Finnestad Ancestry

Edward Nelson, husband of Clara (Knutson) Nelson wrote about the death of his wife and daughter, Ester.    The letter was written in Norwegian and later translated by Eva Sorensen into English. Below is a copy of that letter. Edward Nelson's letter Clara was the daughter of Elizabeth (Finnestad) and Ole Andreas "Andrew" Knutson and granddaughter of Mari (Iversdatter Nord-Skaar) and Ole Finnestad. Thank you to Clara's great granddaughter, Laurel Armstrong for providing the letter as well as her help in connecting the Nelson family to the Finnestad family tree.

Here is a copy of the death certificate of Ester Bernice Nelson, the daughter of Clara (Knutson) and Edward Nelson. Ester was just a few days shy of her first birthday when she died of tuberculosis in Chicago. She is buried at the Mount Olive Cemetery, also in Chicago. Ester was the grandchild of Elizabeth (Olsdatter Finnestad) and Ole Andreas (Andrew) Knutson, and the great granddaughter of Ole and Mari Finnestad.