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1847–1868

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Birth Date
12 March 1816
Death Date
10 March 1893
Gender
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Nels Hans Nelson


Alternate Names

    Niels Hans Nielsen

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  • The Nelson family sailed to America in 1857 on the ship Westmoreland.

    he obituary of his wife states that she came to Utah in the 1857 Mathias Cowley Company. 

    In 1866 he was the Presiding Elder.

     

Matthias Cowley Company (1857)

  • Age at Departure: 41
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Ingeborg Sophia Nelson (Age: 41)
  • Maren Kirstine Nielsen (Age: 9)
  • Hans Peter Nelson (Age: 8)
  • Karen Sofia Nelson (Age: 4)

Abner Lowry Company (1866)

  • Age at Departure: 50
  • Head of Household

Sources

  • "Brigham City Notes," Inter-Mountain Republican, 3 Oct. 1908, 3.
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • "Four Deaths This Week," Box Elder News, 1 October 1908, 
  • Missionary Department Missionary Registers, 1860-1959, Volume 1.
  • Nielsen, John, Reminiscences, [1936-1948], 21-24.
  • Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America