Individual Details
Nils P. (Nels Swenson) Svensson
(19 Feb 1820 - 25 Nov 1901)
BAPTISM-ARRIVAL: Fish Lake Lutheran Church, Fish Lake MN
According to the records of the Fish Lake Lutheran Church, Nels Swenson arrived from Jönköping (Sweden) in 1870 and was baptized in Sweden at Froderyd.
BIRTH: Letter (29 Dec 1989) from the Landsarkivet i Vadstena
"...a boy christened Nils was born 1820-02-19 in Froderyd as a son of the farmer Swen Nilsson and his wife Chjerstin Swensdotter from Inglamala." The letter further states that Nils moved to the Parish of Asa in 1840.
BIRTH: Some family records have his birthdate as 22Dec1820.
MARRIAGE: Marriage Certificate, Center City, Chisago County, MN.
To Anna Johnson on December 6, 1872 at Fish Lake, Chisago county, MN by A. F. Fornell, Minister of the Gospel. Witnesses were P. S. Swenson and M. Swenson.
DEATH: Death Certificate, Center City, Chisago County, MN.
1888: Owns 120 acres in section 2, Fish Lake township
1914: Nels' property is in Gustaf's name; living with Gustaf are his mother, Anna, Augusta and Charles E.
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His daughter, Augusta, wrote of her father; "Father left his native Sweden, Smaland, at the age of 50 with his wife and three children. Near the end of their ocean voyage death claimed his wife and two of the children, a boy and a girl, from a contagious disease. They were buried near the shore of New York.
There, with his youngest girl, nine years old, he worked for a farmer about a year-- where they suffered many hardships. Soon he left for Minnesota where some friends had started a home near Goose Lake. About a mile away he built a one room house. Finding it too difficult to live alone in this way he was introduced to a young woman of about 30 who had recently arrived from Sweden and was working for a General Pratt of the Civil War during housework. This
was in Rush City, Minnesota. They were married December 6, 1872."
1880 Minnesota Soundex
Chisago Co., vol 2, ED55, Sheet 16, Line 49
Nils Swenson, white, male, age 60, born Sweden, Chisago co., Fish Lake
Also listed in the household:
Anna Swenson, wife, age 40, born Sweden
Lovisa Swenson, daughter, age 20, born Sweden
Christina Swenson, daughter, age 6, born Minnesota
Gustave Swenson, daughter (sic), age 4, born Minnesota
Augusta Swenson, daughter, age 2, born Minnesota
According to the records of the Fish Lake Lutheran Church, Nels Swenson arrived from Jönköping (Sweden) in 1870 and was baptized in Sweden at Froderyd.
BIRTH: Letter (29 Dec 1989) from the Landsarkivet i Vadstena
"...a boy christened Nils was born 1820-02-19 in Froderyd as a son of the farmer Swen Nilsson and his wife Chjerstin Swensdotter from Inglamala." The letter further states that Nils moved to the Parish of Asa in 1840.
BIRTH: Some family records have his birthdate as 22Dec1820.
MARRIAGE: Marriage Certificate, Center City, Chisago County, MN.
To Anna Johnson on December 6, 1872 at Fish Lake, Chisago county, MN by A. F. Fornell, Minister of the Gospel. Witnesses were P. S. Swenson and M. Swenson.
DEATH: Death Certificate, Center City, Chisago County, MN.
1888: Owns 120 acres in section 2, Fish Lake township
1914: Nels' property is in Gustaf's name; living with Gustaf are his mother, Anna, Augusta and Charles E.
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His daughter, Augusta, wrote of her father; "Father left his native Sweden, Smaland, at the age of 50 with his wife and three children. Near the end of their ocean voyage death claimed his wife and two of the children, a boy and a girl, from a contagious disease. They were buried near the shore of New York.
There, with his youngest girl, nine years old, he worked for a farmer about a year-- where they suffered many hardships. Soon he left for Minnesota where some friends had started a home near Goose Lake. About a mile away he built a one room house. Finding it too difficult to live alone in this way he was introduced to a young woman of about 30 who had recently arrived from Sweden and was working for a General Pratt of the Civil War during housework. This
was in Rush City, Minnesota. They were married December 6, 1872."
1880 Minnesota Soundex
Chisago Co., vol 2, ED55, Sheet 16, Line 49
Nils Swenson, white, male, age 60, born Sweden, Chisago co., Fish Lake
Also listed in the household:
Anna Swenson, wife, age 40, born Sweden
Lovisa Swenson, daughter, age 20, born Sweden
Christina Swenson, daughter, age 6, born Minnesota
Gustave Swenson, daughter (sic), age 4, born Minnesota
Augusta Swenson, daughter, age 2, born Minnesota
Events
| Birth | 19 Feb 1820 | Froderyd, Smaland, Sweden |  | ||
| Marriage | 6 Dec 1872 | Fish Lake, Chisago, Minnesota - Anna Greta Johnson | | ||
| Death | 25 Nov 1901 | ||||
| Marriage | |||||
| Christen | Froderyd, Sweden | | |||
| Burial | Stark, Chisago, Minnesota, Fish Lake Luth. |
Families
| Spouse | Anna Greta Johnson (1840 - ) |
| Child | Christine A. Swenson ( - ) |
| Child | Gustaf Swenson (1875 - 1950) |
| Child | Augusta Swenson (1878 - 1966) |
| Child | Charles E. Swanson (1880 - ) |
| Child | Emma Swenson (1883 - 1950) |
| Child | Lovisa Swenson (1860 - ) |
| Father | Swen (Sven) Nilsson (1784 - 1841) |
| Mother | Chjerstin (Kjerstin) Svensdotter (1792 - 1841) |
| Sibling | Lisa Swensdtr (1812 - ) |
| Sibling | Johannes Swenson (1815 - ) |
| Sibling | Carl Johan Swenson (1817 - ) |
| Sibling | Pehr (Peter) Swenson (1822 - ) |
| Sibling | Maja Stina Swensdtr (1825 - ) |
| Sibling | Sven Swenson (1827 - ) |
| Sibling | Marta (Martha) Swensdtr (1830 - 1831) |
| Sibling | Johanna Swensdtr (1832 - ) |
| Sibling | Sara Lisa Swensdtr (1838 - ) |
Endnotes
1. Fish Lake Lutheran Church, Fish Lake MN.
2. Landsarkivet i Vadstena .
3. Marriage Records: Minnesota, Chisago County.
4. Landsarkivet i Vadstena .