Bengt Nilsson
1857 - 1946 (88 years)
Person ID: I6937 | Tree: Import from RootsMagic | Last Modified: 21 Jul 2025
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Name Bengt Nilsson Notes
According to Mrs. William Nelson, (Florence (Clay) Nelson), Bengt Nelson had 2 sisters that lived in the area. One was Mrs. Nels Hallberg, the other was a Mrs. Nelson that lived around Ceresco but moved to Washington later on. This does not agree with the records I have found so far. He came to America in 1857 and citizen in 1886 (1920 census).
In 1910 he said he came to America in 1884.
In 1900 he said he came in 1882.
Birth 19 Dec 1857 Skoghus, Östra Vemmenhög, Malmöhus, Sweden 
Gender Male Died 17 Jun 1946 Buried Jun 1946 Fridhem Cemetery, Saunders, Nebraska, United States 
Headstone Bengt Nelson -
Parents
Father Nils Persson (ID:I6936), b. 8 Jan 1832, Örsjö, Malmöhus, Sweden d. 8 Oct 1864, Skoghus, Östra Vemmenhög, Malmöhus, Sweden (Age 32 years) Mother Bengta Mårtensdotter (ID:I1510), b. 28 Feb 1836 d. 16 Oct 1915, Swedeburg, Saunders, Nebraska, United States (Age 79 years) Marriage 27 Mar 1857 Västra Nöbbelöv, Malmöhus, Sweden [6] Children 1. Bengt Nilsson (ID:I6937)
(current person)
, b. 19 Dec 1857, Skoghus, Östra Vemmenhög, Malmöhus, Sweden d. 17 Jun 1946 (Age 88 years)2. 
Bengta Nilsdotter (ID:I6938), b. 28 Sep 1859, Skoghus, Östra Vemmenhög, Malmöhus, Sweden d. 16 Nov 1954 (Age 95 years)3. Anna Nilsdotter (ID:I6940), b. 28 Jun 1861, Skoghus, Östra Vemmenhög, Malmöhus, Sweden d. 2 Mar 1938, Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska, United States (Age 76 years)4. Maria Nilsdotter (ID:I11868), b. 13 May 1863, Skoghus, Östra Vemmenhög, Malmöhus, Sweden d. Yes, date unknown5. Cecilia Nilsdotter (ID:I6939), b. 13 May 1863, Skoghus, Östra Vemmenhög, Malmöhus, Sweden d. Yes, date unknown -
Family
Wife Maria Johnson (ID:I10138), b. Dec 1860 d. Yes, date unknown Children 1. Harry Nelson (ID:I10139), b. 13 Dec 1895 d. 27 Aug 1952 (Age 56 years)2. William Nelson (ID:I10143), b. 13 Dec 1895 d. 9 Aug 1973 (Age 77 years) -
Other Personal Events
_UID 665A9A6C589DF011AC2C22966722CE3EE190 Swedish HER From 1859 to 1859 Skoghus, Östra Vemmenhög, Malmöhus, Sweden [1] - including Bengta Mårtensdotter and children Bengt and Bengta
1857-1859 Nils Persson family Swedish HER From 1859 to 1863 Skoghus, Östra Vemmenhög, Malmöhus, Sweden [2] 
1859-1863 HER Nils Persson family Swedish HER From 1864 to 1868 Skoghus, Östra Vemmenhög, Malmöhus, Sweden [3] - First husband, Nils Persson, died - she remarried to Mårten Jönsson and had two more children.
1864-1868 HER Bengta Mårtensdotter family Swedish HER From 1869 to 1870 Skoghus, Östra Vemmenhög, Malmöhus, Sweden - Left to Skivarp in 1870
1869-1870 Mårten Jönsson family HER Swedish HER From 1869 to 1876 No. 13 Öremölla, Skivarp, Malmöhus, Sweden [4] - arrived from Östra Vemmenhög 1870
1869-1876 Mårten Jönsson family HER Swedish HER From 1877 to 1883 No. 13 Öremölla, Skivarp, Malmöhus, Sweden [5] - Mårten, wife Bengta, and children Cecilia, Maria, Nils and Mathilda all leave for North Amerika on 2 April 1883. Bengt left previously in 1881 and Kjerstin in 1882. Anna and Bengta had moved out of the house previously (but likely emigrated also).
1877-1881 Mårten Jönsson family HER -
Source Citations
- [S322] Östra Vemmenhög HER, Östra Vemmenhög (M) AI:13 (1852-1859) Image 256 / Page 249 (AID: v113948.b256.s249, NAD: SE/LLA/13531).
- [S322] Östra Vemmenhög HER, Östra Vemmenhög (M) AI:14 (1859-1863) Image 272 / Page 268 (AID: v113949.b272.s268, NAD: SE/LLA/13531).
- [S322] Östra Vemmenhög HER, Östra Vemmenhög (M) AI:15 (1864-1868) Image 276 / Page 271 (AID: v113950.b276.s271, NAD: SE/LLA/13531).
- [S326] Skivarp HER, Skivarp (M) AI:10 (1869-1876) Image 2220 / Page 218 (AID: v111733a.b2220.s218, NAD: SE/LLA/13346).
- [S326] Skivarp HER, Skivarp (M) AI:12 (1877-1888) Image 1300 / Page 473 (AID: v111735a.b1300.s473, NAD: SE/LLA/13346).
- [S330] Västra Nöbbelöv Vigsel (Marriages), Västra Nöbbelöv (M) EI:2 (1846-1861) Image 4 (AID: v113233.b4, NAD: SE/LLA/13477).