[NI001]
Erland had a brother named Oscar Person.
In the hosehold examination roll of Misterhult 1861-1869, the family was registered at Skonemala, Sweden.
Erland immigrated to America on December 5, 1881, with his wife and children but not the sons Per Axel Frithjof and Erland August. The children who moved in 1881 were Anna Lena Elisabeth born 1852, Carl Johan born 1861, Christina Paulina born 1868, and Nils Oscar born 1871. Two child had died before the immigration. Per Axel immigrated later.
[NI003] Anna immigrated to America with her parents on December 5, 1881.
[NI005]
1. Per Axel changed his last name from Erlandsson to Peterson in
America. Per Axel Peterson used his middle name. In America,
the name "Per" was Angolized to Peter and records in America
show his name as Peter A. Peterson.
2. Axel Peterson and Emma Larson immigrated directly from
Smaland, Sweden to Moline, Illinois, on 1882 October 04.
Axel was 28 years old and Emma was 23 years old. They lived
in Moline, Illinois, from about 1883 to about 1886. About
1886, the family moved to Kansas, where Lyda was born. The
family participate in the Oklahoma Land Rush about 1889. Emma
was born in Guthrie, Oklahoma, in 1897. In 1898, the family
moved to Moline and then in 1906 they moved to Watertown
(now known as East Moline). The family was very poor.
3. Axel had built a house in Moline on 33rd Street, the third
house north of 24th Avenue.
4. Emma lived in Watertown for two years until she came down
with Tuberculosis. She had Tuberculosis for 9 months
before she died at 3:10 pm on 1908 11 28. She was buried
on 1908 12 01 in Riverside Cemetery, Moline, Illinois.
Axel was also buried there.
5. Axel moved to Moline after Emma died. In 1913 12 25, he
died of stomach cancer at Lutheran hospital at 5:40 pm.
6. Axel Peterson worked at the Moline Plow Company until
his illness.
7. In the household examination roll of Misterhult 1861 1869,
the family is registered at Skonemala.
8. History of the Oklahoma Land Rush:
The 1862 Homestead Act stimulated the expansion of
agricultural settlement in the Louisiana Territory. The
Act granted title to 160 acres of public land after a settler
remained on developed the property for five years. After
Civil War, the Homestead Act and western railroad expansion
encouraged thousands of settlers to move into Dakota,
Kansas, Nebraska, and finally, the Oklahoma District.
By the late 1870's, frontier settlement had swept across
the Plains. Two arms of settlement reached west one on the
Northern Plains, and the other to the south in Texas.
Between them lay Oklahoma's millions of acres, occupied
by twenty two Indian tribes. Settlers demanded that the
federal government restrict the tribes to smaller reservations
in order to open most of the land to white settlement. Lawless
intruders harassed the tribes, making administration of
Indian reservations all but impossible. Railroad entrepreneurs
supported these Oklahoma "Boomers." By the 1880's this
unrelenting pressure forced the federal government to open
parts of the Oklahoma Territory.
In 1889, the government forced the Creek and Seminole
tribes to sell their land to the Oklahoma District for just
over four million dollars. Congress then opened the district
to white setllement under the Homestead Act.
The Oklahoma District was opened at noon on April 22,
1889. On that day, 100,000 persons gathered at the district's
northern border in wagons, on horseback, and even on bicycles.
Fifteen trains lined up at Arkansas City, Kansas, ready to
steam into the district. When cannons and guns barked "noon,"
pandemonium broke loose. Noise and confusion reigned as thousands
of "Boomers" staked claims. Speculators, settlers, and transients
claimed 1,920,000 acres of Oklahoma within a few hours.
In 1890, the Census Bureau declared that a frontier line no
longer existed. The American West had been settled.
[NI007]
Carl was a pattern maker at Moline Plow Company, Moline, IL.
1. Charles died of complications resulting from a broken leg.
He died at home at 5:20 am, 1158 12th Street, Moline,
after being ill only two weeks.
2. Christina lived at 1524 1/2 Seventh Street, Moline, Illinois.
She became ill for week and died of pnemonia at 6 pm on
Sunday. She was a member of the Swedish Evangelical Free
Church. She had a brother named Carl Johnson who lived in
Moline, Illinois. Her maiden name was given as Anderson in
the Moline Daily Dispatch obituary. Her brother probably
changed his name when he came to America.
3. Charles and Christina came to Moline from Sweden in 1881.
4. A fire in thier home destroyed many old family photographs.
Attachments:
1. In the household examination roll of Misterhult 1861 1869,
the family is registered at Skonemala.
[NI013] Karl was married three times. The third time he married his brother, Peter Magnus, second wife, Lena Stina Nildotter, who at that time was a widow.
[NI018] Lina was married to Peter Magnus. After his death she married his bother, Karl Fredrik Jonsson.
[NI021]
Herman never married.
Herman Peterson is buried in Moline Memorial Gardens,
Moline, Ill. At the time he was buried, the cemetery was known
as the Vahalla Cemetery.
[NI022]
Gerda immigrated to America with her parents on December 5, 1881.
She is buried at Coal Valley Cemetery.
[NI023] Lyda immigrated to America with her parents on December 5, 1881.
[NI028]
1. Oscar is a brother of Adelaide (Record P189000).
2. Oscar was born near 7th Street, Moline in his parents home.
3. Oscar went by name of "Pete" throughtout his life.
4. Oscar lived in Black, Alabama.
Oscar and his second wife, Lila, lived in Burlington, IA.
[NI035] Llotd was a U.S. Mail Carrier at the Rock Island Post Office.
[NI036] Jeanette was an active member of Bethel Wesley Methodist Church, Moline, IL, where she taught Sunday School for 30 years and was active in various church groups. She loved to garden.
[NI037]
The following was taken from the Moline Dispatch dated September 12, 2002:
Donald Wayne Nelson, 86, of Geneseo, formerly of Moline, died Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2002, at Good Samaritan Village, Geneseo.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Trimble Funeral Home, Moline. Burial will be in Rose Lawn Memorial Estate, Moline. Visitation will be from noon to service time. Memorials may be given to the family, for a memorial fund to be established.
Donald Wayne Nelson was born Oct. 12, 1915, in Moline, the son of Leonard and Lyda Peterson Nelson. He married the former Marian Catherine Geest June 29, 1940, in Davenport.
Mr. Nelson retired from Williams White & Company, Moline, as a shop superintendent in 1980 after more than 45 years of employment. He was a member of the Color Shooters Camera Club and was a charter member of the Millcreek Country Club. Mr. Nelson enjoyed golfing, photography, nature and wildflowers, sailing, camping, canoeing, and bird watching.
Mr. Nelson's survivors include his wife, Marian, Geneseo; daughters and sons-in-law, Nancy and Roger Moler, Bettendorf, and Linda and David Pearson, Geneseo; grandchildren and their spouses, Jeff and Katie Moler, Troy and Melissa Pearson, Tammy Miner and Ben Pearson; along with great-grandchildren, Elizabeth Moler, Richard, Alexis and Brian Pearson, Kaylee Miner and Ashton Macias. He was preceded in death by a sister, Jeanette Johnson-Bailey, and a brother, Lloyd Nelson.
[NI038]
Harry Stephen worked forthe Burlington Northern Railroad,
Galesburg, Illinois. The family lived on Pearl Street in
Galesburg.
[NI040] Howard is a farmer near Illinois City and New Boston, IL.
[NI045] Cheryl is a personnel supervisor for Bell Canada, McLean, VA.
[NI047] Carl died of wounds received in World War II.
[NI059] Shirley is a data entry operator.
[NI067] Christopher was a farmer.
[NI072] Paula was adopted by her step father, Lawrence Rasko, in 1970.
[NI073] Branson was adopted by his step father, Lawrence Rasko, in 1970
[NI080] Richard was a foreman at Deere and Co., East Moline, IL.
[NI082] Gregory is a salesman in Stafford Springs, CT.
[NI083] A small business owner, "A Magic Touch"
[NI089] Troy was adopted in 1979 by his step father, David Pearson.
[NI092] David is a salesman.