Brenholdt Niels Pedersen b. 21 Mar 1838 Fløng, , Roskilde, Denmark d. 28 Oct 1907 Cushing, Polk, Wisconsin, USA

1838 - 1907

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Birth	21 Mar 1838	Fløng, , Roskilde, Denmark
Gender	Male
Alt. Birth	21 Mar 1838	Brændholt, , Vestsjællands Amt, Denmark [1]
Alt. Birth	21 Mar 1838	Fløng, , Roskilde, Denmark
_UID	04668EF3AFC1443EBB9B6CC657C1E96ED404
Died	28 Oct 1907	Cushing, Polk, Wisconsin, USA [1]
Person ID	I2292	Harnois
Last Modified	1 Feb 2012

Father	Nielsen Peder, b. 1809, Gundsømagle, , Roskilde Amt, Denmark , d. 9 Dec 1859, Brændholt, , Vestsjællands Amt, Denmark
Mother	Nielsdatter Maren, b. 30 Jan 1816, Flyng, , Kobenhavn, Denmark , d. 8 Aug 1880, Cushing, Polk, Wisconsin, USA
Married	31 Jan 1835	Fløng, , Roskilde, Denmark
Family ID	F130	Group Sheet

Family Jensdatter Karen Marie, b. 4 Nov 1839, Ugerløse, , Vestsjællands Amt, Denmark , d. 4 Jan 1914, Cushing, Polk, Wisconsin, USA

Married 1870

Children

	1. Brenholdt Jens Pedersen, b. 26 Jun 1872, Cushing, Polk, Wisconsin, USA , d. 5 Nov 1945, Cushing, Polk, Wisconsin, USA
	2. Brenholdt Julia Maria, b. 7 Jan 1871, Cushing, Polk, Wisconsin, USA , d. 11 Jun 1968, Luck, Polk, Wisconsin, USA
	3. Brenholdt Maren Sophie, b. 6 May 1875, Cushing, Polk, Wisconsin, USA , d. 2 May 1966, , Polk, Wisconsin, USA
	4. Brenholdt Baby Girl, d. Yes, date unknown

Last Modified 1 Feb 2012

Family ID F919 Group Sheet

Notes

Nels Pedersen Brenholdt was born in Brenholdt, Holbeck Sjelland,Denmark on 3/21/1838. He was married to Karen Marie Jensen. Togetherthey imigrated to the USA in 1870 along with his sister Karen andseveral young couples from Sjelland.
The group had definite plans to settle in the same area as had youngJens Pedersen Brenholdt, who had come to Wisconsin earlier and thenurged family members and friends to join him here.
The group of young immigrants bought their land, sight unseen, inMadison for $1.25 an acre. Nels and Karen purchased 160 acres, butlater, realizing it would take years to clear all that thickly woodedland for farming they wrote to brother Christen and family in Denmarkurging them to come over and take over the east 80.
In Madison these Danish immigrants also bought cattle, wagons, oxenand other needed supplies for making the very difficult journey ofsome 300 miles to St. Croix Falls. At this trading post theypurchased the supplies they would need to get settled on their landwhich was still 12 miles north. It took them many days to reach andclaim their land, for while the first 10 miles were barely passable,the last two had to be cleared by the men while the women and childrenwaited anxiously. Finally they arrived. Their land was to the eastin Laketown township of Polk County. Others would come to settle westof the new road in Sterling Township.

Signed by Agnes Marie Brenholdt Skone

Niels and Karen Brenholdt sailed to the U.S. on the Steamship OceanQueen. They arrived in the port of New York on May 2, 1870. Arrivingwith them were Karen's sister Kirsten and Niels's sister Karen.

Sources
[S3] OneWorldTree, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA;;), Database online. (Reliability: 3).
Record for Nels Pedersen Brenholt

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