(Elsie) Elsa Nelson
1859 - 1934 (74 years)Person ID: I1517 | Tree: Lee Martinson Tree | Last Modified: 13 Jan 2013
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Name (Elsie) Elsa Nelson Notes - Peter and Elsa lived at 225 Spruce Street in Ceresco NE. The home is still there (July 2004). Elsa caught her clothing on fire while cooking in this home in Ceresco NE. She died from the burns later that day. She was starting a fire in her cob stove using kerosene. Somehow she caught on fire and ran outside to neighbors for help. Her daughter Edith was close by and rode in the ambulance with her to Wahoo. Elsa, in great pain, sang hymns in Swedish all the way to the hospital. She sppoke a very broken English. Swedish was spoken by all while in her home. On the death certificate, George Ecklund gave her fathers name as Nels Pearson. The dates of birth and death on the death certificate differ from others I have collected buut they are what I have used here. It listed her name as Elsie. She came to America in 1887 and settled in Mead NE. Her obituary says she had 1 sister and 1 brother in Sweden at the time of her death. Her marriage date was listed as Oct 7 1887 iin that obituary. It also listed two surviving brothers, Ole Nelson of Fremont NE and Louie Nelson of Valparaiso NE. It said she had one sister and one brother in Sweden. Leonard Palm stayed with Peter and Elsa as a child. He said Elsa was nearly blind with cataracts when she died. Leonard said Peter was bedridden for a very long time before he died.
In the 1900 census, she said she had born 5 children and 4 were living. Her gravestone reads Elsie, so I added that name to my record.
Birth 26 Apr 1859 Horby, Malmohus, Sweden 
Gender Female Died 19 Apr 1934 Wahoo, Saunders, NE Buried 21 Apr 1934 Swed. Luthr. Cem, Swedeburg, Saunders, NE - Peter and Elsa lived at 225 Spruce Street in Ceresco NE. The home is still there (July 2004). Elsa caught her clothing on fire while cooking in this home in Ceresco NE. She died from the burns later that day. She was starting a fire in her cob stove using kerosene. Somehow she caught on fire and ran outside to neighbors for help. Her daughter Edith was close by and rode in the ambulance with her to Wahoo. Elsa, in great pain, sang hymns in Swedish all the way to the hospital. She sppoke a very broken English. Swedish was spoken by all while in her home. On the death certificate, George Ecklund gave her fathers name as Nels Pearson. The dates of birth and death on the death certificate differ from others I have collected buut they are what I have used here. It listed her name as Elsie. She came to America in 1887 and settled in Mead NE. Her obituary says she had 1 sister and 1 brother in Sweden at the time of her death. Her marriage date was listed as Oct 7 1887 iin that obituary. It also listed two surviving brothers, Ole Nelson of Fremont NE and Louie Nelson of Valparaiso NE. It said she had one sister and one brother in Sweden. Leonard Palm stayed with Peter and Elsa as a child. He said Elsa was nearly blind with cataracts when she died. Leonard said Peter was bedridden for a very long time before he died.
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Parents
Father Nels Pearson (ID:I1512), b. , , Sweden d. , , Sweden Mother Hannah (ID:I1513), b. , , Sweden d. , , Sweden Children (Siblings) 1. John Nelson (ID:I1514), b. , , Sweden 2. Pete Nelson (ID:I1516), b. , , Sweden 3. Anna Nelson (ID:I1518), b. , , Sweden -
Family
Husband Peter P Eklund (ID:I1668), b. 16 Oct 1861, Ostra Espings, , Sweden d. 2 May 1932, Wahoo, Saunders, NE (Age 70 years) Marriage 9 Oct 1887 USA Children 1. Edith Eleanora Ecklund (ID:I1669), b. 2 Oct 1888, Weston, Saunders, NE d. 21 Dec 1947, Ceresco, Saunders, NE (Age 59 years)2. Infant Eklund (ID:I3992), b. 1890, Valparaiso, Saunders, NE d. 1891 (Age 1 year)3. Esther Victoria Ecklund (ID:I1670), b. 25 Feb 1892, Weston, Saunders, NE d. 17 Jul 1929, , Polk, MN (Age 37 years)4. Minnie Augusta Ecklund (ID:I1671), b. 22 Nov 1894, Weston, Saunders, NE d. 7 Sep 1969, Nebraska City, Otoe, NE (Age 74 years)5. Olga Elvira Ecklund (ID:I1672), b. 30 May 1896, Weston, Saunders, NE d. 23 Sep 1974, Lincoln, Lancaster, NE (Age 78 years)6. George Albert Ecklund (ID:I1673), b. 10 Jun 1900, Valparaiso, Saunders, NE d. 24 Dec 1963, Mead, Saunders, NE (Age 63 years)