Gunnild Maria Hanson 3 4
- Born: 12 September 1848, Klanderudtangen, Eidskog, Hedmark, Norway 3 5
- Baptized: 4 February 1849, Vinger, Hedmark, Norway 3
- Marriage (1): Walter F. Horton on 31 July 1879 in , Trempealeau County, WI 1 2
- Died: 14 August 1890, Trempealeau, WI at age 41 5
- Buried: After 14 August 1890, Trempealeau Cemetery, Trempealeau, WI 5
Other names for Gunnild were "Ellen" Hanson 2 and "Nellie" Hanson.1 5 6
Baptism Notes:
Name: Gunhild Maria Syversdatter Gender: Female Birth Date: 12 Sep 1848 Christening Date: 04 Feb 1849 Christening Place: Vinger, Hedmark, Norway Father's Name: Syver Hansen Mother's Name: Sigri Larsdatter Reference ID: B33 P40 E25 System Origin: Norway-EASy GS Film Number: 307233 Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C01994-8
Citing this Record: "Norway Baptisms, 1634-1927," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWNV-66Y : accessed 17 May 2016), Syver Hansen in entry for Gunhild Maria Syversdatter, 12 Sep 1848; citing ; FHL microfilm 307,233. ------------------------------------
Noted events in her life were:
• She has alternate birth date of 1855 and a birth location of NORWAY.
This birth year was referenced by her age of 25 on the 1880 US Census. It was also referenced by her age of 30 on the 1885 Minnesota State Census. . 6 7
• 1865 Norway Census: 1 January 1865, in Eidskog, Hedmark, Norway. 4 1865 Norway Census District 001 Syver Nilsen, Family 01, House 0088 Farm Number: 7aI, 7cI, 7aIIII, 7cIIII Eidskog, Hedmark, Norway Gunnild Syversdatter..Daughter..18..Eidskogs
(Living with parents.)
NOTE - If her birth date was 12 Sep 1848, then her age should have been 16 or 17 instead of 18. .
• She immigrated in 1867.
• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Waubay, Dakota Territory on 15 June 1880. 2
1880 US Census Page 482A, District 84, Family 118, Roll 112 Waubay, Day County, Dakota Territory Ellen Horton..Wife..25..NOR..Keeps House
(Living with husband.)
NOTE - If her birth date was 12 Sep 1848, then her age should have been 31 instead of 25.
• She appeared on the 1885 Minnesota State Census in Crow Wing Township, Crow Wing, MN in 9 May 1885. 6 1885 Minnesota State Census Page 4, Family 34 Crow Wing Township, Crow Wing County, Minnesota Nellie Horton..30..NOR
(Living with husband and 2 children.)
NOTE - If her birth date was 12 Sep 1848, then her age should have been 36 instead of 30.
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• She was buried after 14 August 1890 in the Trempealeau Cemetery in Trempealeau, WI.
In the Trempealeau Cemetery in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, there is one tall monument gravestone with the name of Nellie on one side and the name of Mabel on the other:
MABEL HORTON Daughter of W. F. Horton and Nellie M. Horton Died: August 14, 1890 Age: 7 years, 2 months, 28 days
NELLIE M. HORTON Wife of W. F. Horton Died: August 14, 1890 Age: 41 years
Find A Grave Memorial #109676251 ------------------------------------------------------------ . 5
Gunnild married Walter F. Horton, son of William T. Horton and Mary Ann Allen, on 31 July 1879 in , Trempealeau County, WI.1 2 (Walter F. Horton was born in 1858 in Hamilton, MN 2 6 and died about 1925.)
Noted events in their marriage were:
• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Waubay, Dakota Territory on 15 June 1880. 2
1880 US Census Page 482A, District 84, Family 118, Roll 112 Waubay, Day County, Dakota Territory Walter Horton..Head..22..MN..Farming Ellen Horton..Wife..25..NOR..Keeps House .
• They appeared on the 1885 Minnesota State Census in Crow Wing Township, Crow Wing, MN in 9 May 1885. 6 1885 Minnesota State Census Page 4, Family 34 Crow Wing Township, Crow Wing County, Minnesota Walter Horton..26..MN Nellie Horton..30..NOR C. W. Horton..5..DAKOTA Mabel Horton..1..WI .
Marriage Notes:
Name: Walter Horton Birthplace: Hamilton, Minn. Spouse's Name: Nellie Hanson Event Date: 31 Jul 1879 Event Place: Trempealeau Co., Wisconsin Father's Name: William Horton Mother's Name: Mary Horton Spouse's Father's Name: Sever Hanson Spouse's Mother's Name: Sarah Hanson Race: White Spouse's Race: White Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M00331-0 System Origin: Wisconsin-EASy GS Film number: 1275576 Reference ID: Marr. 1878 - 1892
Citing this Record: "Wisconsin, Marriages, 1836-1930," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRKT-M88 : accessed 27 April 2015), Walter Horton and Nellie Hanson, 31 Jul 1879; citing reference Marr. 1878 - 1892; FHL microfilm 1,275,576. ------------------------------------------------------------
Marriage Record Details Marriage Record ID: 2230833 Last Name: Horton First Name: Walter Day: 31 Month: July Year: 1879 County: Trempealeau Volume: 1 Page: 318 Marriage Record ID: 2394437 Last Name: Hanson First Name: Nellie Day: 31 Month: July Year: 1879 County: Trempealeau Volume: 1 Page: 318 ----------------------------------------
Gunnild "Nellie" Hanson married a traveling salesman, then called a "drummer", named W. F. Horton. One evening when their daughter, Mabel Horton, who was seven years old, her father insisted that they all go for a boat ride even though his wife, Nellie was afraid of water. Both the daughter and the wife drowned but there were no witnesses. A son, Walter, age 5, did not go along. W. F. Horton was tried for murder and set free due to a lack of evidence or witnesses. -----------------------------------------
I don't know exactly what Walter Horton sold but his travels with his family were extensive. And if the 1880 census record shown below is accurate, Walter Horton was initially a farmer who may have tried his luck in the Dakota Territory and eventually moved back east to Minnesota and Wisconsin where he became a salesman. Using the information from the 1885 Minnesota State Census as the most accurate along with data from other sources, the following chart can be shown:
1879.............Walter and Nellie married in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin 1880.............son Walter born in Dakota Territory 1884.............daughter Mabel born in Wisconsin May 1885.....CENSUS in Crow Wing County, Minnesota Aug 1890......Nellie and daughter Mabel drown in Trempealeau, Wisconsin -----------------------------------------
Nellie's sister, Marthe, who moved to Day County, Dakota Territory with her husband Bertinius Halvorson Egeland sometime around 1875 where he purchased a feed company in Fargo. Moving with them were Bertinius's parents. The family was so well known that Egeland Township of Day County was named in their honor. When the father of Bertinius Egeland died there in the Dakota Territory about 1878, Marthe and Bertinius Egeland moved back to Trempealeau, Wisconsin where they still owned their farm. When Marthe and Bertinius moved back to Wisconsin about 1878, they became close friends with Walter Horton and Nellie's sister, Marthe both of whom were still in the Trempealeau area. In 1879, Nellie Hanson and Walter Horton were married in Trempealeau, Wisconsin and within a year they were both living in the same exact area where Marthe and Bertinius Egeland had just vacated for their move back to Wisconsin.
I suspect that Nellie and Walter Horton may have been sent to the Dakota Territory to take over the feed company operations that Bertinius Egeland and his father had already established. Nellie and Walter Horton were enumerated in the 1880 census in Day County, Dakota Territory. That 1880 census shows only the husband and wife with no son yet born so it would have to be assumed that Nellie was pregnant with Walter who was born later in 1880.
In the meanwhile, Bertinius Egeland must have completed rebuilding his farmhouse and by 1882, he moved his entire family back to Day County, Dakota where they remained until his death in 1898. With Bertinius and Marthe back in Day County, it would appear that Walter and Nellie Horton had been "relieved" of their temporary assistance and they moved with their new son back eastward into Crow Wing County, Minnesota where they were enumerated in the 1885 Minnesota State Census. In the midst of their moves, their daughter, Mabel, was born in 1882, supposed in Trempealeau, Wisconsin but I have not seen any source citations for her birth location. Perhaps Nellie returned to her home town just for the purpose of giving birth to Mabel.
By 1890, Walter and Nellie Horton and their two children were living back in Trempealeau, Wisconsin when tragedy stuck with the drowning of Nellie and daughter Mabel in August. Within one year, Walter was remarried to Mary Van Wie. --------------------------------------------
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