Nils Mikkelsen Prestlien

  Research Notes:

1. Census:

a. 1875 MN state

- Niels Prestlien, Sara ; no children


b. 1880 US Census, Tordensjkold Twp, Otter Tail Co, MN

- Nils, age 32; wife Sara age 24, daughter Anne Mara age 4, son Ole age 2, daughter Clara age 11/12 months (all children born in MN)

d. 1885 WA State, Norman, Snohomish Co, WA

- Nils, Sara(h), Maria age 2, Ole (Ola) age 10, Clara, age 8

- next family is Iver M Prestlien

e. 1889 WA State, Norman/Silvana, Snohomish Co, WA

Nils, Sarah, Maria age 12, Ole age 10, Clara, age 8

*** wife Sarah Torgerson - father was Ole Torgerson (Otter Tail Co, MN - see findagrave - see obit record) and Carrie Torgersen (likey Trøen); Carrie was born in 1831, Norway, died 1927 Stanwood, WA - buried at Valley Veiw Cemetery, Stanwood


f, 1900 US Stilaguamish, Snohomish Co, WA, p 8 ancestry

Sarah Wold, widow, records one 1 child, 1 living; son Ole P Wold, son (chopping wood) age 22 <1877/1878> in MN, Petter Botten, son-in-law and Marie Botten, daughter [Peter - general merchant)

???
- Ole P Wold, born in 1877 - Ole could possibly be the son of Lars E Wold who had married Sara Prestlien a year or two after Nils M Prestlien died; Lars E Wold died abt 1895; see paper folder for Sara's obit (www.sta.stparchive.com ;; small time newspapers)
- BUT there is no other records for an Ole P Wold
-- so, MOST LIKELY, this person is Ole N Prestlien, and the record is mis-recorded [ 19 Sep 2014 ]


2. Norse to the New Northwest" by Bob H Hansen. The Seattle Times Magazine, 19 Oct 1975, p 9
[ article in Nils M Prestlien folder ]

- records that Nils Mikkelsen Prestlien was the first settler on Prestlien's Bluff
- also records that a grandaughter to Nils Mikkelsen Prestlien, Mrs Jalmer I Moe, obtained copies of Nil's homestead application (1886) from the US National Archives

- same article by Bob H Hansen referred above notes that Nils Mikkelsen Prestlien had in 1883 had cleared a homesite, built a lean-to and then a cabin. If Nils and Iver travelled together, then it is likely that Iver was in the Silvana area by 1883 --- it is also possible that Michael Anderson with wife Marit Prestlien (sister to Iver and Nils) may also have traveled at the same time - according to her obit, they arrived at Bellingham Bay in 1883


US Track Books, Vol 7 image 92
SWSW of Sec 26 80 acres paid $100 8 Dec 1886
but above this line in fainter ink - SESE of Sec 27, 6-11 Dec 1884 Nils Mikkelsen ^326,5081

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Homestead Land Purchase - 1870, 8 Dec 1870, Tordenskjold Twp, Otter Tail Co, Minnesota, United States. ⁵⁰⁸² Twp 132 N, Range, 41W, W of the 5th, Sec 29 - E½SW¼, NW¼SW¼, SW¼NW¼
purchase 8 Dec 1870, receipt #1066 with final on 13 oct 1876 (receipt 1750)

2. Residence - 1875, 1875, Tordenskjold Twp, Otter Tail Co, Minnesota, United States. ⁵⁰⁸³

3. Residence - 1880, 1880, Tordenskjold Twp, Otter Tail Co, Minnesota, United States. ⁵⁰⁸⁴

4. Pre-emption Land Purchase - 1886, 8 Dec 1886, Snohomish Co, Washington, United States. ⁵⁰⁸⁵ W¼SW¼ of Sec 26, Twp 32N-4E Williamette and SE¼SE¼ of sec 27, Twp 32N-4E with date of purchase of 8 Dec 1886. Above this line and in lighter ink and smaller handwriting is the land description and, "...Dec 6 1884, Nils Mikkelson

Nils married Sara Troen Torgerson in Otter Tail Co, Minnesota, United States.³²⁶ (Sara Troen Torgerson was born on 18 Jan 1855 in Tolga, Hedmark, Norway,³²⁶ died on 15 Dec 1930 in Silvana, Snohomish Co, Washington, United States ^326,576 and was buried in Happy Valley Lutheran Cemetery, Snohomish Co, Washington, United States ⁵⁰⁸⁶.)