Helja Svensdotter Andersson

   Another name for Helja was Helen Anderson.

  Research Notes:

Herniman Olson FT [Joyce Payne] ; accessed 10 Jun 2021
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/157220159/person/212065482737/facts

My Family Tree FT [Janell Marie Hurdman] acessed 10 Jun 2021 [ also FamilySearch id, GHXL-ZCT ]
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/75375875/person/272255558799/facts

Helja/Helen Anderson, b 12 May 1851, Östmark; died 8 Nov 1918, Nelson, BC, Canada
m. abt 1870-71, MN
Ole (Oscar) Adreas Nelson, b 23 Feb 1839, Norway; died bet 1880 and1885 North Dakota
Children:
Ignatius George Nelson, b 28 May 1874, Northwood, Worth Co, IA; died 6 Oct 1958, Nelson, BC, Canada
m. 26 Dec 1901, Nelson, BC
Ada Grace Bauman, b Jan 1878, Madison, WI; died 16 Aug 1960, Nelson BC


findagrave id
Helen, 89499983
Ingnatius, 89500073

BC death registration -
Helen/Helena Nelson1918-09-188185 [no image]
Ignatius G Nelson1958-09-011074 [no image] ***
Addie Grace Nelson 1906-09-010351

** in early Jun 2021 there was no image on the BC Archives website, BUT 17 Jun 2021 there is


NOTE: the above Family Trees record another son:
Marcus Nelson, born and died in 1872 - but no other information on dates, locations, or any source material
** I have not included Marcus on my Legacy database - there is a need to have more collaborating evidence
[11 Jun 2021]

But, as with many Family Trees, information is often not complete nor do they provide much source material.
I have not found Helen's step=children. They are not indexed in the 1900 US census. Either they died or more likely
they moved to Canada ? [13 Jun 2013]
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1885 ND State Census [ Ancestry Collection ]
[ ALSO: through ND State Archives, https://library.ndsu.edu/db/census/family?ed=45-019 - leads to La Moure Co ]
image: 27; ED 45, page 17, dw/family visit - 263, line 3 La Moure, La Moure Co, ND
[abt 30 km east of Kulm; abt 175+ kms south west of Fargo]

Helen Nelson, age 30 [abt 1855] b in Swe; widow
son Junius M Nelson, age 23 [abt 1862] b in IA; laundryman; father Norway
son Oscar A Nelson, age 21 [abt 1864] b in IA; laundryman
son Frederick N, age 19 [abt 1866] b in IA; laundryman
son Ignatius, age 11 [abt 1874] b in MN

1870 US Census, Winneshiek Co, Decorah, IA; page 31; dw 248, fam 242; line 33
O. H.[indexed] or A. [maybe] Nelson, age 32, b in Norway; not workgin
wife, Martha age 37 b in Norway
son Junius M age 8 [abt 1862] b in IA
Oscar A [indexed as R], age 6 [abt 1864] b in IA
Frederic N age 3 b in IA [abt 1867]
Nellie M, age 4 months [abt Feb 1870] b in IA
[above record: searched using Oscar Nelson b 1864, Iowa]
then,
Ancestry FT, Rice FT [ZTRNorge] accessed 11 Jun 2021
- records Ole Andreas Nelson, b 23 Feb 1939 at Aurland, Vestland Co, Norway [abt 100 kms inland fr Bergen]
died before Jun 1885, ND
married twice;
- 1st to Martha ... b 1833 died 1872 in IA
and 4 children: Junius M b 1862, Oscar A b 1864; Fred N Nelson, b 1866-67; Nellie M b 1870
- 2nd marriage: Helen b 1841 [??; error], with son Ignatius Nelson, b 1874
- notes 1870 and 1880 US Census

NOTE: there is no household name records for the 1875 IA State Census - only a count of the number of households in a County and the broken down into number of households for some areas. For example, Northwood had 193 households

Ancestry: Anderson FT [Johand132]; access 11 Jun 2021
Evangelical Lutheran Church records, Decorah, Washington Prairie Lutheran Church
- image 673; no 20
Junius Martinius Nelsen b 16 Nov 1861 (bap 12 Jan 1862) Ole Andreas Nilsen and wife Martha Johannesdaughter
AND at Little Iowa Lutheran in Winneshiek Co;
Ola Andreas Nilsen b 23 Fb 1839; confirmed 12 Apr 1851

NOTE: there are a few Ancestry FTs, but none are very complete, with none giving any useful information
on the family or the children after 1885 ND State Census. Some record the 1880 US Census for Lake George
Stearns Co, MN; but that is it.

Conclusion: Helen Anderson Nelson married Ole A Nelson and was a step mother to Ole's children from his first marriage.
I haven't been able to find more information after the 1885 ND State Census on her step-children [11 Jun 2021]

Most of the FTs have recorded that Helen married Ole A Nelson about 1873, but no location is noted. I have not found a marriage license. She is noted in the birth/baptism record for son Ignatius at Northwood, IA in 1874, and then again in 1880 at her parents home in Stearns Co, MN.

Sometime after 1885, she and son Ignatius moved to Minneapolis and then around 1898 she and Ignatius moved to Nelson, BC. It is not clear why they moved to Nelson? What brought them there?



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My FT links, to
US Cities: Minneapolis
1894 image 731
1897 image 457 Helen Nelson (wid Ole A) res, 515 S 9th
image 459 Ignatius G Nelson, clk Soo Line, res, b 515 S 9th
1898 image 488, Helen Nelson (wid Oscar) , b flat D 515 S 9th; on left side, Ignatius G Nelson, brakeman, same res.
NOT recorded in 1899
1892, image 548 Ignatius G Nelson, clk Soo Line, b 99 S 12th [ Helen is not listed; a few named Oscar, Julius ?; one person
named Frederick N Nelson, clk at Jacobson Henderson - different address]
1890 no Ignatius G Nelson
Minneapolis Public Library collection
1890 no Ignatius or Helen,
but there is a record of Oscar A Nelson, aged 25, died 28 Jul 1889 [image 926]
*** Family Search MN deaths and buials, 1835-1990 *** transcription
Record for Oscar A Nelson, b abt 1864 and died 28 Jul 1889
Parents: O A Nelson and Martha - both parents born in Norway
FamilySearch image "Hennepin Co, death returns 1878-1895" image 1023
- single age 35 ? but parents, as above; and another collection
"MN County Deaths, 1850-2010, Hennepin" - as above, but records his birth as Iowa


then, I checked MNHS State Census: 1895, Minneapolis, Hennepin Co, MN; Ward 5 - 9, page 31
line 1013 - Helen Nelson age 42 b in Swe
but the line above, 1014: Ignatius Nelson, age 21 b in MN; in state 21 yrs, this distric, 5 yrs
- works on Rail Road? "Soo Road"

above FT also links to 1880 US Census, Lake George Twp, Stearns Co, ED 106; dw 5/fam 5
Ole Nelson, age 41 b in Norway, border ;;; NOTE; dw 5 is Sven Anderson
Helen, age 29 b in Swe


BC death cert Helena married Nelson; died 8 Nov 1918 at Nelson, BC; reg no 1918-09-188185,
Mirco film, B13110, GSU, 1927-138] ; unfortunately there is no image on the BC archives website

Helja/Helen/Helena
findagrave, 89499983

notes: Widow, no information on spouse; daughter of S Anderson, per familysearch.org transcription of BC Archives death certificate 1918-09-188185. [no image]

And Helen's findagrave links to her son, I G Nelson, id 89500073; died 6 Oct 1958
Married to Addie Grace Bauman; no other family information, per familysearch.org transcription of BC Archives death certificate 1958-09-011074. [no image on BC archives website]
- and this has a posted obit - but doesn't mention parents etc; died at age 84; "came to Nelson in 1898 ... and a few years later, started a business with Lou Larson [Louis K Larson ??], operating the Standard Furniture Store"


Ignatius Nelson, marriage: BC Marriages, 26 Dec 1901, Nelson, BC; (marriage at his residence)
age 27 [abt 1874] born in Northwood, Iowa [Worth Co, abt 30 kms south of Albert Lee, MN]; parents O A Nelson and Helen
wife, Ada Grace Bauman, age 25 b in Madison, WI; living at Minneapolis; her parents John and Catherine Bauman
one of the witness: Louis K Larsen
the above image from Familysearch.org

Also: a border crossing - North Portal ID; Ignatius G Nelson and wife; crossed 17 Apr 1941
-- records his birth as May 1874 at Northwood IA


1901 Canada Census, British Columbia, district 5, Yale and Cariboo, sub-dis 7, page 16; line 17
[Kootenay (West/Ouest) Nelson (Riding/Division); ED f-1 from automated Genealogy ] [image 19, Ancestry]
Ignatius G Nelson, age 26, b 28 May 1874 in US; single, em 1898; father Norwegian, mother "tongue", Swede
- he is a lodger in house of Charles M Larsen, b 19 Oct 1871 in Denmark; em 1889
NO Helen, but there is Ellen Nelson that may fit: ??? - page 9, as above [ but this page isn't on Ancestry ?????]
line 8, but birth 8 May 1854, Swedish, Widow, em 1898;
BUT then the next line is Enos Nelson, b 28 May 1874, age 26; also a Widow; em 1898; works at as a clerk, second hand store
BUT this is enumerated on the 13 April and the one with Ignatius, enumerated on April 27, 29, 30 and May 1


1911 Canada Census, British Columbia, district 9, ED 17, City of Nelson, page 10; dw/fam 108/111 [image 10 on Ancestry]
line 19
Ignatius Nelson, age 38, b May 1873, US; em 1897; Swedish parents; religion Lutheran
salesman, furniture; address 707 Josephine St
wife Ada, age 33 b in Jan 1878 [ ???, actual, 10 Jan 1874] in the US; em 1897
Helen Nelson, mother, age 58 born in May 1853 in Swe; em 1899
Lewis Larson, cousin, age 40 born in Aug 1870 in US; em 1899; storekeeper, furniture

1921 Canada Census, British Columbia, Kootenay West, sub district 23, Nelson City
line 22
Ign ... ?? Nelson, age 47 b in the US; em 1900 ? merchant Furniture
wife, Addie Grace, age 39 b in the US; em 1901
Louis Kenneth Larson, age 52 b in the US; em 1890 ?, merchant furniture

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Helja married Ole Andreas Nelson about 1873 in Minnesota, United States. (Ole Andreas Nelson was born on 23 Feb 1839 in Aurland, Vestland Co, Norway and died between 1880 and 1885 in North Dakota, United States.)