Our Family History (Mehl and Styve)
Knute Nelson
1843 - 1923 (80 years)
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Name Knute Nelson [1] Birth 2 Feb 1843 Voss, Hordaland, Norway 
[1] Gender Male Death 28 Apr 1923 Timonium, Maryland, USA [1] Person ID I2052 Mehl and Styve | The Styve Family in Canada Last Modified 17 Jul 2016
Father Helge Knutson Styve, b. 1807 Mother Ingebjørg Haldorsdatter Kvilekval Family ID F660 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Nicholina M. Jacobsen Marriage 1867 Family ID F661 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 17 Jul 2016
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Event Map 
Birth - 2 Feb 1843 - Voss, Hordaland, Norway 
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Photos Nelson Knute - Oval.jpg
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Notes - Knute Nelson, also known as Knud Evanger, was a Norwegian-American attorney and politician active in both Wisconsin and Minnesota. A Republican, he served in state and national positions: he was elected to the Wisconsin and Minnesota legislatures, was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate from Minnesota, and he served as the 12th Governor of Minnesota. He was the first Scandinavian-born American to be elected to the Senate.
He is known for promoting the Nelson Act of 1889 to consolidate the Ojibwe/Chippewa in Minnesota on a western reservation in the state, and require the breakup of their communal land by allotting it to individual households, with sales of the remainder to anyone, including non-natives. This was similar to the Dawes Act of 1887, which had applied to Native American lands in the Indian Territory.
Knute Nelson was born out of wedlock in Voss, Norway to Ingebjørg Haldorsdatter Kvilekval, who named him Knud Evanger. He was baptized by his uncle on their farm of Kvilekval, who recorded his father as Helge Knudsen Styve. This is unconfirmed. Various theories persist about Knud's paternity, including one involving Gjest Baardsen, a famous outlaw. [1]
- Knute Nelson, also known as Knud Evanger, was a Norwegian-American attorney and politician active in both Wisconsin and Minnesota. A Republican, he served in state and national positions: he was elected to the Wisconsin and Minnesota legislatures, was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate from Minnesota, and he served as the 12th Governor of Minnesota. He was the first Scandinavian-born American to be elected to the Senate.
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Sources - [S54] Wikipedia, (http://en.wikipedia.org), accessed 17 Jul 2016), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knute_Nelson (Reliability: 3).
- [S54] Wikipedia, (http://en.wikipedia.org), accessed 17 Jul 2016), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knute_Nelson (Reliability: 3).