Victor Louis Nielsen, Jr.

Notes:

US Navy, just after World War II.

Victor married Barbara Jean Crandall on 31 Oct 1949 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona. Barbara (daughter of Paul Leslie Crandall and Barbara Allen) was born on 3 Jun 1926 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona; died on 16 Feb 2021 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona; was buried on 2 Mar 2021 in Mesa City Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Ericka Joyce Nielsen was born on 2 Jan 1955 in Chamberlain, Brule, South Dakota.
2. Teresa Barbara Nielsen was born on 21 Mar 1956 in Chamberlain, Brule, South Dakota; was christened on 30 Apr 2000 in St. Augustine, Brooklyn, Kings, New York.
3. Victor Louis Nielsen, III was born on 7 Apr 1957 in Chamberlain, Brule, South Dakota.
4. Matthew Crandall Nielsen was born on 21 Jun 1958 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona.
5. Paul Mitchell Nielsen was born on 16 Apr 1960 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona.

Notes:

Battlefield ambulance driver, World War I. Also known as George.

Victor married Hazel Ethel Coston on 31 May 1926 in Kountz Memorial Lutheran Church, Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska. Hazel (daughter of John Mitchell Coston and Vitiline Joubert) was born on 29 Jun 1898 in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska; died on 24 Jan 1970 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona; was buried in Green Acres, Scottsdale, Maricopa, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 29 Oct 1864, Randers, Denmark

Notes:

He was confirmed at St. Martin's (Sankt Mortens) in Randers on 15 Oct 1878.

He and his wife appear to have emigrated to North America in 1892 or 1893.

Martin married Frederikke Marie Kirstine Pedersen on 16 Oct 1892 in Hammel, Gjern, Skanderborg, Denmark. Frederikke (daughter of Laurs Pedersen and Masina Kirstine Madsen) was born on 10 Apr 1867 in Voldby, Virklund, Vrads, Skandenborg, Denmark; was christened on 20 Apr 1867 in Hammel, Gjern, Skanderborg, Denmark; died on 19 Jan 1932 in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 10 Apr 1867, Hammel, Gjern, Skanderborg, Denmark

Notes:

"Denmark Church Records, 1484-1941" on familysearch.org gives the "Event Place (Original)" for her birth as "Voldby, Århus, Denmark."

Notes:

Listed as James M. COSTON in the Apr 1910 census for Omaha, 45 years old, occupation: lumber yard laborer.

Listed in the 1934 Omaha city directory as "watchman, Beacon Press", when he would have been 70 years old.

John married Vitiline Joubert on 2 Sep 1888 in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska. Vitiline (daughter of Louis Joubert and Emilie Bastien) was born on 16 Sep 1867 in Murphysboro, Jackson, Illinois; died on 7 Mar 1958 in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to Vernon DuBar, she was also known as Addie. DuBar spells her first name "Vedeline." Frequently spelled "Vitelline" or "Viteline" in other records. We've been told that her death certificate spells it "Vitiline."

The Nebraska record of her marriage to John M. Coston calls her "Miss Viddline Jubar, of Omaha."

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 22 Aug 1831, Sweden

Hans married Amalie Ludovica Gjert on 16 May 1855. Amalie (daughter of Johannes Gjert and Ana Brigette Ankestjerne) was born on 22 Mar 1826 in Sankt Mortens, Randers, Denmark; was christened on 30 Aug 1826 in Sankt Mortens, Randers, Denmark; died on 2 May 1877; was buried on 7 May 1877 in Sankt Mortens, Randers, Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Also called Amalie Ludewica Giert.

Laurs married Masina Kirstine Madsen on 5 Jul 1859 in Hammel, Gjern, Skanderborg, Denmark. Masina (daughter of Jens Madsen and Maren Kirstine Madsdatter) was born on 12 Dec 1841 in Hammel, Gjern, Skanderborg, Denmark; died on 29 Dec 1891. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Also known as Madsine Kirstine Jensen.

Notes:

Also perhaps "Joseph." Or perhaps "Castin", "Caston", or "Costin". His origins are the biggest "brick wall" in the ancestry of TNH.

The record of his headstone, and the record of his pension (it calls his widow "Abigail Hardin", which is not a garbling of "Hatton", because by then she had remarried to John Vardemon Hardin), agree that he served in Company H, Indiana 79th Infantry Regiment, so these records surely refer to the same man. He enlisted on 15 Aug 1862 and was mustered out on 13 Jul 1865.

Since he died in Morgan County, Indiana, it's possible that he was born there as well. The 1874 The People's guide: a business, political and religious directory of Morgan Co., Ind. lists three Costins then living in that county, any of whom could be related to our John (or Joseph):

* M. A. Costin, farmer of Gregg Township, born in Kentucky in 1836, settled in Morgan County 1842. Democrat, Protestant.

* R. H. Costin, farmer of Ashland Township, born in Indiana in 1850. Democrat, Protestant.

* William Costin, farmer of Adams Township, born in Kentucky in 1840. Democrat, Protestant.

Gregg and Ashland townships are reasonably close to Martinsville. Adams Township is farther away, well to the north of Indianapolis.

A John Coston of Jefferson County, Indiana, appears on a May 1865 Federal excise tax assessment list.

A John W. Caston married Nancy St. Killes on 12 Sep 1843 at Warrick, Indiana.

A John W. Coston appears on the 1850 US Census, age 12, in the family of Paul Coston (age 36, born in Pennsylvania) and his wife Eleanor (age 34), living at Pleasant, Hardin, Ohio. Someone on ancestry.com has submitted an "alternate information" ticket claiming that the handwritten census form actually reads "Castor", but this reading is only supportable on the line for Paul Coston himself. The last letter of the surname for all the other family members is unmistakably an "n". The handwriting is loose enough that the name could as easily be "Caston" as "Coston", but this family was clearly not named "Castor."

John married Abigail Hatton on 5 Jan 1858 in Owen County, Indiana. Abigail (daughter of Ephraim Hatton and Elizabeth Bailey) was born about 1842 in Van Buren, Brown, Indiana; died on 24 Dec 1917 in Washington Township, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Between 1838 and 1841, Indiana
• Alternate birth: Nov 1840, Brown County, Indiana

Notes:

Their marriage license was issued on 4 Jan 1858.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 26 Feb 1841, Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury, Iberville, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec

Notes:

According to Vernon DuBar, Louis Joubert and Emilie Bastien were married on 14 Apr 1864, and Louis Joubert's cause of death was "atrophic cirrhosis of the liver."

DuBar also places Joubert as a Union soldier in Company I, 6th Illinois Cavalry. The National Park Service database confirms a Louis Joubert from Illinois in that unit, as does Find the Best.

The 6th Illinois Cavalry fought at the Battle of Port Hudson (22 May 1863; 10,000 Union casualties, 7,500 Confederate casualties); the second Battle of Franklin (30 Nov 1864; 2,633 Union casualties, 7,300 Confederate casualties); the Battle of Nashville (15 Dec 1864; 3,061 Union casualties, 6,500 Confederate casualties); and the minor engagements the Second Battle of Memphis (21 Aug 1864) and the Battle of Okolona (22 Feb 1864).

Thomas Shawcross adds further service details, at least some of which seem to have been obtained in correspondence with Vernon DuBar:

JOUBERT, Lewis Private Ava Nov 19, 1861. Re-enlisted as Veteran. [PNH note: "Ava" presumably refers to the tiny town (pop. 654 in 2010) in northwest Jackson County, Illinois, about five miles west of the Joubert family farm.]

JOUBERT, Lewis Veteran Jackson Co. Mar 30, 1864. Mustered out Nov 5, 1865.

Further notes from Shawcross, possibly passed on from DuBar:

[...] In researching this family, one must keep a very open mind as to how the surname was spelled. The surname was French, and the spelling of the name appears to have many variations. This is typical of many French surnames. It seems that Americans who were not of French descent were completely baffled by the French names and almost never able to spell them correctly.

Illinois marriage record:
JAUBER, LOUIS BASTIAN, EMILY 04/01/1864 / JACKSON

Jul 1870 census Ora P.O., Killion Pct., Jackson, IL family 144
In this record, the surname looks like INBART, but was probably JUBART. He is listed as b. France.

Jun 1900 census Ora, Jackson, IL family 159. Listed as Louis JOUBART. Son George and family are family 160.

Apr 1910 census Ora Twp., Jackson, IL family 165 listed as Louis SHUBAR.

Discrepancy: The Jun 1900 census Town of Ora, Jackson, IL lists the birth date of Louis as Feb 1841. His death certificate says he was b. 16 Feb 1842 to Moses JOUBERT and Julia LEOVLYE. The informant was Mrs. Charles McCormick of Decatur, IL. She was his daughter Julia.

1880 Census Place: Ora, Jackson, Illinois
Source: FHL Film 1254214 National Archives Film T9-0214 Page 27A
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
Lewis JUBART Self M M W 39 CAN.
Occ: Farmer Fa: CAN. Mo: CAN.
Eliza JUBART Wife F M W 39 TN
Occ: Keeping House Fa: KY Mo: KY
Elnora JUBART Dau F S W 14 IL
Occ: At Home Fa: CAN. Mo: CAN.
Fredline JUBART Dau F S W 12 IL
Occ: At Home Fa: CAN. Mo: CAN.
John JUBART Son M S W 9 IL
Occ: At Home Fa: CAN. Mo: TN
George JUBART Son M S W 7 IL
Occ: At Home Fa: CAN. Mo: TN
Julia JUBART Dau F S W 5 IL
Occ: At Home Fa: CAN. Mo: TN
Moses JUBART Son M S W 3 IL
Occ: At Home Fa: CAN. Mo: TN

Jun 1900 census Town of Ora, Jackson, IL family 159, listed as JOUBART.

Obituary from the Decatur Review, Saturday evening, 20 Dec 1919:

The funeral of Louis Joubert was held at 10 o'clock Saturday morning at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Charles McCormick, 1042 West Decatur Street. The services were conducted by Rev. Elisha Safford, pastor of Westminster Presbyterian church. There was a large attendance, members of Dunham post, 141, G. A. R., being present in a body and conducting their ritualistic exercises. The music was furnished by Mrs. Corydon C. Nicholson and Mrs. Homer Bateman. The active pallbearers were J. B. Stocks, Roy Phillips, Samuel Phillips, C. E. Hildreth, W. Linhurst and T. J. Wright. The honorary pallbearers were Jacob Hanes, Henry Barnhart, L. W. Nichols, J.T. Beldon, Samuel S. Welfley and J. T. Francis. The interment was in Greenwood cemetery.

Louis married Emilie Bastien in Apr 1864 in Murphysboro, Jackson, Illinois. Emilie (daughter of Antoine Bastien and Emerentienne Emerance Paquin) was born on 9 Sep 1844 in Rivière-du-Loup, Québec; was christened in 1844 in Louiseville, Québec; died on 9 Nov 1869 in Murphysboro, Jackson, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to Thomas Shawcross, she died of "childbirth fever" after giving birth to her third child, Louis. Viteline was her second.

Notes:

Earliest known paternal ancestor of TNH.

Nils married Inger Mortens. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Johannes married Ana Brigette Ankestjerne on 1 Nov 1822 in Sankt Mortens, Randers, Denmark. Ana (daughter of Johan Martin Ankerstjerne and Anne Pedersdatter) was born on 3 Dec 1788 in Randers, Denmark; was christened on 26 Dec 1788 in Sankt Mortens, Randers, Denmark; died on 29 Apr 1873 in Randers, Denmark; was buried in Sankt Mortens, Randers, Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Also called Peter Sounsen.

An unsourced record on familysearch.org gives the date of his probate as 24 Jul 1840, at Hasle-Vester Lisbjerg-Framlev-Sabro Herredsfoged, Århus, Denmark.

Peter married Frederikke Ane Sophia Rasmasdatter. Frederikke was born in 1799; died after 1849. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is shown living in the home of her son Christen in the 1850 census of Denmark. An unsourced record on familysearch.org claims she was living in 1855.

Jens married Maren Kirstine Madsdatter. Maren (daughter of Mads Rasmussen and Birthe Sorensdr) was born on 1 Aug 1802 in Hammel, Gjern, Skanderborg, Denmark; was christened on 22 Aug 1802 in Hammel, Gjern, Skanderborg, Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Living with his wife and children in Van Buren, Brown, Indiana in 1850. The Asa Hatton who owned land in Van Buren township as early as 1834, who was recorded as a poll tax payer in 1848, and who is said to have died in 1853 or 1859, was a brother of this Ephraim Hatton.

Ephraim married Elizabeth Bailey on 27 Oct 1833 in Bartholomew County, Indiana. Elizabeth was born about 1810; died after 1850. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sometimes called Elizabeth Bailes or Bales.

Moise married Julia Lavallée on 7 Jul 1840 in Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury, Iberville, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec. Julia (daughter of Louis Lavallée and Charlotte Paquet) was born about 1820 in Québec City, Québec; was christened in 1820 in Saint-Luc, Saint-Jean, Québec; died on 25 May 1890 in Malone, Franklin, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Also known as Julia Leslie. [Vernon DuBar]

Notes:

"The ANTHONY MARTELL and ANTHONY BASTIEN families, with a group of French Canadians, had migrated from Canada to Kaskaskia in 1851, and settled southwest of Oraville [in Jackson County, Illinois] in 1858." [Genealogy Trails, Jackson County, Illinois]

Antoine married Emerentienne Emerance Paquin on 11 Feb 1839 in Louiseville, Québec. Emerentienne (daughter of François Paquin and Elisabeth Godin) was born on 5 Jul 1818 in Louiseville, Québec; died on 2 Jun 1882 in Oraville, Jackson, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Said, without evident documentation, to have been born about 1757 in the duchy of Slesvig, a son of Hans Gier and Amalia Christina Koch.

He was a surgeon; he opened a practice in Slagelse in 1784, four months before his marriage to Birgitte Leyerhoff.

The 1801 census of Denmark describes him and his wife as "separated." He lives at Slottesgade in Slagelse Købstad with three servants; she lives at Slottesgade with the seven children.

Johan married Birgitte Elisabeth Sophia Leyerhoff on 4 Jun 1784 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Birgitte was born in 1763; died on 21 Mar 1822; was buried on 29 Mar 1822 in Stigs Bjergby Parish, Holbæk, Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Also spelled Leierhoff, Leierhøf. Said to have been a daughter of Hans Olsen Leyerhoff and Birgitte Margrethe Bagge.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 1760, Copenhagen, Denmark

Notes:

Or Johan Mathias Ankerstjerne.

Henriks Køkken, at www.anker-stjerne.dk, says that according to the 1927 Encyclopedia of Danish Families, Johan Martin (Mathias) Ankerstjerne was "born in Sweden in 1750, was a carpenter in Randers, died in 1805, married Ane Pedersdatter and had several children." Køkken also says: "Traditionen om at Familien Ankerstjerne nedstammer fra den svenske adelige og friherrelige Slægt Anckarstjerna ... synes ikke berettiget." ("The tradition that this family Ankerstjerne is descended from the Swedish noble and free-spirited family of the Anckarstjerna ... does not seem justified.")

Johan married Anne Pedersdatter on 1 Oct 1788 in Sankt Mortens, Randers, Denmark. Anne was born on 15 Feb 1767 in Sankt Mortens, Randers, Denmark; died on 11 Jun 1842 in Sankt Mortens, Randers, Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Or Ane Pederdatter Winther.

Mads married Birthe Sorensdr on 10 Oct 1800 in Hammel, Gjern, Skanderborg, Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Abt 1830
• Alternate death: 1830, New Albany, Floyd, Indiana
• Alternate death: Bef 1840

Notes:

"Asa and Susan Hatton migrated to Martin Co., Ind. near Loogootee prior to 1820. Fourteen children were born to this union, all settling in Brown, Bartholomew, Floyd and Jackson Counties, Indiana." [Hatton Families by Reeve & Reeve, citation details below]

Asa married Susan Damrell. Susan was born in Virginia; died in Audrain County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Said to have been a daughter of Onesiphorus Damrell.

"After Asa's death his wife Susan and children Allen R. and Elizabeth moved to Audrain Co., Mo., where Asa's brother David had homesteaded." [Hatton Families by Reeve & Reeve, citation details below]

This has to have happened after the 1840 Federal census, since on that record "Susan Hatten" is shown as a head-of-family in Martin County, Indiana. This also establishes that Asa Hatton has to have died before 1840.

Joseph married Marie-Anne Girouard on 26 Oct 1808 in Saint-Luc, Québec. Marie-Anne (daughter of Pierre Girouard and Marie Anne Gamache) was born about 1780 in Québec City, Québec. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Or Marianne Anna.

Louis married Charlotte Paquet on 11 Feb 1805 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Rouville, Québec. Charlotte (daughter of Joseph Paquet and Marie Vigeant dit Taupier) was born about 1790. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Marguerite Hangard on 5 Mar 1810 in Louiseville, Québec. Marguerite (daughter of Joseph Angard and Marie Louis Blais) was born on 10 Sep 1784 in Yamachiche, Québec; was christened on 11 Sep 1784 in Yamachiche, Québec. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

François married Elisabeth Godin on 9 Jan 1816 in Louiseville, Québec. Elisabeth (daughter of Antoine Godin and Elisabeth Lajoie) was born on 5 Oct 1794 in Pointe DuLac, St Maurice, Québec. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]