Mattes Ireus Nelson

  Research Notes:

Lekvattnet (S) AI:7 (1886-1890)Page 18, Fäbacken

Mattes Ireus [??], b 5 Apr 1854 married 19 Apr 1885 to Ingeborg Jonsdotter b 20 Feb 1858
with son, David, b 8 Dec 1886
family leaves for North America 10 Jul 1887
[B:2, p 148 no 14 surname as Nelson ]

Note: Sharons Tree FT [Sharon Knapp]; access 25 Apr 2021
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/82652950/person/30464114554/facts

- has some links to some US records


2. US Records

1900 US Census, Lake Valley Twp, Traverse Co, MN; ED 0288; 3A; dw/fam 230/244


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Mattes Neilson, b Apr 1854 b in Swe, age 46; married 15 yrs
wife Ingeborg, b Feb 1858 in Swd, age 42; mother of 6 children 3 living
son David, b Dec 1886 in Swe, age 13
daughter, Maria, b Feb 1888, age 12, b in MN
dau, Nannie, b May 1892 age 8
son, Melvin K, b Feb 1896, age 4
son John W, b Oct 1898, age 1
[ Sharons FT, notes a daugther Ida Klaudia b 5 Feb 1896 and died 30 Jul 1898, Traverse Co ]

1910 US Census; as above, same location
- but daughter Maria is not recorded
and son John W is now recorded as Walter

1920 US census; as above
- BUT Matthes is a widow
1930 US Census; same location
Melvin C Nelson, head, age 34 b MN; farmer
wife Jennie A age 32, b SD
son, Melvin W, age 5 b in MN
son, Darrel C, age 1
then, father Mattes, age 75, born in Swe; Widow

3. Modified Chronological:

Mattes Ireus Nelson, b 5 Apr 1854, Lekvattnet; died 13 Mar 1939, Traverse Co, MN
Married: 19 Apr 1885, Lekvattnet
Ingeborg Jonsdotter, b 20 Feb 1858, Lekvattnet; died 1914, Traverse Co, MN

Children:
David, b 8 Dec 1886, Lekvattnet; died 2 Oct 1955, Traverse Co, MN; m. 9 Sep 1925, Wilkin Co, MN
Ida Christina Hallquist, b 4 May 1893, Traverse Co; died 27 Aug 1968, Traverse Co. 3 Children **
Maria, b 25 Feb 1888, Traverse Co, MN; died 24 Jan 1953, Traverse Co; m. 14 Dec 1906, Traverse Co, MN. 5 children *
Sigfred Gustafson, b 8 Jul 1885, Sweden; died 17 Apr 1929, Traverse Co, MN
Nannie, b 18 May 1892, Traverse Co, MN; died 15 Dec 1972, Traverse Co, MM
Ida Klaudia b 5 Feb 1896 and died 30 Jul 1898, Traverse Co, MN
Melvin C, b 5 Feb 1896, Traverse Co, MN; 3 Aug 1941, Wilkin Co, MN; m. 22 Dec 1924, Roberts Co, SD
Jennie Alvira Rydell, b 16 Jan 1898, Roberts Co, SD; died 12 Jan 1956, Yankton Co, SD. 4 Children
John W, b 27 Oct 1898, Traverse Co, MN; died 22 Oct 1982, Traverse Co, MN; m. 1 May 1920, Traverse Co
Helen Caroline Erickson, b 11 Feb 1900, Wright Co; died 22 Oct 1982, Traverse Co, MN **** 2 Children
[a double relationship - see his research page]

Sharons FT - Melvin Klaudis; and Jon Walter
**** records that Helen C Erickson married to John Walter Nelson was the daughter James N Erickson b 1865
and Christina Moody, b 1874

findagrave, id 185301763, at Wildwood Cemetery, Wheaton, Traverse Co, MN
- links to wife; dau Nannie and dau Ida K

MNHS, Mattes Ireneus died 13 Mar 1939; 1939-MN-016187

1940 US Census - Melvin's family is at White Rock Twp, Roberts Co, SD; and in 1935 they were at Traverse Co, MN

** son of David Nelson - Kenneth Irving Nelson, OBIT posted on findagrave, id 70609507
* son of Maria, married S Gustafson - Barret died 12 Sep 1943 - buried at National Cemetery of the Pacific

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Emigration, 1887: Leaving for North America, 10 Jul 1887, Lekvattnet, Värmland län, Sweden. ⁹³⁷⁰

Mattes married Ingeborg Jonsdotter on 19 Apr 1885 in Lekvattnet, Värmland län, Sweden.⁹³⁷⁰ (Ingeborg Jonsdotter was born on 20 Feb 1858 in Östmark, Värmland län, Sweden,⁹³⁷⁰ died in 1914 in Traverse Co, Minnesota, United States and was buried in Wildwood Cemetery, Wheaton, Traverse County, Minnesota, USA.)