Adolf
Ingeman Olsen (Melsby)
(1864 - 1894)
Adolf Ingeman Olsen was born 30
Mar. 1864(#
19) on Melsbø farm,
Lødingen,
Nordland County, Norway. He died 1894 in Spring Valley, Pierce,
Wisconsin, USA. He was son of Ole
Andreas Amundsen and Martha
Andersdatter.
Adolf Ingeman was christened on
18
Sep. 1864(#
19) in Lødingen.
In the 1865
census Adolf Ingeman was living on Melsbø farm in Lødingen
together with his parents and siblings. (At that time the farm name
was written as Mælsbø).
He emigrated to USA in 1866 together with his parents and siblings.
They departured from Trondheim
on 5 May 1866 on the bark Neptunus. They arrived in Quebec Canada
on 9 June 1866. Passenger
list (see # 346 - 353). His name was then
listed as Adolph Ingemann.
He used the name Adolf Melsby and Adolph Melsby in USA.
In the 1880 census he was living
in Gilman, Pierce, Wisconsin, USA together with his parents. His
name was then listed as Adolf Melsby.
His brother's Ingvald Melsby and
Hans Melsby are mentioned several times in the pioneers stories
a cousin of my great grandfather wrote. The Melby's are mentioned
in part # 1, 2 and 3 in this link: http://slektsforskning.com/login/person/anetre/tekst/Pioneers.asp
Link to her page
on FIND A GRAVE: Adolph
Melsby.
In the link to Lødingen above, click on the pictures for
a bigger picture. 1)
1) SAT,
Ministerialprotokoller, klokkerbøker og fødselsregistre
- Nordland, Ministerialbok nr. 865A01, 1864-1884, s. 4.
Folketelling 1865 for 1851P Lødingen prestegjeld.
FIND A GRAVE.
Tolleif George Thomsen: Memories from Bear Lake.
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