Thanks to contributor #47416495;
Mary E. (Nelson) Malander was born to Maria Christina (Johnson)& Nels T. Nelson.
Her mother Maria Christina was born in Ryssby Sweden to Johannes Christopherson & Eva Cajsa Pettersdotter on 21 Nov 1861. She immigrated to the USA in 1869 & worked to help pay for the remainder of her families immigration costs.
The Christopherson name was changed to Johnson,taking her father's first name and adding son. She later married Nels T. Nelson in Geneva,Illinois. She died during the birth of her third child 1 Nov 1876.
Her two children were raised by Nels & Maria Christina's sister Ella who married Nels after her sister died. Another child was born to Ella & Nels Nelson, Julia born 11 Jul 1881.
Thanks to contributor #47416495;
Mary E. (Nelson) Malander was born to Maria Christina (Johnson)& Nels T. Nelson.
Her mother Maria Christina was born in Ryssby Sweden to Johannes Christopherson & Eva Cajsa Pettersdotter on 21 Nov 1861. She immigrated to the USA in 1869 & worked to help pay for the remainder of her families immigration costs.
The Christopherson name was changed to Johnson,taking her father's first name and adding son. She later married Nels T. Nelson in Geneva,Illinois. She died during the birth of her third child 1 Nov 1876.
Her two children were raised by Nels & Maria Christina's sister Ella who married Nels after her sister died. Another child was born to Ella & Nels Nelson, Julia born 11 Jul 1881.
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