I am writing this for my husband Walter Nielsen White, his father was Albert Nielsen and he was adopted by Carrie and Rufus White. Albert's wife was Amy Mitchell from Lexington, Nebraska. Walter would like information about Albert's father, Joseph Nielsen and Mary ?. They came to the USA around 1900 and Albert was born 1904 Oct. They were Scandinavian. Albert insisted that they came from Denmark, the orphanage said they came from Sweden. We do not know. We figure that Joseph and Mary were born around 1862 because they had a son born 1885, his name was Alfred (he was adopted by the Calef family in Nebraska). Albert had other brothers and a sister: Arnold b: 1900, Alfred, Alexander b: 1896 and Alice b: 1899. The dates could be incorrect too. The mother was, we think, in the hospital in New York, when a Reverend came and took the children away to the NY orphan Asylum and later they were transported by Orphan Trains to Nebraska where they were adopted. Before Joseph and Mary we have no information, we are just guessing at the birth dates. The grandparents came later with one or two children. Joseph was a Pile Driver. They were Protestants. Mary may have had more children later. We do not know. We are at a dead end, and would love to have more information.