Hans Nelson 1817-1873

Hans Nelson was born 10 Feb 1817  
in Billeberga, Sweden 



Parents

Father: Nils Mansson Nelson

Mother: Ann Katharine Nielsen

 

Hans married Olive Poulson

in 1844 in Norrvifinge, Sweden






Hans died 25 mar 1873 in Mt. Pleasant, Utah

He is buried next to his wife,  
Olive Poulson in the  
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
Plot: A_19_4_2

Han and Olive's Children



Nels Hans Nelson
B: 19 Jan 1845
M: Mary Ann Gillett
D: 8 Nov 1928
Plot: A_19_1_7



Andrew Nelson
B: 20 Jun 1847
D: On the Ocean 1862



Anna Nelson
B: 4 Sep 1849
D: On the Ocean 1862





Augustus Gustave Nelson
B: 21 Oct 1851
M: Ann Catherine Porter
D: 9 Dec 1918
Plot: A_19_4_8




Bengt Benjamin Nelson
B: 30 Apr 1857
D: 17 Jan 1861
(Died in Sweden)



Mary Olive Nelson
B: 16 Jan 1858
M: Obed Taylor
M: Lars Christian Madsen
D: 2 Dec 1924



Hendrik (Henry) Nelson
B: 10 Apr 1859
D: On the Ocean 1862


Andrew, Anna and Henry Nelson were all buried in the Ocean in 1862

Olive Poulsen 1820-1898

Olive (Olu) Poulsen was born 14 Apr 1820 
in Billebergo, Malmo, Sweden

Parents

Father: Ake Palsson (Poulson)

Mother: Anna Jonsson

Olive married Hans Nelson

in 1844 in Norrvifinge, Sweden




Olive died 28 Oct 1898

in Mt. Pleasant, Utah

She is buried next to her husband,

Hans Nelson in the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery

Plot: A_19_4_1

Han and Olive's Children



Nels Hans Nelson
B: 19 Jan 1845
M: Mary Ann Gillett
D: 8 Nov 1928
Plot: A_19_1_7



Andrew Nelson
B: 20 Jun 1847
D: On the Ocean 1862



Anna Nelson
B: 4 Sep 1849
D: On the Ocean 1862





Augustus Gustave Nelson
B: 21 Oct 1851
M: Ann Catherine Porter
D: 9 Dec 1918
Plot: A_19_4_8




Bengt Benjamin Nelson
B: 30 Apr 1857
D: 17 Jan 1861
(Died in Sweden)



Mary Olive Nelson
B: 16 Jan 1858
M: Obed Taylor
M: Lars Christian Madsen
D: 2 Dec 1924




Hendrik (Henry) Nelson
B: 10 Apr 1859
D: On the Ocean 1862


Andrew, Anna and Henry Nelson were all buried in the Ocean in 1862

Hans and Olive's Life History

"Graves along the Trail" 
Written by Talula Nelson
4 Oct 1972

This family , father, Hans Nelson born 10 Feb, 1817, Billabergo, Malmo, Sweden, wife, Olive Poulson Dahlin born 14 Apr 1823, Billabergo, Malmo, Sweden joined the LDS Church and started for Utah USA. While crossing the ocean measles broke out among the saints, three of the Nelson children died. Mary then four years old lived but was nearly blind the rest of her life.


A tragedy like this is hard to realize, a son almost fifteen years old then a lovely daughter thirteen and the precious baby three years old all tied to boards weighted and slid in the raging waters of the dark sea. Then the days that followed, with Mary depending on her mother and others to guide her in her darkness. This brave family came on to Utah and found their way to Mt. Pleasant where the father was an excellent farmer but the memory of the ocean and the hard work took it's toll on him, he died ten years later, 25 Mar, 1873. His wife, stronger by nature more able to see the pleasant things in life lived until she was seventy five years old, she died 28 Oct 1898.


My husbands father Augustus Nelson was ten when he saw his brothers and sister carefully  let down into the water. The memory was so tragic he never mentioned it, being a kind natured man it was too much for him. He married Ann Porter and raised a family of eleven children.


Mary's eye sight improved some, she was able to care for herself. She married Obed Taylor and had a daughter. These two were soon taken from her. Later she married Christian Madsen, he was a widower with three children. These she raised and had five children by Christian. When diphtheria came her three oldest were taken and she was left childless again. Two more boys were born to her, one died as a baby of whopping cough and the other lived to be fifteen. He was delicate and his weak heart gave out at fifteen.


Mary who was left with a weak heart died at the age of seventy. She was just four years old while crossing the sea, maybe too young to remember the tragedy. After the loss of her own children she took in her brothers baby daughter to raise when death took his wife. This beautiful little girl Theo Nelson was almost smothered with love. She always was a great joy to Aunt Mary.

Hans Nelson Family Crossed the Plain in 1862

Joseph Horne Company (1862)

Departure: 27 July 1862 Arrival: 1 October 1862 Company Information: 570 individuals and 52 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Florence, Nebraska (now Omaha).

The Hans Nielsen Family travel with the third Church train, lead by Capt. Joseph Horne. They arrived on Wednesday, 1 Oct 1862. This company left Florence, on the 29th of July 1862, and consisted of about five hundred and seventy persons, with fifty-two wagons. They had a very prosperous journey, but little sickness and no serious accidents. 

Here is a list of individuals known to have traveled in this company.
The Nielson Family, Hans, Ole, Niels, Ake (Augustus) and Maria are among those listed. 

Here are a list of  Trail Excerpts so you can read about their travel.

Hans and Olive Nelson's LDS Ordinances

Hans Nelson's LDS Ordinances

Baptism: 14 Apr 1903
Confirmation: 14 Apr 1903

Inititory: 17 Apr 1903
Endowment: 17 Apr 1903
Salt Lake Temple

Sealed to Parents:

Sealed to Spouse, Olive Poulsen
1 Apr 1865
Endowment House




Olive Poulsen Nelsons LDS Ordinances

Baptism: 7 May 1858
Confirmation: 7 May 1858

Inititory:1 Apr 1865
Endowment: 1 Apr 1865
Endowment House

Sealed to Parents: 23 Feb 1920
Salt Lake Temple

Sealed to Spouse, Hans Nelson
1 Apr 1865
Endowment House