Hi! Welcome to the site. Hopefully you're here because you need information or you have information on my GGG-Grandparents, Nels Nelson and his wife Hedvig Sandstrom. They and their families were Swedish immigrants in the second half of the 19th century who settled in the little, central Kansas town of Lindsborg.
I've recently published the book, The Families of Nels Peter Nelson and Hedvig Augusta Sandstrom and included everything I learned while researching them. I have information on their parents, children, and siblings' families. But I'm still looking for information. If you can help with any of the names, here, please
contact me.
The Olsson Family of Lindsborg, Kansas
Nils Olsson, born 1816, married
Brita Lisa (Louisa) Magnusdotter, born 1818
Stina Maria Nelson, born 1840, married Sven Nelson, 5 children
- Tilia Karolina Sofia Nelson, 1863, married Oscar Johnson?, 1 child?
-- Ruth Marie Johson?
- Karl Vilhelm Edvard Nelson, 1866
- Nils Peter Gottfrid Nelson, 1870
- Sven Axel Ludvig Nelson, 1876
- Ellen Maria Nelson, 1879
Caroline Nelson, born 1842, married Hans Wickstrom, 3 children
- Charles August William Wickstrom, 1868 married Nellie ___, 3 children
-- Mildred Olivia Wickstrom, 1899 married David Ruell Fackrell, 4 children
--- Lawrence Ruel Fackrell, 1919
--- Ervin Homer Fackrell, 1920
--- ?
--- ?
-- Melvin Wickstrom, 1905, married Ilah Castile
--- Lois Geraldyne Wickstrom, 1927
--- Betty Jean Wickstrom, 1929
-- Evelin Wickstrom, 1917
Aron Nelson, born 1844, married Johanna Stromquist, 4 children
- Alma Otillia Nelson, 1874
- Ellen Christina Nelson, 1876
- Thilia Elizabeth Nelson, 1878, married Gayfree Ellison
- Hanna Almina Nelson, 1880
Nels Peter Nelson, born 1849, married Hedvig Sandstrom, 4 children
- Edna E. Nelson, 1879
- Edil Moritz Helgard Nelson, 1881, 1881, married Marie Anderson, 2 children
-- Leona Nelson, 3 children
--- (Living)
--- (Living)
--- N. L. S., 1941
---- S. M. S., 1961
----- Claire N. Halsey, 1985 (me)
-- LaMar Nelson
- Earl Theodore Nelson, 1884
- Edna Linnea Hortensia Nelson, 1887
Anna Sofia Nelson, born 1851, died 1865
Emma Lovisa Nelson, born 1854
Emma Alida Nelson, born 1856, married John Lundstrom, 10 children
- Charles Albert Lundstrom, 1875, married Maria Lund, 4 children
- Elmer Luther Lundstrom, 1877
- William F. Lundstrom, 1879, married Agnes V. Dahlberg, 1 child
- Leonard Edward Lundstrom, 1881, married Anna Amelia Palmquist, 4 children
- Inez Lundstrom, 1884, married Carl Patrick, 2 children
- Clarence L Lundstrom, 1886
- Della Amelia Lundstrom, 1887
- Albin Walter Lundstrom, 1891
- Anthon Julius Lundstrom, 1895, never married
- Amos Burdette Lundstrom, unknown, married, no children
(I have been able to contact a cousin descended from Emma & John.)
Hilda Lovisa Nelson, born 1859
Anna Sofia Nelson, born 1851, died 1865
Carl August Alfred Nelson, born 1863, died 1867
The Sandstrom Family of Brooklyn, New York
August Sandstrom, born 1827, married Clara Westerdahl, born 1833
Caroline Wilhelmina Sandstrom, born 1851, married George Philip Rosquist
- Rose/Rosa W. Rosquist, abt. 1874 married Edwin Gamble
-- Dorothea W Gamble, abt. 1901
-- Rosa M Gamble, abt. 1906
- Clara G. Rosquist, abt. 1876, married Frederick Haward
-- C Violet Haward, abt. 1903, married Robert W. Nealey
-- Jane R Haward, abt. 1905
- George August Rosquist, 01 Jun 1877, married Nellie ___
-- Clara Rosquist, abt. 1903
-- Elinore Rosquist, abt. 1905
-- George Rosquist
-- Charles John Rosquist, 21 Mar 1909 - 18 Dec 1991, F3 US Navy - 4 Feb 1931
-- William T Rosquist
- Charles W. Rosquist, abt. 1879, married Cora Miller
- Hulda Carolina Rosquist, 21 Dec 1881
Hedvig Augusta Sandstrom, born 1852, married Nels Nelson, 4 children
- Edna E. Nelson, 1879
- Edil Moritz Helgard Nelson, 1881, 1881, married Marie Anderson, 2 children
-- Leona Nelson, 3 children
--- (Living)
--- (Living)
--- N. L. S., 1941
---- S. M. S., 1961
----- Claire N. Halsey, 1985 (me)
-- LaMar Nelson
- Earl Theodore Nelson, 1884
- Edna Linnea Hortensia Nelson, 1887
Clara Olivia Sandstrom, born 1854, married Olof Nelson
Theodore Andrew Peter Sandstrom, born 1856, married Nancy Alice Austill,
- Alvin Augustus Sandstrom, 1881-1962, married Gertude C. Gebert, 4 children
-- Esthergayle Sandstrom, 1907-2004, married Douglas Clairmont in 1930
-- Augustus (Arthur?), 1908-1908
-- Donald Duane Sandstrom, 1909-1977, married Esther Marie ___ in 1935, 1 daughter Carolyn Sue
-- Margaret Alice Sandstrom, 1913-1995, married Dennis O'Harrow, 2 children Stephen and Peter
- Carl Edward Sandstrom, 1882-1974, married Edna Merle King, no children
- Claude Sandstrom, 1883, married Daisy Lamm, 1 son John, divorced, remarried Goldie ___
- Hulda Mary, 1887-1894, died of typhoid
- Lillian Alice Sandstrom, 1891-1971, married Fred Charles Stice, 1 daughter Nadine
- Estelle C. Sandstrom, 1894-1974, married Arthur D. Arensman
- Elsie Irene, 1895-1897
- Clara Olivia Sandstrom, 1898-1977, never married
- William Sandstrom, 1889-1971, married Lillian Emmanuel, 1 daughter Shirley
(I have been able to contact cousins descended from Theodore & Nancy.)
William Sandstrom, born 1859, married Adele Stark, 3 children
- Alfred Theodore Sandstrom, 1883
- Adele Sandstrom, 1885, married Percy B. Kitchell, four children
-- William Kitchell
-- Evelyn Kitchell
-- Mildred Kitchell
-- Roger Kitchell
- Hazel Sandstrom, 1901, married Ransford Welles Furbeck
(I have been able to contact a cousin descended from William & Adele.)
Hulda Lovisa Sandstrom, born 1862, married Frank Shuttleworth Hill
Charles Sandstrom, born 1864
Alma C. Sandstrom, born 1873, married Jean A. Johnson, 2 children
- Elsie H. Johnson, 1894, married Oscar Carl Meline, 1 child
-- Dorothy Meline
- Alfred W. Johnson, 1896
I have two goals with this genealogy project:
I've met the first goal. Help me with the second!
Claire Halsey Brooks
