NameJohanna Sophia NIELSON
Birth10 May 1875, Sjila, Denmark
Death21 Sep 1942, Spring Lake Tn, Pierce, WI
BurialPoplar Hill Cemetery, Rock Elm, WI
OccupationHousewife
ReligionLutheran
Spouses
Birth27 Mar 1868, Varhus, Denmark
Death14 Mar 1950, Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI Sacred Heart Hosp.
BurialPoplar Hill Cemetery, Rock Elm, Pierce, WI
OccupationSawmill Nightwatchman, Farmer
ReligionLutheran
Marriage1892, Wildwood Tn, Pierce, WI
Notes for Johanna Sophia NIELSON
Grandma Johanna Peterson would help the men milk the cows (by hand still), and while they were storing or separating the milk, feeding the pigs, she would be in her kitchen preparing breakfast for them all. When Grandpa Peterson was working as a night watchman at the sawmill in Wildwood, he had his fortune read that he was going meet a fair young maiden, who some day would be his wife. His reply was “Will she have a full set of teeth?” Johannah was a maid in the boarding house where he stayed. This may have been around 1891-92. Herb remembers her well, especially standing in front of the kitchen wood stove, cooking. Her long blonde hair was braided and wrapped around her head, as was the style those days.