Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Neil married Norma Jean McClarnon on 28 May 1955. Norma was born on 26 Feb 1935; died on 20 Jul 1996 in WebsterCity, Hamilton, IA; was buried in Jul 1996 in Swed. Luthr. Cem, Swedeburg, Saunders, NE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Axel attended Eureka Country School, District 40, and went 3 years to Luther Academy in Wahoo NE. He had to stop then to help his Dad on the farm. This was due to the death of brother Arvid and brother Victor being called to serve in WWI. On his WWI card, Axel was working for his father, Nels, on the farm.

Axel married Hattie Marie Elizabeth Roseberg on 27 Jun 1934 in Swedeburg, Saunders, NE. Hattie was born on 10 Feb 1908 in Ceresco, Saunders, NE; died on 16 Aug 1997 in Wahoo, Saunders, NE; was buried on 22 Aug 1997 in Swed. Luthr. Cem, Swedeburg, Saunders, NE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Hattie was a school teacher when she married Axel.

Notes:

Nils was a farmer in the Swedeburg-Ceresco area of Nebraska after coming to America as a young man. His death certificate says Coronary Thrombosis. He came to America about 1887. In the 1900 census they were living in Rock Creek Precinct, Saunders,NE. The 1920 census says he came to America in 1889. It also said he was naturalized in 1915.

1900 census:
Nel r Person 41 Hilda Person 41 Johan A Person 10 Selma A Person 8 Victor H Person 6 Axel H Person 2
1910 census:
Nils R Pearson 51 Hilda Pearson 51 John A Pearson 30 Solma A Pearson 17 Victor H Pearson 15 Axel A Pearson 12 Alma E Pearson 9
1920 census
Nels R Pearson 61 Hilder Pearson 61 Selma A Pearson 27 Victor H Pearson 25 Arvid H Pearson 21 Alma E Pearson 19

Nels married Hilda Nelson on 3 May 1889 in Swedeburg, Saunders, NE. Hilda (daughter of Nils Jonsson and Hanna Rosengren) was born on 23 Nov 1858 in Matterod, Kristianstads, Sweden; was christened in , , Sweden; died on 22 Sep 1943 in Ceresco, Saunders, NE; was buried on 26 Sep 1943 in Swed. Luthr. Cem, Swedeburg, Saunders, NE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Hilda was baptized and confirmed in Sweden. She came to America April 10, 1882. Here she stayed and worked for Nels and Karolina(Nelson,her sister) Eliason and when she had saved enough money she went back to Sweden. The reason for the trip was Nils Pearson. She took Nils to America where they were married. She came to America in company with her sister Selma, Mrs. C.E. Danielson. She and her husband lived on a farm west of Ceresco for 36 years, and prior to that 6 miles north, in the Swedeburg community. In about 1934 she and her daughters had a new home built in Ceresco, where she lived until her death. The address is 116 3rd St, Ceresco, NE. On her death certificate, Axel listed her father as Johannas Nelson? The 1920 census says she was naturalized in 1915.