Nellie Oleson heeft in het echt niet bestaan! Het krengerige kind dat wij uit de series en zelfs uit de boeken kennen is gebaseerd op drie verschillende meisjes uit Laura's jeugd.
Nellie Oleson is Laura's rivaal. Echter is het personage Nellie Oleson in de boeken gecombineerd uit drie verschillende meisjes:
Nellie Owens was een jaar jonger dan Laura en had een jonger broertje genaamd Willie, net als de Nellie in de boeken. Haar ouders, William en Margaret Owens runden een lokale winkel in Walnut Grove.
Genevieve Masters was de verwende dochter van Laura's leraar in Walnut Grove. Genny droeg prachtige kleren en had mooie blonde krullen, net als Nellie Oleson. Nellie Owens en Genny Masters hadden constant ruzie over wie er de baas van het schoolplein mocht zijn en alle jonge meisjes werden gedwongen om een kant te kiezen. Laura weigerde echter een kant te kiezen en werd uiteindelijk de baas van het schoolplein.
Genny's familie verhuisde naar De Smet, niet lang na de familie Ingalls, maar de familie Owens deed dit niet.
Het derde meisje van het personage Nellie Oleson was Stella Gilbert, een arm meisje dat op een stuk grond vlakbij De Smet leefde. Ondanks dat ze arm was, was ze ook heel knap en liet ze haar oog vallen op Almanzo. Ze slaagde er in dat Almanzo haar enkele keren meenam uit rijden, totdat Almanzo erachter kwam dat ze zeer eenkennig was.
Er is niet veel bekend van wat er van Genny en Stella is geworden. Nellie Owens verhuisde naar Californië en vervolgens naar Oregon, daar trouwde ze met Henry Kirry en kregen ze drie kinderen: Zola, Lloyd en Leslie. Haar broer Willie werd blind door vuurwerk en ging naar de blinden school. Ook hij trouwde en kreeg drie kinderen.
Nellie Oleson
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Mieke
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Ik vond onderstaand stuk over de familie van Nellie Owens:
Nellie Olsen / Owens Part 1
Posted on August 23, 2012 by pioneercousin
William Henry Owens was born on a farm in Scranton, Pa., on June 20, 1835. He was the oldest of six children born to Robert and Winifred Evans Owens, who had emigrated to America from Wales. The family later moved to NY State, where they operated a dairy farm. In the early 1860s, William decided to seek his fortune in the mid-west, and journeyed to Cresco, Ia. There are also many other Owenses recorded as living in the region- particularly in the nearby Welsh community of Lime Spring-so perhaps William heard of this area from a friend or relative who had already come out and settled.
It was in Cresco that William met and married Margaret H. Gibson on March 20, 1864. Margaret was born on Ja. 12, 1836 in Hinchinbrooke Co., Quebec, Canada where her family lived on a 100 acre farm. In 1848, the Gibson’s emigrated to the U.S.. Two years later, another important event in Margaret’s life took place when she became a Christian. She remained a devoutly religious woman throughout her life, with her personality described as patient loving and kind.
The Owennses remained in Cresco for several years, and had a 40 acre farm just north of town. They then decided to move on to the newly established town of Le Roy, Mn. Le Roy owed its existence to the railroad, which created a stop there and came through the township on the first Sunday of Aug. 1867. It was just a year later on Sunday, Aug. 2, 1868 that a significant event in the Owens’ lives also took place: the birth of their first child, Nellie Winifred Owens. The following year on either Oct. 7 or 9, 1869, their son, William Robert ( Willie) Owens was born.
1870 was not only the start of a new decade, but launched a new livelihood for Mr. Owens. In March the Owenses gave up their farm in Le Roy and at the back of the general store moved to the nearby town of Alba, where Mr. Owens had been offered a job as postmaster. So the family moved into rooms at back of the general store, where the pot office was located. Mr. Owens held this position until the Owenses decided to move to Walnut Grove in 1873, the same year as the Ingalls family.
Mr and Mrs. Owens began operating a general store in town, having decided they preferred that to farming, although of course Nellie and Willie couldn’t really remember anything else. The store was mainly the responsibility of Mrs Owens, while Mr. Owens, while Mr. Owens practiced a little veterinary medicine on the side, a skillhe’d learned back on hia parents farm in NY. It was here in Walnut Grove that Laura Ingalls and Nellie Owens first met.
During this period Ingallses and the Owneses lived in Walnut Grove- and despite Nellie and Laura’s personal differences there was a common bond that linked both families…blindness. While they were in Walnut Grove, both Mary Ingalls and Willie Owens suffered the loss of their eyesight.
Willie’s blindness occurred as result of a careless accident involving firecrackers, and it happened the very first year the Owneses arrived in Walnut Grove. One day, a group of boys in town decided it would be fun to pile up some rocks in the middle of the road and blow them up. Willie was eager to please the older children, who persuaded him to go over to his parents store and get some firecrackers. When he brought them back, the older boys lit them, and quickly put them into a striped paper candy bag. The, they piled gravel on top, and stood back to watch it all blow up. But instead, the firecrackers went out, so the boys asked Willie to go over and blow on them to get it started again. Not knowing any better, he obliged. Suddenly, the volatile material exploded, causing Willie to completely lose the sight in one eye, and damaged the other. In later years, Willie never allowed his own children to have firecrackers, or anything that could cause an explosion. He would always just blow up a bag, pop it, and say ” Now that sounds just like a firecracker”.
In 1880, Nellie and Willie gained a new little brother by the name of Frank. Frank’s real last name wasn’t Owens though, it was Beadle, and he was actually the son of Lafayette and Clementia Beadle the same ‘Miss Beadle’ who taught school to Laura, Nellie and the other children. Clementia Clarissa Fuller Beadle came from Si., while her husband , Lafayette, was like Mrs. Owens, Canadian. Frank was born on March 23, 1877 and had five brothers and sisters. But in the latter half of 1880, tragedy struck the young family when Lafayette Beadle was killed in sawmill accident at the age of 30, leaving his young wife with six small children to care for. Clementia found it difficult to support them, so neighbors assisted by taking some of the youngsters. The Owneses offered to help by caring for Frank. Frank soon grew to love his new family who treated him as one of their own.
A few years later, the Owenses decided to pull up stakes and go west to Cal. Noe five years of age, Frank was given a choice: he could either stay in Walnut Grove close to his mother and siblings, or migrate with the Owens. Although it was a difficult parting, Frank chose to go with his new family, who he felt cared for him very much. So he took on the name, too, and went west with them.
Ik had het allemaal nog nooit geweten.
Nellie Olsen / Owens Part 1
Posted on August 23, 2012 by pioneercousin
William Henry Owens was born on a farm in Scranton, Pa., on June 20, 1835. He was the oldest of six children born to Robert and Winifred Evans Owens, who had emigrated to America from Wales. The family later moved to NY State, where they operated a dairy farm. In the early 1860s, William decided to seek his fortune in the mid-west, and journeyed to Cresco, Ia. There are also many other Owenses recorded as living in the region- particularly in the nearby Welsh community of Lime Spring-so perhaps William heard of this area from a friend or relative who had already come out and settled.
It was in Cresco that William met and married Margaret H. Gibson on March 20, 1864. Margaret was born on Ja. 12, 1836 in Hinchinbrooke Co., Quebec, Canada where her family lived on a 100 acre farm. In 1848, the Gibson’s emigrated to the U.S.. Two years later, another important event in Margaret’s life took place when she became a Christian. She remained a devoutly religious woman throughout her life, with her personality described as patient loving and kind.
The Owennses remained in Cresco for several years, and had a 40 acre farm just north of town. They then decided to move on to the newly established town of Le Roy, Mn. Le Roy owed its existence to the railroad, which created a stop there and came through the township on the first Sunday of Aug. 1867. It was just a year later on Sunday, Aug. 2, 1868 that a significant event in the Owens’ lives also took place: the birth of their first child, Nellie Winifred Owens. The following year on either Oct. 7 or 9, 1869, their son, William Robert ( Willie) Owens was born.
1870 was not only the start of a new decade, but launched a new livelihood for Mr. Owens. In March the Owenses gave up their farm in Le Roy and at the back of the general store moved to the nearby town of Alba, where Mr. Owens had been offered a job as postmaster. So the family moved into rooms at back of the general store, where the pot office was located. Mr. Owens held this position until the Owenses decided to move to Walnut Grove in 1873, the same year as the Ingalls family.
Mr and Mrs. Owens began operating a general store in town, having decided they preferred that to farming, although of course Nellie and Willie couldn’t really remember anything else. The store was mainly the responsibility of Mrs Owens, while Mr. Owens, while Mr. Owens practiced a little veterinary medicine on the side, a skillhe’d learned back on hia parents farm in NY. It was here in Walnut Grove that Laura Ingalls and Nellie Owens first met.
During this period Ingallses and the Owneses lived in Walnut Grove- and despite Nellie and Laura’s personal differences there was a common bond that linked both families…blindness. While they were in Walnut Grove, both Mary Ingalls and Willie Owens suffered the loss of their eyesight.
Willie’s blindness occurred as result of a careless accident involving firecrackers, and it happened the very first year the Owneses arrived in Walnut Grove. One day, a group of boys in town decided it would be fun to pile up some rocks in the middle of the road and blow them up. Willie was eager to please the older children, who persuaded him to go over to his parents store and get some firecrackers. When he brought them back, the older boys lit them, and quickly put them into a striped paper candy bag. The, they piled gravel on top, and stood back to watch it all blow up. But instead, the firecrackers went out, so the boys asked Willie to go over and blow on them to get it started again. Not knowing any better, he obliged. Suddenly, the volatile material exploded, causing Willie to completely lose the sight in one eye, and damaged the other. In later years, Willie never allowed his own children to have firecrackers, or anything that could cause an explosion. He would always just blow up a bag, pop it, and say ” Now that sounds just like a firecracker”.
In 1880, Nellie and Willie gained a new little brother by the name of Frank. Frank’s real last name wasn’t Owens though, it was Beadle, and he was actually the son of Lafayette and Clementia Beadle the same ‘Miss Beadle’ who taught school to Laura, Nellie and the other children. Clementia Clarissa Fuller Beadle came from Si., while her husband , Lafayette, was like Mrs. Owens, Canadian. Frank was born on March 23, 1877 and had five brothers and sisters. But in the latter half of 1880, tragedy struck the young family when Lafayette Beadle was killed in sawmill accident at the age of 30, leaving his young wife with six small children to care for. Clementia found it difficult to support them, so neighbors assisted by taking some of the youngsters. The Owneses offered to help by caring for Frank. Frank soon grew to love his new family who treated him as one of their own.
A few years later, the Owenses decided to pull up stakes and go west to Cal. Noe five years of age, Frank was given a choice: he could either stay in Walnut Grove close to his mother and siblings, or migrate with the Owens. Although it was a difficult parting, Frank chose to go with his new family, who he felt cared for him very much. So he took on the name, too, and went west with them.
Ik had het allemaal nog nooit geweten.
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Het hele verhaal van Nellie Owens en haar hele leven en dat van haar ouders staat in gedeelten op de volgende site:
http://pioneercousin.wordpress.com/2012 ... ns-part-5/
(dit is deel 5, van hieruit kun je terugzoeken naar deel 1 (zie hierboven)).
Er staan ook foto's op van het gezin.
http://pioneercousin.wordpress.com/2012 ... ns-part-5/
(dit is deel 5, van hieruit kun je terugzoeken naar deel 1 (zie hierboven)).
Er staan ook foto's op van het gezin.
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Mieke
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Hallo allemaal,
het antwoord op de vertaalvraag bij al deze stukken is eigenlijk: nee, dat wil ik niet.
ik vind het leuk om dingen die ik zo tegenkom op het forum te zetten, omdat het verwijst naar iets over Laura. Hoewel ik de Engelse taal prima machtig ben, kost vertalen ongelofelijk veel tijd. En die tijd heb ik niet.
Ik heb veel bewondering voor jou, Halfpint, dat je mijn hele boekje vertaald, maar ik ga daar niet toe komen, dat stuk van Nellie Oleson is veel te lang, net als het interview van Beth.
Degene die het Engels machtig zijn, kunnen de stukken lezen. wil er iemand iets van op het forum vertalen of zetten, dan mag die persoon dat zelf doen.
hoewel ik begrijp dat dit voor sommige mensen niet prettig is, dat ik zo reageer, wil ik eigenlijk niet anders. Er zit heel veel werk in dit forum en er wordt heel veel vertaald, waarop heel weinig reactie komt.
ik wil best op termijn stukken vertalen, maar dat gaat maanden duren.
Ik hoor graag als de keuze dan is dat ik geen Engelse links meer op het forum zet.
Dan zal ik dat zonder meer respecteren.
het antwoord op de vertaalvraag bij al deze stukken is eigenlijk: nee, dat wil ik niet.
ik vind het leuk om dingen die ik zo tegenkom op het forum te zetten, omdat het verwijst naar iets over Laura. Hoewel ik de Engelse taal prima machtig ben, kost vertalen ongelofelijk veel tijd. En die tijd heb ik niet.
Ik heb veel bewondering voor jou, Halfpint, dat je mijn hele boekje vertaald, maar ik ga daar niet toe komen, dat stuk van Nellie Oleson is veel te lang, net als het interview van Beth.
Degene die het Engels machtig zijn, kunnen de stukken lezen. wil er iemand iets van op het forum vertalen of zetten, dan mag die persoon dat zelf doen.
hoewel ik begrijp dat dit voor sommige mensen niet prettig is, dat ik zo reageer, wil ik eigenlijk niet anders. Er zit heel veel werk in dit forum en er wordt heel veel vertaald, waarop heel weinig reactie komt.
ik wil best op termijn stukken vertalen, maar dat gaat maanden duren.
Ik hoor graag als de keuze dan is dat ik geen Engelse links meer op het forum zet.
Dan zal ik dat zonder meer respecteren.
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Halfpint
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Dan zou ik zeggen, plaats maar geen lange engelse stukken meer.
Hetgeen ik tegenkom, heb ik praktisch altijd vertaald, dus kom ik dan iets van jou tegen, gebeurt dat later wel een keer, maar nu hou ik het ook voorlopig even bij het vertalen van het topic de truth/de waarheid.
Of Rose/Peter moeten zin hebben om te gaan vertalen?
Op dit forum is het echter wijzer het wel in het nederlands t plaatsen, daar er meerdere jongeren zijn of mensen die het engels niet goed machtig zijn.
Hetgeen ik tegenkom, heb ik praktisch altijd vertaald, dus kom ik dan iets van jou tegen, gebeurt dat later wel een keer, maar nu hou ik het ook voorlopig even bij het vertalen van het topic de truth/de waarheid.
Of Rose/Peter moeten zin hebben om te gaan vertalen?
Op dit forum is het echter wijzer het wel in het nederlands t plaatsen, daar er meerdere jongeren zijn of mensen die het engels niet goed machtig zijn.
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Halfpint
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Jullie weten nu dus dat het personage Nellie Oleson gecombineerd is uit 3 verschillende mensen:
1 Nellie Owens (uit 'Het kleine huis aan de rivier')
2 Genevieve Masters (uit 'Het kleine huis aan de rivier' en 'Kleine stad op de prarie'
3 Stella Gilbert Sasser (uit 'een huis voor Laura')
Hieronder volgt nu een foto van een jonge Stella Gilbert Sasser (die dus de Nellie is uit deel 8, die als jongedame achter Almanzo aanging.)
1 Nellie Owens (uit 'Het kleine huis aan de rivier')
2 Genevieve Masters (uit 'Het kleine huis aan de rivier' en 'Kleine stad op de prarie'
3 Stella Gilbert Sasser (uit 'een huis voor Laura')
Hieronder volgt nu een foto van een jonge Stella Gilbert Sasser (die dus de Nellie is uit deel 8, die als jongedame achter Almanzo aanging.)
