Nils Gottfrid Nelson

   Other names for Nils were Nels Gottfred Nelson, Nils Gottrid Aronsson Nelson and Nils Gottfrid Nilsson.

  Research Notes:

See father's notes re; Östmark parish records

I used the 2 Ancestry Family Trees as a starting point,



Östmark (S) AIIa:4 (1910-1919) Page 666, Bergsidan

son Nils Gottfrid Nilsson, b 1897 leaves for North America 6 May 1916

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RE Nils Gottfrid Nelson, b 1897

Värmlänningar i Nordamerika, by Måwe, Carl-Erik 1971
- image 333; 1916
Nils Gottrid Aronsson (Nelson) b 25 Nov 1897; from Östmark Bergsidan; last known address; died 24 Jun 1954
Box 122, Darwin, MN
son Karl Wedell Nelson, Darwin, MN
dau Marianne Christin married to Robert Grapentin, 10840 - Rich Ave, Minneapolis, MN

** recorded below Nils is:
brother Karl Edmund, utv=utvandrad= emigrated; 19 Nov 1924
then the term, fabrikör= manufacturer

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1920 US Census, Collinwood Twp, Meeker Co; ED 0115; sheet 2B; ; dw/fam 46/46
line 88, Gottred Nelson, servant, age 22 b in Swe; single; em 1916; farming
line above, is John A Latt, head, age 53 b in Swe; single em 1884;

1930 US Census, Stockholm Twp, Wright Co, MN; ED 0033; sheet 2A
Gotfred Nelson, age 32 b in Swe; married at age 22 [abt 1920]
wife Mamie, age 30 b in MN [b abt 1900]; married at age 20 [abt 1920]
son Carl, age 8
son Eldon age 7
dau Marion age 2 yrs and 6 months
Russel Bjork, boarder age 19 b in MN *** he is the son of Anna Emelia Swanson Nilsdotter, the sister to
Gotfred's father, Aron Nilsson b 1864
Anna Floding, grandmother in law, age 85; b in Swe; widow; em 1883


1940 US Census, Collinwood Twp, Meeker Co, MN; ED 47-3; sheet 8B; house visit 165 [line 65]
Gottfred Nelson, age 42 b in Swe; farming
wife, Mamie, age 40 b in MN
Carl Nelson, age 18
Eldon Nelson, age 17
dau Marion, age 12

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MOMS........ married 10 Jan 1920, Gottred N Nelson and Maimie D Nordberg;
Wright Co, MN cert Q-065
MNHS Meeker Co death Cert 1954-MN-008815; died 24 Jun 1954
burial: Dassel Community Cemetery, Dassel, Meeker Co, MN
- Gottfrid/Coffred, id 133436025
- Mamie, id 59383615
- links to son Karl W Nelson, 1921-1978
- links to son Eldon Einar Nelson, 1923-2008
- daughter Marion, buried at Fort Snelling, Fort Snelling, id 716283; But no link
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Modified Descendant

Nils Gottrid Aronsson Nelson, b 25 Nov 1897; Östmark, Värmland, Sweden;
died 24 Jun 1954, Dassel, Meeker Co, MN
Married: 10 Jan 1920, Wright Co, MN
Mamie Devina Nordberg, b 1 Oct 1899, Minnesota; died 17 Mar 1989, Meeker Co, MN

Children:

[1] Karl Wendell Nelson, b 12 Nov 1921, Meeker Co MN; died Sep 1978, Meeker Co, MN. No Children
[2] Eldon Einar Nelson, b 14 Mar 1923, Meeker Co MN; died 19 Nov 2008, Hennepin CO, MN. 4 children
married: 18 Sep 1954, Meeker Co, MN
Pauline Johnson
[** Eldon's OBIT]
[3] Marian Christine Nelson, b 13 Sep 1927, Meeker Co, MN; died 31 Oct 1996, Minneapolis. No children
married: 28 Aug 1948, Hennepin Co
Robert C Grapentin, b 19 Apr 1927, Hennepin Co, MN; died 4 Feb 2004, PHiladelphia, PA
[Marian and Roberts' OBITS]




re: Eldon OBIT, Dassel-Cokato Enterprise [www.herald-journal.com/obits]
- died on 19 Nov 2008 at Hennepin Co Medical Center in Minneapolis
- born 14 Mar 1923 at the home farm south of Cokato - son of Nels Gottfred Nelson and Mamie Devina (Nordberg]
- married Paulin Johson, 18 Sep 1954 at Dassel - home southwest of Dassel
- operated family seed corn operation (Gottfred Nelson & Sons) until is father's death [1954], and
then crop farm with his borther and later his sons.
- survived by wife Pauline of Dassel daughter Barbara (Rev Bruce) Nordeen of Pittsburg. PA
Gordy (Debbie) Nelson, John Nelson both of Dassel, and Dan (Nancy) Nelson of Big Stone City, SD...
grandchildren
- preceded by his parents, brother Karl and sister Marian Grapentin

re; Marian's OBIT Star Tribune (Minneapolis) issue 2 Nov 1996, page 34
- Marian C age 69 of Minnepolis
- survived by husband, Robert C; brother Eldon Nelson of Dassel, MN; nieces, nephews, cousins
- buried at Fort Snelling [findagrave id 716283]
[marriage: 1948; MOMS......... Hennepin Co cert 05520355]

re; Robert Grapentin, husband OBIT [newspapers.com]
The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia) issue 8 Feb 2004, page B06
- died 4 Feb 2004; born 19 Aug 1927 to Bertha and Carl Grapentin in Minneapolis, MN
- survived by his sisters, Irma Skov of Washington, Washington Co, Utah [far southwest corner of State]
LaVonne Heath (Isle Minnesota) and Georgene, Pettygrove of Philadelphia ... nieces and nephews...
- burial at Fort Snelling [findagrave id, 65676794; US Army, WW 2]

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Emigration, 1916: Leaving for North America, 6 May 1916, Östmark, Värmland län, Sweden. ^9582,9583 Nils Gottfrid leaves for North America in 1916. In the US he uses the surname Nelson. It is likely that he first went to his aunts place, Karolina Asp (b 1861) in Collinwood Twp, Meeker Co, Minnesota.

Nils married Mamie Devina Nordberg on 10 Jan 1920 in Wright Co, Minnesota, United States. (Mamie Devina Nordberg was born on 1 Oct 1899 in Minnesota, United States, died on 17 Mar 1989 in Meeker Co, Minnesota, United States and was buried in Dassel Community Cemetery, Dassel, Meeker Co, Minnesota, United States.)