The Feder Nelson family, consisting of Peder, his wife and six year old daughter, arrived from Norway in 1883.
Settling in Barnes County on what is now known as the Elliott Gusaas place, a sod cave was dug into a hillside as their home. During the famous blizzard of 1888 the first son was born in the cave. A second daughter, Minnie (Mrs. Ole Fossum) was born in 1885.
Mrs. Nelson died in 1905. Helga, the oldest daughter died as a young woman. The son married in 1908 and died in 1918. Peder then lived with his daughter Minnie until his death in 1926 at the age of 78. Albert G. Nelson, a grandson, lives in Richfield, Minnesota.
Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 172