Martin Sorensen infant

Died at sea coming over from Norway.

Notes by CASPARA OVIDA NELSON (BURGER) ( TOUTANT)

My Mother was born September 7, 1882, Elissa Cathrine Sorenson and passed away May 25, 1917. She was born in Norway. Her mother was Karen Tobena, and I don’t know about her father. Brothers and Sister were Ole, Carl and Martin. Martin died at sea. She had Vie, Lloyd, Esther, me, Selma and Eliza. My Dad Ole L. Nelson was born in Norway December 03, 1865 and died at Gunder Iowa May 05, 1925. I don’t know a thing about his parents. His brothers and sisters were. Nels, Christian, Kjersty and Anna. He had Carl ( Charley), Lloyd, Esther, Me, Selma and Eliza. My mother had Vie out of wedlock before she and dad were married, My dad had Charley with his first wife, Carrie Kold. Who passed away when Charley was 3. This all took place at Gunder Iowa in Clayton County.

My mother died of T.B.  My dad died of enlargement of the heart.  

Your dad and I were married November 29, 1934 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Waterloo. We were divorced October 31, 1955. The L in my dads name doesn’t stand for anything and his brother Nels took the name of Larson, to get away from too many Nels.Nelsons. My dad came from Lillessond and my mother came from Stavonger, Both from Norway.
Lloyd Cornel, Esther Constance, Caspara Ovida, Selma Theadore, Eliza ( No middle name ) and Vie was Martha Viola. ESTHER CONSTANCE NELSON was born October 19, 1911 on a farm near Gunder Iowa, Clayton County. Drown July 09, 1933 in sand pit Black Hawk County, near Cedar falls. Was Buried in East Clermont Cemetery, Clayton County. She never married.

          Karen Tobina Sorenson, born at Black Mountain, Norway. Died  October, 1933 in Waterloo, Black hawk County. Was buried there at Elmwood Cemetery. Her father was Morton Anderson.  Her mother was Karen Anderson.  Her husband was Elias Sorenson.  She had a sister  Ingeborg  Mortenson.  She had two brothers Andres Mortenson and Martin Mortenson.   Her Children were.  OLE, CARL, MARTIN, ELISSA and one more daughter.( No name).  She was born Karen Tobine Mortenson,  February 24, 1852.  She was married to Elias Sorenson in 1873. He died in Norway 1898.  She came to America in 1905.

MATHA VIOLA NELSON (SMITH) was born June 11, 1907 sb 1904 at a farm near Eldorado, Iowa Fayette County, with Mrs Nels (Karina) Reinertson as midwife to Elissa Sorenson and Emil Dahl. She never went by Dahl. She was Never adopted by Ole L. Nelson. She went by Nelson tho. She Married Jessie Bennet Smith in Waterloo Iowa February 27, 1926. We had the same mother. Vie had a different dad.
CARL (CHARLEY) NELSON , was born near Gunder Iowa, Clayton County. June 22, 1892 too Ole L and Kari Nelson. He married Clara Sharlewis of Postville Iowa in 1926. He passed away August 31, 1968. Near Carson City Michigan and buried there.
SELMA THEODORA NELSON born February 09, 1915. Died 1925 at Oakdale, Iowa. She was born Near Gunder, Iowa in Clayton County. Buried at East Clermont Cemetery, in Clayton County.
LLOYD CORNEL NELSON born near Gunder Iowa, Clayton County. December 23, 1909. He married Grace Sawvell. June 06, 1936.
ELIZA NELSON (BIGLER) born May 01, 1917 out side of Clermont, Iowa, Clayton County. She married Charles W. Bigler. November 16, 1942., at Oelwein Iowa, Fayette County.
Sam and I were married June 19 1967 in Blooming Prairie, Minn..
Arthur W Burger and I were married November 29, 1934 at Sacred Heart Church in Waterloo.
Charley or Carl had a middle name of Norman, He was born in1892. Vies dad Emil Dahl never married our mother. According to Lloyds old records Vie was born 1904. She didn’t know that either! She thought it was 1906
I Robert L Nelson typed the notes of Caspara Nelson. They were very faint and very hard to read. They were hand written.