Nils Olsson b. 17 Feb 1814 Mjällby, Blekinge, Sweden d. Yes, date unknown: Our Family History

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Person ID: I1957 | Tree: Import from RootsMagic | Last Modified: 14 Jul 2025

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Name	Nils Olsson
Birth	17 Feb 1814	Mjällby, Blekinge, Sweden [1]
	Bond. Ola Pehrsson och hustru Elna Svensdotter barn Nils i Hörby. Suscx Bond. Pehr Andersson hustru Lisja Jönsdotter Hörby.
		Birth Record Nils Olsson
Gender	Male
Died	Yes, date unknown

Parents

Family ID: F2332 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Father Ola Pehrsson (ID:I7422), b. 23 May 1775, Hörby, Mjällby, Blekinge, Sweden d. 28 Aug 1845, Hörby, Mjällby, Blekinge, Sweden (Age 70 years)

Mother Elna Svensdotter (ID:I7423), b. 1770, Ysane, Blekinge, Sweden d. 12 Feb 1842, Hörby, Mjällby, Blekinge, Sweden (Age 72 years)

Children

	1. Botil Olsdotter (ID:I7687), b. 18 Jun 1803, Hörby, Mjällby, Blekinge, Sweden d. Yes, date unknown
	2. John Olsson (ID:I7688), b. 28 Jan 1807, Hörby, Mjällby, Blekinge, Sweden d. Yes, date unknown
	3. Anders Olsson (ID:I7690), b. 11 May 1808, Hörby, Mjällby, Blekinge, Sweden d. Yes, date unknown
	4. Kjersta Olsdotter (ID:I7691), b. 6 Apr 1810, Hörby, Mjällby, Blekinge, Sweden d. Yes, date unknown
	5. Nils Olsson (ID:I1957) (current person) , b. 17 Feb 1814, Mjällby, Blekinge, Sweden d. Yes, date unknown

Family

Family ID: F604 Group Sheet | Family Chart | Last Modified: 23 Nov 2025

Wife Botill Jönsdotter (ID:I1958), b. 22 Jan 1811, Norje, Ysane, Blekinge, Sweden d. Yes, date unknown

Marriage 24 Apr 1841 Ysane, Blekinge, Sweden [23]

Husman Nils Olsson på N. 80 Hörby af Mjällby socken och pigan Botil Jönsdotter i N. 5 Norje.

Marriage Nils Olsson and Botil Jönsdotter

Children

	1. Elna Nilsdotter (ID:I1961), b. 18 Feb 1842, Mjällby, Blekinge, Sweden d. Yes, date unknown
	2. Bengta Nilsdotter (ID:I1963), b. 6 Nov 1843, Mjällby, Blekinge, Sweden d. Yes, date unknown
	3. Ola Nilsson (ID:I1959), b. 3 Dec 1845, Mjällby, Blekinge, Sweden d. Yes, date unknown
	4. Johan Nilsson (ID:I2025), b. 30 Oct 1848, Grödby, Ivetofta, Kristianstad, Sweden d. 22 Jan 1849, Grödby, Ivetofta, Kristianstad, Sweden (Age 0 years)
	5. Johanna Nilsdotter (ID:I618), b. 1 Aug 1850, Grödby, Ivetofta, Kristianstad, Sweden d. 12 Nov 1913, Weston, Saunders, Nebraska, United States (Age 63 years)

Other Personal Events

Swedish HER	Between 1815 and 1819	Hörby, Mjällby, Blekinge, Sweden [2]
	Ola Pehrsson 23 Apr 1775 h. Elna Svensdotter 1770 Ysane d. Botil 18 Jun 1803 s. John 28 Jan 1807 s. Anders 11 May 1808 d. Kersta 6 Mar 1810 s. Nils 17 Feb 1814
		Ola Pehrsson Family Hörby No. 85 1815-1819
Swedish HER	Between 1820 and 1825	Hörby, Mjällby, Blekinge, Sweden [3]
	Ola Pehrsson 23 Apr 1775 n. Ellna Svensdotter 1770 d. Botil 18 Jun 1803 s. John 28 Jan 1807 - Anders 11 May 1808 d. Kjirsta 6 Mar 1810 s. Nils 17 Feb 1814
		Ola Pehrsson Family Hörby No. 85 1820-1825
Swedish HER	Between 1820 and 1825	Hörby, Mjällby, Blekinge, Sweden [3]
Swedish HER	Between 1826 and 1830	Hörby, Mjällby, Blekinge, Sweden [4]
	Ola Pehrsson 26 Apr 1775 h. Elna Svensdotter 1770 d. Botill 18 Jun 1803 s. John 28 Jan 1807 - Anders 11 May 1808 d. Kjersti 6 Mar 1810 s. Nils 17 Feb 1804
		Ola Pehrsson Family Hörby No. 85 1826-1830
Swedish HER	Between 1831 and 1835	Hörby, Mjällby, Blekinge, Sweden [5]
	Ola Pehrsson 23 Apr 1775 h. Elna Svensdotter 1770 d. Botil 18 Jun 1803 s. John 28 Jan 1807 s. Anders 11 May 1808 h. Christina Larsdotter 23 May 1811 d. Kersti 6 Mar 1810 s. Nils 17 Feb 1814
		Ola Pehrsson Family Hörby No. 85 1831-1835
Swedish HER	Between 1835 and 1838	Sölvesborg, Blekinge, Sweden [6]
	No. 63 Drangen Nils Olsson 1814 from Mjällby 1835, back to Mjällby 1838
		Household Exam Nils Olsson 1835-1838
Swedish HER	Between 1838 and 1840	Mjällby, Blekinge, Sweden [7]
	Torp Nils Olsson 17/6 1814. From Sölvesborg 1838. Pigan Rista Olasdotter also listed (sister?)
		Hörby No. 80 Entry for Nils Olsson
Swedish Move-Out	Oct 1838	Sölvesborg, Blekinge, Sweden [8]
	No 56. Drangen Nils Olsson fr. no. 63 to Mjällby.
		Moving Out for Nils Olsson
Swedish HER	Between 1840 and 1845	Mjällby, Blekinge, Sweden [9]
	Torp Nils Olsson 17/6 1814 H. Botill Jönsdotter 22/11 1811 Ysane - a date of 1/5 1841 is mentioned (married? moved in?) D. Elna 18/2 1842 D. Bengta 6/11 1843 Pigan Rista Olasdotter 9/3 1810 also listed - possibly Nis' sister?
		Hörby No. 80 Entry for Nils Olsson family
Swedish HER	1846	Mjällby, Blekinge, Sweden [10]
	Torp Nils Olsson 17/6 1814 H. Botill Jönsdotter 22/11 1811 Ysane D. Elna 18/2 1842 D. Bengta 6/11 1843 S. Ola 3/12 1848 left 23/10 1846 to Ivetofta
		Hörby No. 80 Entry for Nils Olsson family
Swedish Move-In	23 Oct 1846	Ivetofta, Kristianstad, Sweden [11]
	Item 24 23 Oct 1846 G. Torp Nils Olsson h. o 3 barn (with wife and 3 children) From Mjällby Certificate issues at Landgren To page 202
		Moving in record for Nils Olsson family
Swedish HER	Between 1847 and 1850	Grödby No. 7, Ivetofta, Kristianstad, Sweden [12]
	Living at Grödby No. 7 are Åbo (lease holder) Nils Olsson, wife Botill Jönsdotter and children Ola, Elna, Bengta and Jöhan (born Oct 1848, died Jan 1849). All were born at Mjällby (except Johan - Ivetofta - and Botill - Ysane) and arrived at Ivetofta in 1846.
		Grödby No. 7 entry for Nils Olsson family
Swedish HER	Between 1849 and 1856	Grödby No. 7, Ivetofta, Kristianstad, Sweden [13]
	Living at Grödby No. 7 are Åbo (lease holder) Nils Olsson, wife Botill Jönsdotter and children Ola, Elna, Bengta and Johanna.
		Grödby No. 7 entry for Nils Olsson family
Swedish HER	Between 1856 and 1860	Grödby No. 7, Ivetofta, Kristianstad, Sweden [14]
	Living at Grödby No. 7 were Åbo (lease holder) Nils Olsson and wife Botill Jönsdotter and children Ola, Elna, Bengta and Johanna. Elna leaves for Mjellby in 1860.
		Grödby No. 7 entry for Nils Olsson family
Swedish HER	Between 1861 and 1867	Grödby No. 7, Ivetofta, Kristianstad, Sweden [15]
	Living at Grödby No. 7 are Åb. (lease holder) Nils Olsson, wife Botil Jönsdotter and childre Ola, Bengta and Johanna. All three cildren leave home during this period presumably to work at other farms.
		Grödby No. 7 entry for Nils Olsson family
Swedish HER	Between 1866 and 1871	Grödby No. 7, Ivetofta, Kristianstad, Sweden [16]
	Living at Grödby No. 7 during this time were Åbo (lease holder) Nils Olsson, his wife Botil Jönsdotter and their children Johanna and Ola. Johanna left in 1867 but then returned back home again. Ola leaves in 1871 for Ysane. There is a detailed note pertaining to his leaving that I can't quite make out.
		Grödby No. 7 entry for Nils Olsson family
Swedish HER	Between 1872 and 1877	Grödby No. 7, Ivetofta, Kristianstad, Sweden [17]
	There is much coming and going during this period at the home of Nils Olsson and his wife Botil Jönsdotter at Grödby No. 7. Their daughter Johanna leaves for N. Amerika on 23 Apr 1873. Daughter Bengta returns from Mjällby with her 3-year-old son Joel in 1874 (no mention of Joel's father). Bengta and Joel then leave for N. Amerika in late 1875. Son Ola returns from Mjällby with his new wife Ingri in 1875. they have a daughter Bengta born in 1876 who lives only a few days. A second daughter is born in 1877. Then fanilly, Nils' wife Botil passes away on 16 Apr 1877.
		Grödby No. 7 entry for Nils Olsson family
Swedish HER	Between 1878 and 1881	Grödby No. 7, Ivetofta, Kristianstad, Sweden [18]
	Living at Grödby No. 7 is Åbo (lease holder) Nils Olsson. His wife Botil is mention but passed away in 1877. Son Åbo Ola Nilsson is also there with wife Ingrid and daughter Botilla. Nils departs for North America on 6 May 1881.
		Grödby No. 7 entry for Nils Olsson family
Swedish Move-Out	6 May 1881	Ivetofta, Kristianstad, Sweden [19]
	Line 11. Åbo (lease holder) Enkl. (widower) Nils Olsson leaves on 6 May 1881. Other departures to America that day included Drängen Nils Rasmussen, Per Johansson with wife Nessta Rasmusdotter and their children Thomas and Jöns.
		Moving Out record for Nils Olsson
Emigration	12 May 1881	Malmö, Skåne, Sweden [20]
	Arbetskarl (laborer) Nil Olson, age 66, from Christianstad Ivetofta, to Omaha, Nebraska.
		1881 Passenger List Nils Olsson from Malmö
1885 Nebraska State Census	23 Jun 1885	Stocking, Saunders, Nebraska; Roll: 755; Page: 282A; Enumeration District: 172 [21]
	Olson, Hakan, white, male 51, farmer Betsey, w, f, 48, wife, keep house Aulie, w, m, 14, son, farm hand Matilda, w, f, 3, daughter Emma, 2, f, 1, duaghter Nelson, Ola, w, m, 78 father, widowed
		Hakan Olson Family - 1885 State Census
Church Record - Swedish American	Between 1889 and 1900	Swedeburg, Saunders, Nebraska, United States [22]
	Håkan Olson, b. 5 Jan 1834, Degeberga, Kristianstad Bengta Olson (Nilsdotter) Emma Mathilda b. 13 Jul 1884, Swedeburg Oskar Olson Mathilda Olson Svarfader (father-in-law) Nils Olson
		Grace Lutheran - Håkan Olson family
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[S282] Mjällby Födde (Births), Image 16 / Page 25 (AID: v96438.b16.s25, NAD: SE/LLA/13269), Mjällby (K) CI:3 (1771-1800).
[S357] Mjällby Husförhör (Household Examination), Image 2650 / Page 260 (AID: v96407a.b2650.s260, NAD: SE/LLA/13269), Mjällby (K) AI:1 (1804-1814).
[S357] Mjällby Husförhör (Household Examination), Image 2320 / Page 227 (AID: v96408a.b2320.s227, NAD: SE/LLA/13269), Mjällby (K) AI:1 (1804-1814).
[S357] Mjällby Husförhör (Household Examination), Image 1710 / Page 167 (AID: v96409a.b1710.s167, NAD: SE/LLA/13269), Mjällby (K) AI:1 (1804-1814).
[S357] Mjällby Husförhör (Household Examination), Image 1330 / Page 128 (AID: v96410a.b1330.s128, NAD: SE/LLA/13269), Mjällby (K) AI:1 (1804-1814).
[S264] Sölvesborg Household Exam (1835-1839), Image 60 / Page 54 (AID: v96818.b60.s54, NAD: SE/LLA/13397), AI:7.
[S357] Mjällby Husförhör (Household Examination), Image 970 / Page 92 (AID: v96411a.b970.s92, NAD: SE/LLA/13269), Mjällby (K) AI:1 (1804-1814).
[S263] Sölvesborg Moving Out (1824-1850), Image 81 (AID: v96845.b81, NAD: SE/LLA/13397), Sölvesborg (K, L) BI:1.
[S357] Mjällby Husförhör (Household Examination), AID: v96412a.b1580.s154, NAD: SE/LLA/13269, Mjällby (K) AI:1 (1804-1814).
[S357] Mjällby Husförhör (Household Examination), Image 1860 / Page 183, Mjällby (K) AI:1 (1804-1814).
[S97] Ivetofta Flyttning (Moving-In and -Out), Ivetofta (L) B:2 (1840-1861) Image 11 / Page 17 (AID: v99707.b11.s17, NAD: SE/LLA/13191).
[S90] Ivetofta Husförhör (Household Exam), Ivetofta (L) AI:7 (1840-1849) Image 202 / Page 202 (AID: v99697.b202.s202, NAD: SE/LLA/13191).
[S90] Ivetofta Husförhör (Household Exam), Ivetofta (L) AI:8 (1849-1856) Image 197 / Page 193 (AID: v99698.b197.s193, NAD: SE/LLA/13191).
[S90] Ivetofta Husförhör (Household Exam), Ivetofta (L) AI:9 (1856-1860) Image 166 / Page 164 (AID: v99699.b166.s164, NAD: SE/LLA/13191).
[S90] Ivetofta Husförhör (Household Exam), Ivetofta (L) AI:10 (1861-1867) Image 217 / Page 213 (AID: v99700.b217.s213, NAD: SE/LLA/13191).
[S90] Ivetofta Husförhör (Household Exam), Ivetofta (L) AI:11 (1866-1871) Image 232 / Page 227 (AID: v99701.b232.s227, NAD: SE/LLA/13191).
[S90] Ivetofta Husförhör (Household Exam), Ivetofta (L) AI:12 (1872-1877) Image 221 / Page 217 (AID: v99702.b221.s217, NAD: SE/LLA/13191).
[S90] Ivetofta Husförhör (Household Exam), Ivetofta (L) AI:13 (1878-1887) Image 255 / Page 251 (AID: v99703a.b255.s251, NAD: SE/LLA/13191).
[S97] Ivetofta Flyttning (Moving-In and -Out).

Moving Out record for Nils Olsson
[S220] Malmö Passenger List, Poliskammaren i Malmö (M) D3:3 (1881-1881) Image 1560 (AID: v449905.b1560, NAD: SE/MSA/00780).
[S19] 1885 Nebraska State Census, Stocking, Saunders, Nebraska; Roll: 755; Page: 282A; Enumeration District: 172.
[S68] Grace Lutheran Church Parish Register, Image 72 / Page 46 (AID: v882582.b72.s46).
[S265] Ysane Vigsel (Marriages) 1833-1861, Image 16 / Page 12 (AID: v97033.b16.s12, NAD: SE/LLA/13486), Ysane (K) EI:1.

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