Part of the Letter Collection

Ane Margrethe (b. 16. June 1862 Ryde parish Denmark, d. 6. July 1928 Laurens, New York) and Peder Daniel Nelson (b. 4 February 1868 Kattrup, Denmark, d. Laurens, New York) immigrated to US in 1893.
They brought their 4 oldest children with them from Denmark (Søren, Karen, Karl and Christian). In total they got 10 children. 3 of them died young, but the 7 others reached grown-up age and settled down to a new life in the US.
My collection contains letters from more of them (some written in Danish and some in American):

Name	Birth/Dead	Examples of letters
Søren Nelson	Born 1 April 1889 Borbjerg, Denmark. Dead July 1962, Los Angeles, United States
Christian K Nelson	Born 12.03.1893, Denmark, Dead 1992 Laguna Hills, California, United States	Letter from 1910   Christian wrote to his cousin Chresten and tells about silent Sundays at the Danish college Dana in Blair Nebraska.
Olga Nelson	Born 19 juni 1894 Wisconsin United States, Dead 29 April 1975, California, United States	Letter from 1928 Olga wrote to Ette about the possibilities for immigration and gives a heart moving description of her mother’s death. Letter from 1955   Olga writes from California and describes the hard life and poor possibilities of the cotton pickers there.
Nels Nelson	Born 24 September 1896 Wisconsin, Dead 22 June 1978 United States
Carrie Nelson	Born 21 March 1898 Wisconsin, Dead 1988 California, United States	Letter from 1955 Carrie, Agnes and Olga lived together for many years. First in Oneonta and later when Olga went to California Carrie and Agnes joined her there. Letter is from 1955 Carrie describes her and Agnes life while Olga in California and the whereabouts of the entire family.
Agnes Nelson	Born 20 November 1899 Wisconsin, Dead 18 November 1970 California, United States
Harold Nelson	Born 30 July 1903 Iowa, Dead 18 September 1982 Orange California, United States	Letter from 1953 For more years Harold and Betty write Christmas Greetings to the Christensen family in Denmark, talking about the family and news.
Joy Nelson Mara Daughter of Nels	Born 23 November 1924 New York State, Dead 17 January 2008 Gettysburg, PA	Letter from 1985 Letter from 1986 In 1986 Joy and her husband visited Denmark and, in this connection, wrote more letters to their grand cousin Ragnhild.

For further family details see here