“The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago:  
Western Historical Company.   1879.


NIELS HALVERSON,  harness-maker, Busseyville; was born in 
Norway Oct. 30, 1815; at the age of 18, he apprenticed himself to a 
harness-maker, from whom he learned the trade, and at the age of 24 
years, started for himself.  He married in Norway May 4, 1847, Miss 
Ingebar Aamirsen, who was born June 24, 1824; had eight children – 
Kisten, Irene, John, Anna, Peter, Lena, May and Amelia.  June 6, 1849, 
he and his family started from Norway for Wisconsin, where he located 
in Christiana Township, and engaged in farming.  In December, 1861, he 
enlisted in Company H, 15th W.V.I., with whom he made a good record; 
when mustered out, he returned to Dane Co., and re-engaged in farming; 
in 1868, he resumed the occupation of harness-making, and, in 1871, 
removed to Busseyville, where he started a harness-maker’s business, 
which he still follows.


Submitted by:  Linda Pingel  (LPingel@worldnet.att.net)