On 1 June 1900 Nina, who emigrated in 1889, and John had been married 9 years, and she had borne 7 children, only 1 of which was still alive. They lived in Bayfield, Wisconsin with their only surviving child, John, age 7.1623

On 1 June 1900 John Hadlund, a 32 year old fisherman born in Norway lived in a house he owned with a mortgage on Fifth Street in Bayfield, Wisconsin. He had emigrated in 1887, was a naturalized citizen and had been married for 9 years. He lived with his wife Nina, 31, son John, 7, father Jacob, 67 and mother Martena, 57.1623