Bengt Nelson
Birth Date
On 1834 September 28 (Born)
Death Date
On 1919 April 22 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Born in Lomma, Malmöhus, Sweden
1834 September 28
Mother
Karna Pari
Father
Nels Anderson
Date Details
Occurred On 1834 September 28
Baptized by L Lawson
1854 April 15 (Age 19)
Traveled in
Abraham O. Smoot Company (1856)
1856 August 10 – November 9 (Age 21)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1856 August 10
Joined Company
Ended On 1856 November 9
Company Arrived
Married
Ellen Johnson
1856 November 16 (Age 22)
Served in
Scandinavian Mission
1877 May 5 – 1878 October 3 (Age 42)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
63rd
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Cedar City, Iron, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
Orson Pratt
Location Served
Sweden
Date Details
Started On 1877 May 5
Set Apart
Ended On 1878 October 3
Released
Died in Cedar City, Iron, Utah, United States
1919 April 22 (Age 84)
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Bengt Nelson (1834 - 1919)
Bengt Nelson (1834 - 1919) Profile
Sources
Mission
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 5 May 1877, Vol. B, Page 41, Line 1617.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 5 May 1877, Vol. A, Page 38, Line 1617.
Missionary reports, 1831-1900
"Bengt Nelson letter to Orson Pratt and Wilford Woodruff", Missionary reports, 1831-1900, (7 February 1879).
Pioneer
Nelson, Bengt, "An Autobiography of Bengt Nelson, Sr., Together with a sketch of his wife Ellen J. Nelson," 9-10, 15-16
Nelson, Bengt, "An Autobiography of Bengt Nelson, Sr., Together with a sketch of his wife Ellen J. Nelson," 9-10, 15-16.
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