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Gravestones

Nelson Immigrants

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nelsongrave.jpg (204098 bytes) Nelson
John (Janne Nilsson) 1839 - 1902
Emma (Emma Louise Vickbom) 1862 - 1933 (John's 2nd wife)
Firth, Bingham, Idaho
Pioneer_Marker_Firth_Idaho.jpg (98259 bytes) Nelson
Not really a grave marker. This is a monument to the early pioneers of Idaho. John Nelson is listed ninth from bottom.
Firth, Bingham, Idaho
lars&petronella.jpg (108307 bytes) Nilsson
Marker for Lars Nilsson (1827 - 1922) and his sister, Petronella, (1842 - 1922). They are siblings of John Nelson. Both Lars and Petronella emigrated to the USA where they eventually settled in Odebolt, Iowa, but they returned to  Sweden early in the 1900s.
Mjunka-Lungby, Kristianstad län, Sweden
per&christinia.jpg (173040 bytes) Nelson
Per Nelson (1834 - 1914) and wife, Christinia (1843 - 1913). Per farmed near Odebolt before retiring to Harcourt. Per is also a brother to John Nelson.
Lost Grove Cemetery, Harcourt, Webster, Iowa
bethel_memorial.jpg (148709 bytes) Bethel Lutheran Cemetery
Marker on original site of Bethel Lutheran Church, destroyed by fire June 27, 1961.
Bethel Lutheran Cemetery, Section 31, Wheeler Township, Sac County, Iowa
bethel cemetery.jpg (168329 bytes) Bethel Lutheran Cemetery
A view looking toward the northwest corner where Alfred Nelson's mother, Elina Olsson (and possibly his brother, Carl Oscar) are believed buried in unmarked graves.
goranson emma.jpg (101854 bytes) Göranson
Emma 1839 - 1918
Kiron Cemetery, Kiron, Iowa
Emma Sophia Dolk was the wife of C.A. Göranson and mother of Alfred's wife, Anna Sophia Peterson.
goranson_carl.jpg (199634 bytes) Göranson
Carl A. 1846 - 1889
Kiron Cemetery, Kiron, Iowa
Carl was the second husband of Emma Sophia Dolk.

 

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