Mons Selland

In the record Generation 5 — Kristin's great-great-grandparents

1. S74Røldal parish register — baptisms, 1868. Entry no. 7: born 9 May 1868, baptised 21 June 1868, child Mons, ægte (in wedlock); father Gbr. (farmer) Thore Thoresen Selland, mother Ingeborg Ivarsdatter. A primary church record, read by eye from the full-resolution scan rather than from an index or an OCR sidecar. Four of the six named witnesses are Lone and Hegerland people, which is what makes the Julia Lone lead worth chasing. Rødal is in Hordaland, at the head of the Hardanger valleys; Selland is the farm, not the family name.
2. S75Røldal parish register — G. Udflyttede (those moved out), folio 203, year 1889. Entry no. 3: Mons Thorsen Selland, birth year 1868, destination "Dakota, Amerika", certificates issued for birth, baptism and confirmation. Read by eye at full resolution. The register names no ship, no port and no sailing date — the Naar udflyttet column carries the bare year. A Norwegian out-migration entry is a clerical hand-off between parishes, not a passenger list, and it should not be expected to yield a crossing. The birth year here and the birth date in S74 are the same man.
3. S774U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records — marriage register (“Egteviede”), 1925 no. 3: Benjamin Leroy Peters and Gertie Selma Selland, 16 November 1925. Ancestry record 7608849. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, September 2026. Confirmed Groom Benjamin Leroy Peters, parents “Benj. Peters & Edna”; bride Gertie Selma Selland, parents “M. T. Selland & Julia”; witnesses Hazel Peters, Tillie Selland and Mildred Peters. Ages and birthplaces left blank. The church's own register, written at the wedding, and the same couple and date as the state return S71. Ancestry indexes the bride's father as “W T Selland”; on the image it is the scribe's capital M, the same letter that opens “May” and “Mildred” on the page. The church name (Highland Lutheran, Brandt) is Ancestry's catalogue entry, not on the page, and the foot of the entry is cut off in the filming.
4. S813Lutheran confirmation register, 1918, p. 112, entries 6 and 9 — Gertie Selma Selland and Andreas Selland, confirmed 21 July 1918. Ancestry collection 60722, record 151605887 (image 41742_314328-00544). Image examined, read 28 September 2026. Confirmed Entry 9: “Gertie Selma Selland”, born “Okt 1-03”, parents “Mons og Julia Selland”. Entry 6, Andreas Selland, gives the same parents. The congregation's name is not on this page. Collection: U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records, 1781–1969.
5. S819FamilySearch, South Dakota birth index — Gertie Selland, 1 October 1903. FamilySearch ark:/61903/1:1:QKD8-TM6W, checked 28 September 2026. Probable Gertie Selland, born 1 October 1903, Deuel County, South Dakota; parents Mons Selland and Julia Lone. An index row from the South Dakota Department of Health; the image was not examined. The only entry found so far that gives Julia's maiden name.
6. S820FamilySearch, Lutheran church baptism index — Gerty Selma, baptised 15 November 1903, Deuel County, South Dakota. FamilySearch ark:/61903/1:1:QVNT-MT8H, checked 28 September 2026. Probable Gerty Selma, baptised 15 November 1903; parents Mons and Julie Selland. Index entry; the image was not examined. The index gives her birth as 10 October 1903, a variant of the 1 October on every other record. FamilySearch also indexes the 1918 confirmation (S813) as ark:/61903/1:1:QVNT-MKVP.
7. S821FamilySearch, 1910 U.S. census index — Mons Selland household, Brandt, Deuel County, South Dakota. FamilySearch ark:/61903/1:1:MPXP-W49, checked 28 September 2026. Probable Selma in the household of Mons and Julia Selland. Index entry; the census image was not examined here.
8. S9511910 United States Federal Census — Brandt Township, Deuel County, South Dakota, ED 161, sheet 2B, lines 90–96 (19 April 1910). Ancestry record 157278470. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 24–25 September 2026. Confirmed Dwelling 28: Selland, Mons, head, 41, married 11 years, born Norway, immigrated 1889, first papers, farmer, farm owned free of mortgage; Julia, wife, 39, born Norway, mother of 5 children, 5 living; Ida, 10; Andrew, 8; Selma, 6; Tilla, 4; and Oscar, 1 2/12. The children were all born in South Dakota. The index lists six people and drops Oscar on line 96. Selma is Gertie Selma Selland; age 6 fits her birth on 1 October 1903. Mons's 1889 matches the year of his Røldal out-migration entry (S75). Collection: 1910 United States Federal Census.
9. S9521920 United States Federal Census — Brandt Township, Deuel County, South Dakota, ED 125, sheet 11B, lines 51–56 (26–27 January 1920). Ancestry record 99871215. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 24–25 September 2026. Confirmed The end of the Selland family, which begins on sheet 11A: Andrew, son, 18, labourer on the home farm; Selma G., daughter, 16, servant on the home farm; Tilda M., 14; Oscar, 11; George, 7; and Myrtle J., 2. All were born in South Dakota to Norwegian-born parents. The index reads her occupation as "Brevet", which is a misreading of Servant. It also loses Oscar, George and Myrtle across the page break. The index gives the head as "Morris T", but he is on sheet 11A, which was not read, so the site keeps Mons. Collection: 1920 United States Federal Census.
10. S9891920 United States Federal Census — Brandt Township, Deuel County, South Dakota, ED 125, sheet 11A, dwelling 169, lines 48–50 (January 1920). Ancestry record 99871212. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 28–29 September 2026. Confirmed Selland, Mons T., head, 51, farmer, owning his farm with a mortgage; Julia, wife, 49; Ida C., daughter, 19, servant on the home farm, born South Dakota. Mons and Julia were born in Norway, immigrated 1889, naturalized 1914. The household continues on sheet 11B (S952), with Andrew, Selma G., Tilda M., Oscar, George and Myrtle J. The naturalization is census-stated; no court record has been read.
11. S9901930 United States Federal Census — Brandt Township, Deuel County, South Dakota, ED 20-7, sheet 1B, dwelling 12, lines 52–60 (April 1930). Ancestry record 111076604. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 28–29 September 2026. Confirmed Mons Selland, head, 61, and Julia, wife, 60, both born Norway, immigrated 1889, naturalized; age at first marriage: Mons 32, Julia 30. With them Oscar, 21, George, 17, and Myrtle, 12, and their widowed daughter Ida Gustavson, 29, with her daughters Mabel, 6, Eva, 4, and Charlotte, an infant, born in Canada to a Swedish-born father, who came to the United States in 1929. The index lists six people and drops the three granddaughters. Also indexed as Ancestry record 111076620 (the same image, under Mons).
12. S9911940 United States Federal Census — Brandt Township, Deuel County, South Dakota, ED 20-7, sheet 1A, household 1 (16 April 1940). Ancestry record 110552223. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 28–29 September 2026. Confirmed Monse Selland, 71, head and informant, owning a farm worth $800, and Julia, 70, both born Norway and naturalized, in the same house as in 1935, with their sons Oscar, 31, and George, 27, both single.
13. S9921950 United States Federal Census — Brandt, Deuel County, South Dakota, ED 20-7, sheet 9, house 77, lines 14–16 (18 April 1950). Ancestry record 8596216. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 28–29 September 2026. Confirmed Mons T. Sellan[d], 82, farmer, and Julia, 80, his wife, both born Norway and naturalized, with their son Oscar, 41, never married, a farm helper. The initial T. fits the Røldal register's “Mons Thorsen Selland” (S75). Also indexed as Ancestry record 8596215 (the same image, under Mons).
14. S11001875 Norway Census — Røldal, household of Thore Thorsen. Ancestry record 1138042. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 1 October 2026. Confirmed Census of 31 December 1875: Thore Thorsen, head, married, farmer and owner, building carpenter and smith, born 1820 in Røldal; Engeborg Iversdtr, his wife, born 1831 at Søvde, Sands parish; their children Anders Thorsen, 1857, helping his father, Engeborg Thorsdtr, 1865, Mons Thorsen, 1868, and Engeborg Thorsdtr, 1873, all born in Røldal; a servant, two visitors from Suldal, and a lodger household. The farm name is not on this spread. The index reads her birthplace as “Sósde”; the image has Søvde. Two daughters named Engeborg, 1865 and 1873, are both listed.
15. S11281900 U.S. census — Brandt Township, Deuel County, South Dakota, ED 132, sheet 2A, dwelling 23 (4 June 1900). Ancestry record 59725519. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 29 September 2026. Confirmed Selland, Mons (the end of the given name is hard to read), head, born May 1868 in Norway, 32, married 1 year, immigrated 1889, naturalized, farmer, owning a mortgaged farm; Julia, wife, born April 1870 in Norway, 30, mother of 1 child, 1 living, immigrated 1889; Ida C., daughter, born April 1900 in South Dakota, 1 month. The online index reads the head as “Mor” or “Mory” Selland.