• His surname was listed as "Nilsen," in the company manifest, and as "Nilsson," in the ship manifests.

  His surname was also listed as "Nelson," and "Nielson," in later records. His given name was sometimes listed as "John," and "Johanes."

William B. Preston Company (1864)

• Age at Departure: 36
• Head of Household

Sources

• 1900 United States Federal Census
• Find a Grave (Website)
• Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah (Salt Lake City: Utah Pioneers Book Publishing Company, 1913), 474.
• "List of Passengers," Deseret News, 17 August 1864, 369.
• Nelson, James Peter, Autobiographical sketch, in Biographical sketches 1891- , reel 60, Box 63, fd. 2, item 17.
• Nelson, Nels August, Autobiographical sketch, in Biographical sketches 1891- , reel 60, box 63, fd. 2, item 20.
• New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957.
• Nilsson, Johannis, Autobiographical Sketch, in Biographical Sketches 1891-, reel 60, box 63, fd. 2, item 18.
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger C, p. 372.
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger C, p. 789.
• Sweden, Baptisms, 1611-1920.
• Utah, Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946.