This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wIB.2ACI/339.1 Message Board Post: Taryn, Here is some information about an Enoch Nilsson who emigrated from Sweden to USA on 29 March 1892: Unmarried farmworker, born 6 March 1873 in Mangskog, Värmlands län (county). He left from Fösked Västra, Brunskog, Värmlands län. Additional information is available at the Emigrantregistret in Karlstad, Sweden. Quote "Bilaga 0671892010". On the 1900 census there is an Enoch Nelson, 28, living in Illinois and working as a tailor. He is born in Sweden and emigrated 1892. On the 1910 census there is an Enoch Nelson, 37, living in Minneapolis but he is born in Norway. In 1910, there is also an Enoch F Nelson living in 1W-Alexandria, Douglas County, age 36, emigrated 1892 and is working as a clerk in a hardware store. He is born in Sweden and is living as a boarder, so presumably not married. However, on the 1920 census he appears to be married to Rose and they have a son 4 months old by the name Lester A. Enoch is now a real estate agent. In 1920 Enoch is 45 and Rose 26. They are still living in Alexandria, Douglas County, in 1930 and the census states Enoch was 44 and Rose was 22 at first marriage. Enoch is now a Justice of Peace working for the city and Rose is a sales lady in a department store. Could this be your grandfather - census ages are not always exact. There is a Enoch and Olida Nelson living in Kandiyohi County in 1930 but they are 38 and 37 years old at that time so Enoch's age does not fit and he is from Norway. These appear to be the closest in names and ages. I would be happy to send you any census images if you think one of the above is your grand father. Regards, Ernst