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Based on the 1870 Census for Washington County, Blair Precinct, Ft. Calhoun, Niels (age 50) was a farmer and Catharina (40) was keeping house. Niels was recorded as coming from Sleswig and Amanda was from Hessia. Living with them were Bertha Borup, age three, and Amanda, aged seven months. Bertha and Amanda were born in Nebraska. Amanda was born in November. Also living with them, were Christine Hecker, aged fourteen and born in Hessia, and George Hecker, aged five and born in Illinois. Niels'Äô real state was valued at $1,000 and $480. Niels and Amanda'Äôs parents were listed as foreign born. Both Christine and George had attended school within the year. It is also recorded that Niels was a citizen ofthe United States.

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The record cited above gives 1860 as his immigration year, but family information states he arrived in 1853 and was naturalized in 1860 (also in his obituary).
The Blair Republican gives additional facts in regard to our decreased fellow citizen born Jan. 1, 1823. Mr. Nels Borup who died on June 19, 1897, age 74 years, 5 mo., and 19 days. He was born in Schleswig Holstein and in his youth learned the trade of copper or lockmith. He was a soldier in the German Danish War of 1848. In 1853, he came to America and married his first wife, a widow with 3 children at Belleville, Illinois in 1855. In 1856, they came to Nebraska and located on a farm near DeSoto. Two years later, his wife died from the bite of a rattlesnake and was buried in the Old DeSoto cemetery, July 3, 1858. The family moved back to Illinois where some years later Mr. Borup married again and returned to DeSoto, later moving on a homestead in McCarthy School district which is now a part of his estate. He also lived in McCarthy School District just south of school when his first wife was bitten by a rattlesnake. His second wife died Feb. 14, 1878 and was buried in Blair Cemetery. Children of his second marriage were Bertha, now Mrs. Peter Kessler of this city, Amanda, now Mrs. George Huber of Irvington, and Louise, now Mrs. Joseph Novak of Blair. He also leaves 2 step children of his second wife, George Hecker and Christine Hugelman, both of Herman, Nebraska. Deceased was largely a self-educated liberal minded and patriotic good citizen. Scrupulously honest himself, he loved justice and equality between man and man. His memory will be cherished faithfully by his family and many friends. Mr. Borup learned to read and write the English language before coming to this country. Tombscription: Nels P. Borup - Naturalized Sept. 1860 - 3/4 ctf# Born Jan 1, 1828 Died June 19, 1897 Aged 74 years, 5mo., 19 days Precious truth and honesty He practiced all his days And after struggling through this world In peace and rest he lays.
Nels Peter Borup

Nels Peter Borup, my grandfather, was born in Schleswig, Holstein in 1823. In his youth he learned the trade of copper or blacksmith and was a soldier in the German Danish War of 1848. He learned to read and write the English language before coming to America in 1858 to Illinois.
Two years later, he married his first wife Caroline Hugelman, a widow with three children, who came from Baden, Germany. They came west spending the winter on the Iowa side across from the thriving town of DeSoto, going to Nebraska in the spring.While picking strawberries, Caroline was bitten by a rattlesnake, died and was buried in the old DeSoto Cemetery.
The family returned to Illinois where Nels later married a widow, Anna Catherina Bauman Hecker. Eventually, they returned to Nebraska, homesteading in the McCarthy school district, where a great grandson, Ralph Novak now lives. They had thee children, Bertha (Kessler), Amanda (Huber) and Louise (Novak).
Amanda was my mother. She married George Frederick Huber in 1894 at Blair Evangelical Church. He was the son of Pauline Catherine Schrei and Ernest Huber who came from Germany and married in Philadelphia.
My parents lived on a farm in Washington County in the Wranch school district, which was to stay in the family over one hundred years. They had nine children, Frederick (died young), Pauline (Peterson), Frank, Mary (Gottsch), Bertha, Clark, Edna (Peterson), Walter, and Bernice (Lund). All attended the one room Wranch School. Later a new two room 10 grade school was built there. This school is still used for some elementary grades.
Dad picked us up in a buggy or sleigh when not walking over a mile to school. Arriving home, mother'Äôs good home baked bread, pie or cookies greeted us and we always were allowed to sample. Mother made doughnuts, fritters, waffles, popcorn cooked over an open flame wood range. Gathering wood and cobs for the old wood box was a daily chore. We bathed in a tub by the old wood heater, hurried downstairs on chilly mornings to jump into our long underwear. We had a Delco light plant, laterelectricity.
Some of us were lucky enough to finish high school. Edna and Bertha were teachers; the latter taught over 50 years. 4-H got Walter, Clark, and Dad interested in raising purebred Poland China hogs; Clark also raised purebred Angus cattle. Walterbecame a lawyer, later a judge; Edna'Äôs two boys became doctors, another a librarian; Pauline'Äôs son a vet.
I married Harry E. Lund at Kountze Memorial Lutheran Church in 1931 during the depression. He is the son of Johanna Thompson and the late Ever Lund, one of six children of Mathias Lund. We started farming near Fort Calhoun with 5 horses, walkingplow, harrow, etc. picking corn by hand. Many changes took place in farming and living until we retired. We are members of the Presbyterian Church. We have enjoyed square dancing, bowling, cards, fishing and traveling. Submitted by Bernice Huber Lund.