Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 2 Oct 1879, Grace Lutheran Church, Swedeburg, Saunders County, Nebraska
• Confirmation: 5 May 1895, Grace Lutheran Church, Swedeburg, Saunders County, Nebraska

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WAHOO WASP - OCTOBER 27, 1927

WILHELM BENGTSON

WILLIAM BENGTSON PASSES AWAY
William Bengtson was born October 2, 1879 at the home of his parents at Swedeburg. He was Baptized November 2, 1879 and Confirmed May 5, 1895 in the Swedeburg Lutheran Church. He remained a faithful member of this church. In this church heo served as a trustee and treasurer. He remained with his parents until he was united in marriage to Miss Ellen Johnson of Ithaca, Nebraska on April 3, 1907, when he moved to his own place one half miles from the parental home and has resided there until his death.
This marriage was blessed with a son and a daughter who were called upon to mourn the loss of a devoted mother, succumbing to flu pneumonia on January 23, 1919. Mr. Benson was now left to mother his motherless children. In the year 1921 he maed Alfreda Swanson. She has ably fulfilled her duty as a wife and mother, and to her has now been left the duty of taking both a mother's and father's place.
Loving hands did all they could and best care was engaged for him, but if he had not received strength from an unseen power, he could never have born such patience his incessant suffering.
He leaves to mourn a devoted wife, a son Dwain, a daughter Florence, four sisters and two brothers, Mrs. Olof Pearson, Wahoo, Mrs. C. H. Brodd, Ceresco, Mrs. Augustine Erickson, Ceresco, Mrs. Levin Trued, Kirkland, Illinois, August Bengtson,deburg, Emil Bengtson, Wahoo, and other relatives and a host of friends.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon from the home and from Swedeburg Lutheran Church. Interment in the Lutheran Cemetery.

Wilhelm married Ellen Sophia Johnson on 3 Apr 1907 in Grace Lutheran Church, Swedeburg, Saunders County, Nebraska. Ellen (daughter of Anders Johnson) was born on 17 Feb 1878 in in Hvetlanda Sm; died on 23 Jan 1919 in in Saunders County on the family farm west of Swedeburg, Nebraska; was buried on 24 Jan 1919 in Grace Lutheran Cemetery, Swedeburg, Saunders County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Florence Violet Bengtson was born on 23 May 1908 in Swedeburg, Saunders County, Nebraska; died on 2 Jan 2003 in Saunders County Hospital, Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska; was buried on 4 Jan 2003 in Grace Lutheran Cemetery, Swedeburg, Saunders County, Nebraska.
2. Dwain William Bengtson was born on 1 May 1910 in Swedeburg, Saunders County, Nebraska; died on 8 Feb 2004 in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Wilhelm married Hilda Alfreda Swanson in 1921 in Grace Lutheran Church, Swedeburg, Saunders County, Nebraska. Hilda was born on 27 Jul 1877 in Alta Buena, Vista County, Iowa; died on 25 Jun 1955 in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska; was buried on 28 Jun 1955 in Grace Lutheran Cemetery, Swedeburg, Saunders County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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WAHOO WASP - FEBRUARY 15, 1917

Nels Bengtson was born March 7, 1840 in Sk

Nels married Nilla (Nellie) Bengtssdotter on 26 May 1871 in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska. Nilla was born on 29 Jan 1842 in Hissmasa, Sweden; was christened in 1871; died on 16 Jan 1925 in Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska; was buried in Grace Lutheran Cemetery, Swedeburg, Saunders County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Emigration: 1871

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Records also list Nella as Vernilla and Pernilla. She was born in the small town of Svenstra V

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LANCASTER COUNTY NEBRASKA MARRIAGE RECORDS 1866-1876

V1, PG 160

Bengtson-Bengtsdotter

M. at Lincoln, Nebr., May 26, 1871 by S. C. Larson, Pastor of Lutheran Church. Nils Bengtson, of Saunders Co., Nebr., age 30, born in Sweden, son of Bengt Nilson and Bothilda Ericsdotter. Nilla Bengtsdotter of Lan. Co., Nebr., age 29, born in Sweden, dau. of Bengt Anderson and Johanna Petrosdotter. Witss: Nils Truelson of Saunders Co., Nebr., and Betty Dedrich of Lan. Co., Nebr.