Individual Details
Nils Magnus Person
(13 Jan 1864 - 2 Apr 1947)
From handwritten notes of Thelma (Stayberg) Gartmann
4/3 - Uncle Nels Pearson died
4/7 - Mom & Pop, Pat & Mary went to the funeral at Braham
[NH: that would Karine & John Stayberg, Pat Staberg and Mary Staberg]
Letter from Nina Pearson, 17 Feb 1974, to NH
"My father died the 2nd of April 1947. The names of his father and mother were Mr. and Mrs. Per Olson. I don't know what his mother's maiden name was, and in Sweden they took the first name and added son to it, so that is how my dad's name is Person instead of Olson. I think it is kind of funny but that is how they did it." Nina also enclosed a picture of her mother and dad.
4/3 - Uncle Nels Pearson died
4/7 - Mom & Pop, Pat & Mary went to the funeral at Braham
[NH: that would Karine & John Stayberg, Pat Staberg and Mary Staberg]
Letter from Nina Pearson, 17 Feb 1974, to NH
"My father died the 2nd of April 1947. The names of his father and mother were Mr. and Mrs. Per Olson. I don't know what his mother's maiden name was, and in Sweden they took the first name and added son to it, so that is how my dad's name is Person instead of Olson. I think it is kind of funny but that is how they did it." Nina also enclosed a picture of her mother and dad.
Events
| Birth | 13 Jan 1864 | Nybo, Hafvera, Sweden |  | ||
| Marriage | 26 Oct 1894 | Lakeland, Washington, Minnesota - Berit "Martha" Staberg | | ||
| Death | 2 Apr 1947 | Kanabeck County, Minnesota | | ||
| Burial | Grasston, Kanabec County, Minnesota, Grasston Union Cemetery | |
Families
| Spouse | Berit "Martha" Staberg (1878 - 1952) |
| Child | Selma Pearson (1896 - ) |
| Child | Olga Pearson (1897 - 1975) |
| Child | Alfred Pearson (1899 - 1983) |
| Child | Andrew Pearson (1900 - 1973) |
| Child | Emma Pearson (1902 - 1986) |
| Child | "Babe" (Anna) Pearson (1905 - ) |
| Child | Hulda C. Pearson (1907 - 1994) |
| Child | "Baby" Pearson (1909 - ) |
| Child | Maria Berthina Pearson (1909 - ) |
| Child | William Pearson |
| Child | Ellen Gladys "Gladys" Pearson (1911 - 2000) |
| Child | Ethel Nina "Nina" Pearson (1912 - 1990) |
| Child | Nils Rudolf Pearson |
| Child | Clara Agnes Mildred Pearson |
| Child | Algot Manfred Pearson (1918 - 1994) |
| Father | Per Olof Olson |
| Mother | Julia Halvaradottar |
Endnotes
1. Minnesota Death Certificate, Minnesota History Center, certificate No. 1947-MN-006812, Nils Magnus Person.
2. Wisconsin, Pre-1907 Marriage Index.
3. Original data: State of Minnesota. Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002. Minneapolis, MN, USA: Minnesota Department of Health., 1947-MN-006812.
4. Minnesota Death Certificate, Minnesota History Center, certificate No. 1947-MN-006812, Nils Magnus Person.
5. Find-A-Grave (www.findagrave.com), Nils M. Person 1864-1947, Memorial #27175486.
6. Minnesota Death Certificate, Minnesota History Center, certificate No. 1947-MN-006812, Nils Magnus Person.