Shelley, Neither the Lindsborg nor the McPherson historical societies would even give me a courtesy reply, when I attempted to contact them, so I finally found an address for a great grand-daughter of my grandfather's aunt, Hannah Nelson Darrah, and sent a copy to her. Kris Battaile has been doing a lot of research on her branch of the family and may have information on the Nelson side. If you would like some background on Hannah Nelson Darrah, she was one of the sources of Joanna Stratton's book, *Pioneer Women.* You should be able to find a copy at most libraries. Thanks, Stewart Darrah On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 2:00 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. NELSON Family Photographs (Shelley Cardiel) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 21:56:05 -0800 > From: "Shelley Cardiel" <[email protected]> > Subject: [KSMCPHER] NELSON Family Photographs > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I've "rescued" a large group of photographs all belonging to the NELSON > Family of Kansas, Illinois, Iowa, and Pennsylvania. Nine of the > photographs > are taken at studios in McPherson and Lindsborg, KS, likely all taken from > sometime in the 1870's to the early 1890's. Most appear to include Rev. > Oscar NELSON at various ages including the youngest when he is about 6 > years > old and the others in his teens and 20's. > > I was able through limited research to locate some census information > regarding the family and have included that information at the end of the > email. The group of photographs include: > > A family photograph taken in 1893 is identified as the "Family of A. P. > NELSON" and includes parents likely in their 50's or 60's and three > children > including Oscar NELSON ranging in age from teens to 20's, the youngest a > girl and then two older boys. In Oct 1893 there are two photographs taken > of Oscar NELSON and his brother, both at the Rasmussen Studio in Rock > Island, IL with the two appearing to be in their 20's at the time. > > The next group of five photographs are all taken in Rockford, IL, one dated > Feb 1898 of Rev. Oscar NELSON and his Church, Emmanuel English Lutheran > Church in Rockford, IL. There is also a photo of Oscar with his wife and > baby daughter, Onah Vera NELSON, age 1 year. Someone has penciled the name > "Amelia" on this photograph as well, as if that is to whom the photograph > was gifted. > > There is also a family group in another Rockford studio photograph with > Oscar, his wife, two young girls about 6-10 years old and another couple, > could be Oscar's brother from an earlier photo, I'm just not sure. Another > photo indicates that it was taken at Oscar's home at 135 East St in > Rockford, IL and includes his wife and baby daughter Onah Vera when she is > just 3 1/2 months old in 1898. > > Two additional photographs of Rev. Oscar NELSON are taken at studios in > Davenport, IA sometime in the 1890's with Oscar likely in his teens or 20's > at the time those were taken as well. Another big group come from > Galesburg, IL studios and may well be Oscar NELSON'S wife and another > woman, > maybe a sister. There is also a photograph of two young girls which may be > the same two in the photograph from Rockford noted above, again, can't be > sure without identification. > > Two photographs of a group of three children are included in the grouping > from Galesburg, the oldest a girl, the middle child a boy and then a > younger > girl. These photographs all appear to have been taken in the 1890's with > the children likely about 4-8 years old and then 6-12 years old in the > other. There are also photographs of Rev. Oscar NELSON alone and one with > his wife during this time period too. > > An additional two photographs taken in Titusville, PA are identified as > Hoogner NELSON. Both were likely taken in the early 1900's with Hoogner > appearing to be 2-3 years old at the time they were taken. Two other > photographs appear to related but have the writing in Swedish so I'm not > sure what to make of them. One is a group of 4 young ladies in their teens > taken in Davenport, IA and dated 17 Apr 1880, I believe it says "Jill Kara > Mamma" on the back in addition to the date it was taken. > > The final photograph is actually from Sweden, Oscarsham, Kalmar, to be > exact. Someone has written "Dad's Grandma" and "Grandpa same" along with > and something in Swedish that looks like "Glom y den maden Maria". > > 1880 census of McPherson, KS: > > A. P. NELSON, age 48, born Sweden, a Farmer, parents born Sweden > Mary NELSON, wife, age 45, born Sweden, Keeps House, parents born Sweden > Sophia NELSON, dau, age 18, born Sweden, Housekeeper > Charlie NELSON, son, age 13, born IL > Oscar NELSON, son, age 10, born KS > Malie NELSON, dau, age 3, born KS > Emma NELSON, sister, age 32, born Sweden, Does House Work, parents born > Sweden > > 1900 census of McPherson Township, KS: > > A. P. NELSON, age 66, born Feb 1934, married 40 years, born Sweden, parents > born Sweden, to USA 1868, a Farmer > Mary NELSON, wife, age 66, born Mar 1834, married 40 years, 5 children/3 > living, born Sweden, parents born Sweden, to USA 1868 > Amelia NELSON, dau, age 23, born Oct 1876, born KS, a Teacher > + 1 boarder > > 1900 census of Rockford, IL: > > Oscar R. NELSON, age 30, born Feb 1870, married 4 years, born IL, parents > born Sweden, a Minister > Ada NELSON, wife, age 38, born Jun 1861, married 4 years, 2 children/2 > living, born IL, parents born Sweden > Onah NELSON, dau, age 2, born Oct 1897, born IL > Onethe NELSON, dau, age 1, boprn Jun 1899, born IL > > 1910 census of McPherson Township, KS: > > A. P. NELSON, age 76, married 49 years, born Sweden, parents born Sweden, > to > USA 1868, Own Income > Maria C. NELSON, wife, age 76, married 49 years, 6 children/3 living, born > Sweden, parents born Sweden, to USA 1868 > And living directly next door...C. V. A. NELSON and his wife Christina > NELSON with 4 children > > 1910 census of Titusville, PA: > > Oscar NELSON, age 40, married 14 years, born IL, parents born Sweden, a > Swedish Church Clergyman > Ada NELSON, wife, age 40, married 14 years, 3 children/2 living, born IL, > parents born Sweden > Onah NELSON, dau, age 12, born IL > Hoogner NELSON, son, age 6, born PA > > I am hoping to locate someone from the family so that this treasure of > photographs (33 in all) can be returned to their rightful place with > family. > If you are a member of this NELSON Family, or you know someone who might > be, > please contact me. > > Thanks, > Shelley > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the KSMCPHER list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the KSMCPHER mailing list, send an email to > [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of KSMCPHER Digest, Vol 3, Issue 3 > ************************************** >