Carl Johan Nelson
1880 - 1923 (43 years)
Person ID: I1261 | Tree: Lee Martinson Tree | Last Modified: 10 Sep 2009
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Name Carl Johan Nelson Notes - Carl died of a gallstone problem after returning from China. In the 1900 census, he was listed as Charles. He went to China on Nov 23, 1903. Carol Baxter says he died in Portland, OR.? Hid obit said his mother-in-law lived in Malmo NE.
Obituary of Carl Johan Nelson:
Enroute Home At Swedeburg From China For A Vacation Of Several Months
The people of this vicinity were very grieved to hear of the death of Rev. Carl Nelson, a Swedeburg boy, who has been serving as a missionary in China for the past ten years, his demise occurring at San Francisco Thursday, August 23rd.
He and his family were enroute to Saunders county for a much needed vacation after an absence of nearly 10 years, and his death comes as an almost unbearable shock to his aged father, John Nelson of Swedeburg as well as to the mother of his, Mrs. Olof Anderson of Malmo, both of whom had been looking eagerly forward to the rrival of their children from the Orient.
The deceased was born and raised in Saunders county and has a host of friends around Swedeburg, Ceresco and Wahoo. He was a brother to David and Oscar Nelson, of Swedeburg and to Mrs. Elmer Gustafson of Wahoo. His remains are expected toe in Fremont tomorrow and the funeral will be held at the Swedeburg Mission Church Sunday afternoon at two o
Birth 28 Feb 1880 Kearney, Buffalo, NE 
Gender Male Died 23 Aug 1923 San Francisco, San Francisco, CA Buried 26 Aug 1923 Fridhem Cem., Swedeburg, Saunders, NE - Carl died of a gallstone problem after returning from China. In the 1900 census, he was listed as Charles. He went to China on Nov 23, 1903. Carol Baxter says he died in Portland, OR.? Hid obit said his mother-in-law lived in Malmo NE.
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Parents
Father Johannes Nelson (ID:I1259), b. 9 Sep 1843, Finja Parish, Kristianstads, Sweden d. 25 Jan 1934, Swedeburg, Saunders, NE (Age 90 years) Mother Sara Maria Amalia Kinman (ID:I1260), b. 20 Apr 1859, Asby, Ostergotlands, Sweden d. 18 May 1915, Swedeburg, Saunders, NE (Age 56 years) Marriage 31 May 1879 Kearney, Buffalo, NE Children 1. Carl Johan Nelson (ID:I1261)
(current person)
, b. 28 Feb 1880, Kearney, Buffalo, NE d. 23 Aug 1923, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (Age 43 years)2. Oscar Emil Nelson (ID:I1262), b. 19 Feb 1882, Swedeburg, Saunders, NE d. 19 Dec 1934, Sedalia, Pettis, MO (Age 52 years)3. 
Anna Maria Nelson (ID:I81), b. 10 Feb 1885, Fridhem, Saunders, NE d. 29 Aug 1963, Omaha, Douglas, NE (Age 78 years)4. Ida Gunilla Nelson (ID:I1263), b. 17 Apr 1887, Swedeburg, Saunders, NE d. 1946 (Age 58 years)5. George Malcolm Nelson (ID:I1264), b. 22 Feb 1890, Swedeburg, Saunders, NE d. 11 Mar 1976, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA (Age 86 years)6. Hulda Theolina Nelson (ID:I1265), b. 18 Jul 1892, Swedeburg, Saunders, NE d. 17 Dec 1957, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA (Age 65 years)7. David Arthur Nelson (ID:I1266), b. 15 Dec 1894, Swedeburg, Saunders, NE d. 27 Apr 1952 (Age 57 years)8. Emma Amelia Nelson (ID:I1267), b. 26 Mar 1897, Swedeburg, Saunders, NE d. 23 Mar 1985, San Diego, San Diego, CA (Age 87 years)9. Harry Fredrik Nelson (ID:I1268), b. 22 Oct 1900, Swedeburg, Saunders, NE d. 8 Jun 1968, Phoenix, Maricopa, AZ (Age 67 years)10. Elmer Benjamin Nelson (ID:I1269), b. 5 Feb 1903, Swedeburg, Saunders, NE d. 20 May 1907, Swedeburg, Saunders, NE (Age 4 years)11. Hildur Elvera Elizabet Nelson (ID:I1270), b. 30 Apr 1906, Swedeburg, Saunders, NE d. Jul 1974, Tempe, Maricopa, AZ (Age 68 years) -
Family
Wife Emma Maria Anderson (ID:I1271), b. 13 Mar 1881, Wahoo, Saunders, NE d. 28 Nov 1974, Annandale, Fairfax, VA (Age 93 years) Marriage 14 Jun 1906 Children 1. Frances Katheryn Amelia Nelson (ID:I1272), b. 14 Dec 1907, Siangyang, Hupeh, , China d. 23 Aug 1991 (Age 83 years)2. Carl Jerome Nelson (ID:I1273), b. 31 Jul 1909, Siangyang, Hupeh, , China d. 27 Nov 2007, Fort Myers, Lee, FL (Age 98 years)3. Doris Marie Adeline Nelson (ID:I1274), b. 8 Mar 1912, Swedeburg, Saunders, NE d. 28 Jan 1914, Kingchow, Hupeh, China (Age 1 year)4. Alice Louise Adelaide Nelson (ID:I1275), b. 14 Sep 1916, Kuling, Kiangzi, China d. 15 Nov 1981, Annandale, Fairfax, VA (Age 65 years)5. Gladys Helen Virginia Nelson (ID:I1276), b. 1 Jan 1920, Kingchow, Hupeh, China d. 10 Mar 2002, Fort Myers, Lee, FL (Age 82 years)6. Iris May Marceline Nelson (ID:I1277), b. 26 May 1922, Kingchow, Hupeh, China d. 18 Aug 2011, Granada Hills, Los Angeles, CA (Age 89 years)