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1 January 1854
Death Date
10 June 1936
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Swen Ole Nielson

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  • Circumstantial evidence from emigration and genealogical records proves the Nielson family traveled to Utah in 1863. They came on the ship, B. S. Kimball. Pernilla brought her children: Sven, Lars P., and Sine C. 

    In some sources his name is "Svend Nilsson," "Svend Nielsen," or "Sven Ole Neilson."

John F. Sanders Company (1863)

  • Age at Departure: 9

Traveled with

  • Pernilla Nilsson Nielson (Age: 45)
  • Lars Peter Nielson (Age: 7)
  • Sine Katrine Nielson (Age: 4)

Sources

  • 1870 Utah Census.
  • 1900 Utah Census.
  • 1910 Utah Census.
  • 1920 Utah Census.
  • 1930 Utah Census.
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah (Salt Lake City: Utah Pioneers Book Publishing Company, 1913), 1212.
  • Genealogy and Family Pioneer History.  Mount Pleasant Historical Association
  • Lever, W. H. History of Sanpete and Emery Counties, Utah: With Sketches of Cities, Towns, and Villages; Chronology of Important Events; Records of Indian Wars; Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens (Salt Lake City: Tribune Job Printing Co, 1898), 376
  • Sweden, Baptisms, 1611-1920.
  • “Swen O. Neilson Passes Away,” Mt. Pleasant Pyramid, 12 June 1936, 1.
  • Utah Marriages, 1887-1935