- Nils Magnusson Rise (1827-1914) g. Lydianne Engeset – overtok farsgarden på Rise
- Berte Kristine Magnusdtr. Rise (1830-1897) g. Andreas Rise – til Amerika, busett St. Peter, MN
- Hans Emanuel Magnusson Rise (1832-1878) g. Christena – til Amerika, busett St. Peter, MN
- Marie Larentse Magnusdtr. Rise (1835-1895) g. Benoni Farley – til Amerika, busett St. Paul, MN
- Tobias Lorits Magnusson Rise (1837-1891) g. Addie – til Amerika
- Lisbet Marie Magnusdtr. Rise (1844-1871) g. Thor Paulson – til Amerika, busett Blue Earth, MN
- Ingeborg Regine Magnusdtr. Rise (1848-ukjent dødsdato) – til Amerika
Alice M Korn, oldebarnet til Lisbet og Magnus, skriv i innleiinga til slektsboka ho laga i 1972:
Magnus Nelson Rice was born Feb. 16, 1793 in Norway. He was married in Norway but I don’t know his wife’s name. They had six children, namely: Nels, Tobias, Hans, Bertha, Mary and Jane. Magnus left Bergen, Norway May 18, 1851 with his entire family, except their oldest son, Nels Ruse, who never came to America but preferred to remain in Norway.
Bertha Ruse, our grandmother, and her husband, Andrew Ruse, our grandfather, and their one and a half year old daughter, Martha, also came with the family group.
Several families from the same neighborhood in Norway came to America in the same sailboat. They packed as much of their belongings as possible in the sailboat. Our great-grandfather wanted to take his cow but one of the neighborhood families had already put his cow on the boat and there wasn’t room for great grandfather’s cow. He regretted that his cow had to be left in Norway.
The day after Norway’s Independence Day, May 18, 1851 their sailboat left Bergen, Norway for America. They arrived in New York Bay the night of July 3, 1851 and anchored out in the Bay until the morning of July 5.
Early in the morning of July 4, New York started celebrating the ”Fourth of July” with the traditional firing of cannons. The sound of the guns, firecrackers, and noise of the celebration in general was heard by the folks anchored in the Bay. The fireworks in the evening were also watched with awe and interest. The folks in the sailboat thought a battle with the Indians was in progress. Some of the young men wanted to go ashore and join the fight, but after much persuasion it was decided they should stay in the Bay until the ”battle” was over. When they went ashore on the morning of July 5 they found New York to be a rather quiet city. They asked some of the folks on the street how the battle with the Indians turned out. The surprised men of the streets told them it was ”Independence Day” they had celebrated and there was no battle. The Indians molested no one.
From New York the family proceeded by train a part of the way, then by canal boat and finished the journey by stagecoach. They arrived at Sugar Creek, Iowa Ang. 4, 1851 where Uncle John was born that day to Bertha and Andrew Ruse. The family lived at Sugar Creek, Iowa for a time and also at Keokuk, Iowa before coming to St. Peter, Minnesota in 1856. In Iowa they lived in a Quaker community. The people were very religious and kindhearted and good neighbors. The Ruse family had lots of respect for their Quaker neighbors.
The English translation of Ruse is Rice. When the children attended school the teachers spelled their name Rice, so finally the family changed the spelling of their name from Ruse to Rice. The Rice family went to St. Peter, Minn. in 1856 and they lived there a year or two. While there sorrow came to their home. Their two and one-half year old daughter, Lovisa Marie, died on October 30, 1856. She was buried two or three miles northwest from St. Peter, Minn. She was born in Iowa April 29, 1854.