellevsen HOSTVEDT and Birgit Halvorsdatter KRAVIK, in 1841. (Anne Olsdatter VINDEG was born on 31 Oct 1811 in Rollag, Buskerud, Norway ¹, baptized on 10 Nov 1811 in Veggli, Rollag, Buskerud, Norway ¹ and died on 16 Jan 1893.)