Nils Mikkelsen

   Other names for Nils were Michelson ²¹⁰² and Tufsingdals.¹⁴⁷⁷

  Research Notes:

1. source: www.worldconnect.rootsweb.com; Contact: Terrill Hayes; terrill.hayes@verszon.net (20 May 2005)
www.worldconnect.rootsweb.com; Contact: Dale Rosten; dalerosten@yahoo.com (29 May 2005)


2. 1801 Norway Census: Has Nils Michaelsen age 36 <1765> (Mand - man), wife age <1765> (Hans Kone), son Mikkel (spelled Michel) age 4 <1797>, and mother Berret Nilsdtr, age 67 <1734> (Mandens Moder) living on the farm Fæmunds Hytteplads, Rørass Parish, Sør-Trøndelag

Nils and Giertrud Eriksdtr - both in first marriage (Begge i første ægteskab)
Nils - occupation - cottage or hut worker/workman (Hyttearbeider or hytte arbeider)
Berret Nilsdtr - Pension

3. Birth at : Femundshytten, Røros --- Femunds or Fæmunds hytten - likely means Fæmund's hut

- from Terrill Hayes --- Title: Baptismal Records: Roros, Sor-Trondelag, Norway
Text: 1765 040465 Niels E M Michel Tufsingdal K: Søn. Mor in trodus. 040465. 3 for Røros

(this is likely based on a microfilm from LDS, but is a bit different from the Ministerialbok at Digitalarkivet that does not record "E M" or "Mor in trodus" --- mor is mother, but trodus ??? -- can't find a meaning, likely a very archaic expression )

- Parish register - Michel Tufsingdals son, Niels, bap 4 Apr


4. Marriage --- from Terill Hayes -- Title: Marriage Records
Page: Roras, Norway Text: 9.10.1796 19.1.1797 Niels Michelsen Fæmund og Giertrud Erichsd. Tufsingdal


5. Death Digitalarkivet

- 1841 (Terill Hayes) in Røros, 1841, page 644, line 26,

- Niels Michelsen Femundsen; age 74 <1767>; residence, Femundsen [ handwriting difficult to read ¹⁴⁷⁵

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Residence - 1801, 1801, Fæmunds Hytteplads, Rørass Parish, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. ²¹⁰²

Nils married Giertrud Eriksdtr Moen on 19 Jan 1797 ¹⁴⁷⁵.^,1476 (Giertrud Eriksdtr Moen was born about 1763 in Tolga, Hedmark, Norway ¹⁴⁷⁵ and died on 24 Mar 1838 in Norway.)