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THE TRUED FAMILY IN THE U.S.A.

BOTILDA AND HUSBAND JACOB HEDLUND

BOTILDA: (Tella) was born Sept. 4, 1842 and was the first child of Trued Nilsson. She was born at Attarp, Kristianstads lan, Sweden, and arrived in the U. S. with her parents Trued and Elsie Nilsson in the early 70

Family/Spouse: Jacob Hedlund. Jacob was born on 12 Dec 1824; died on 30 May 1899; was buried in Grace Lutheran Cemetery, Swedeburg, Saunders County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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THE TRUED FAMILY IN THE U.S.A.

TRUED NILSSON AND WIFE ELSA

TRUED NILSSON: Born in 1819, died 1890. He was born in Kristianstads lan, Sweden and came to America several years after the arrival of his son, Nil Trued, who arrived in the early spring of 1868. He was a man of medium stature, blue eyes, dark brown hair and of gentle manner.
He inherited considerable estate from his father and grandfather, - the latter being considered one of the wealthiest men in Sweden in his time, - but through faulty judgment, promiscuous underwriting of notes, etc., he and his immediate family lost the fortune, and almost penniless, he came to America to live with his son Nils until his death.
His grandfather possessed a Bible which was brought by the family to America, (now in the writer

Trued married ElsaSweden. was born on 12 Jun 1814 in Sweden; died in Apr 1891 in Ceresco, Saunders County, Nebraska; was buried in Grace Lutheran Cemetery, Swedeburg, Saunders County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]