Hilma Marie Jacobson Nelson Oral History Interview 1983.

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Hilma Marie Jacobson Nelson Oral History Interview 1983.

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This interview was conducted with Hilma Nelson on March 2, 1983 in Tacoma, Washington. It contains information on family background, emigration, work, marriage and family, church and community involvement, and Norwegian heritage. Also available are photographs of Værøy, Norway, Hilma's husband Albert with their family, Albert and their youngest daughter on the farm, Hilma and Albert on their 50th wedding anniversary (December 28, 1957), and Hilma at the time of the interview. The interview was conducted in English.

1 sound cassette.

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Nelson, Richard L., 1946-

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Executive. From the description of Reminiscences of Richard Nelson : oral history, 1969. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122528788 ...

Andreason, Sofie.

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Andreason, Anne.

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Hilma Nelson was born on November 29, 1886 in Værøy, Norway to Mathias Jacobson and Sofie Andreason. In addition to Hilma, Mathias and Sofie had four other children: John (Johan), Anna, Harold, and Thorvald. Hilma's father was a fisherman, and he died in a shipwreck when Hilma was only six years old. Hilma's brother Harold also drowned that summer, having fallen in a well at the age of three. Sofie, who was a dressmaker, was left to raise four children on her own. Hilma was confirmed when she wa...

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Foster, Ruth Nelson.

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Nelson, Sigurd.

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Jacobson, Mathias.

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Nelson, Albert

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Nelson, Hilma.

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Center, Edna Nelson.

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Nelson, Donald

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Emmanuel Lutheran organized on July 21, 1913. The Ladies’ Aid had organized the previous January. The first church was erected and ready for use by May of 1914. A new building was erected in 1948, and dedicated November 28. The physical plant was tripled in size in 1962 with the addition of a much larger sanctuary, offices, Christian Education facilities, and a fellowship hall. From the guide to the Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Tacoma, Washington, Records, 1913-2012, (Pacific Lutheran U...

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Hanson, Andreas.

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First Lutheran Church (Tacoma, Wash.)

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Leaf, Beverly Nelson.

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