When Niels W Nielsen was born on 16 August 1871, in Tulstrup, Skanderborg, Denmark, his father, Christen Nielsen Vestergaard, was 43 and his mother, Ane Catharine Olsen, was 35. He married Metta" Meta" C. Rasmussen on 10 November 1894, in Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He immigrated to United States in 1887 and lived in Tulstrup, Gjern, Skanderborg, Denmark in 1880 and Ramsey, Minnesota, United States in 1900. He died on 29 March 1944, in Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States.
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Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
After discovering iron ore in the Vermilion Range in North-East of Minnesota, iron mining companies began to come to the area and caused an economic boom to the area of Duluth and to the state as a whole.
The Flag of Minnesota was adopted on August 2 and consists of scenes from the seal of Minnesota. The flag has been modified over the years to be easier to manufacture.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Niels, Jorgen, Knud, Lars, Nels, Bent, Borge, Holger, Ove, Einer, Oluf.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Niels, a shortened form of Nikolaus (see Nicholas ). Compare Nielson , Neilsen , Nelsen , Nilsen , and Nilson .
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