Living married Nymah Louise Arntzen. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1900 Federal Census: 9 Jun 1900, Richland Precinct, Saunders County, Nebraska
• Occupation: Between 1910 and 1920, Farmer
• 1910 Federal Census: 11 May 1910, Richland Precinct, Saunders County, Nebraska
• 1920 Federal Census: 9 Jan 1920, Ceresco Village, Richland Precinct, Saunders County, Nebraska

Notes:

SAUNDERS COUNTY WW1 HONOR ROLL 1917-1918-1919

LUTHER TRUED

Entered the service September 22, 1917, and served with Field Hosp. No. 353, 314th San. Train, 89th Div. He is the son of Mrs. Matilda Trued of Ceresco, Neb.

THE TRUED FAMILY IN THE U.S.A.

LUTHER: Attended public schools in Nebr., where he grew up on the farm, but continued business training at Luther College. Was manager of the farm following his father

Luther married Edith Mary Larson on 24 Nov 1925 in the home of John Larson, Bloom, Kansas. Edith was born on 18 Jan 1906 in Farnhamville, Calhoun County, Iowa; died on 20 May 1988; was buried in Grace Lutheran Cemetery, Swedeburg, Saunders County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 1868
• Occupation: 1880, Tailor
• 1880 Federal Census: 19 Jun 1880, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska
• 1900 Federal Census: 9 Jun 1900, Richland Precinct, Saunders County, Nebraska

Notes:

THE TRUED FAMILY IN THE U.S.A.

NILS TRUED AND HIS WIFE JOHANNA MATHILDA

NILS TRUED: Second child of Trued and Elsie Nilsson. Born Nov. 27, 1844, he came from Attarp, Kristianstads Lan, Sweden. First of family to arrive in America in the early spring of 1868, he was followed in succession by three sisters, one brother and his parents.
He went directly to Hastings, Minnesota, but also lived at Red Wing. Helped construct RR between Chicago and Minneapolis. Worked also as a farm-hand and did some tailoring, a trade he had apprenticed in Sweden. In Sweden he attended grade and high (trade) school, and spent three years in the Swedish army. He ha gray-blue eyes, was rugged, but of medium build.
In 1869 he set out for the open prairies of Nebraska, about a year after the state had been admitted to the Union. He crossed the Missouri River below Omaha on the Plattsmouth ferry and in the company of Betsy, Nellie and Swan Dedrick,-whom he h had escorted from Red Wing,-proceeded to the little village of Lancaster (Lincoln). He immediately filed on a homestead 18 miles north of town and the next spring, with the help of Martin (Magnus) Erickson, who had just arrived with brother John from Sweden, he built a dugout-soddie on a southern hillside.
Coarse weeds and slough grass used on roof and exposed walls and all cracks plastered with clay and ashes. Dimensions: 16

Nils married Johanna Mathilda Walin on 24 Feb 1872 in Swedeburg, Saunders County, Nebraska. Johanna (daughter of Anders (Persson) Walin and Charlotta (Adamsdotter) Adamson) was born on 14 Mar 1854 in Sweden; died on 16 Oct 1929; was buried in Grace Lutheran Cemetery, Swedeburg, Saunders County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 1868
• Confirmation: 1874, Grace Lutheran Church, Swedeburg, Saunders County, Nebraska
• 1880 Federal Census: 19 Jun 1880, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska
• 1900 Federal Census: 9 Jun 1900, Richland Precinct, Saunders County, Nebraska
• 1910 Federal Census: 11 May 1910, Richland Precinct, Saunders County, Nebraska
• 1920 Federal Census: 9 Jan 1920, Ceresco Village, Richland Precinct, Saunders County, Nebraska