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Chamberlin Cemetery ~ Peter Nelson ~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Peter Nelson
LAST NAME: Nelson FIRST NAME: Peter MIDDLE NAME:  NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
GENDER: M TITLE: 
BORN: 3 Nov 1847 DIED: 25 Dec 1913 BURIED:  (Chamberlin Cemetery)
OCCUPATION:  Farmer
BIRTH PLACE:  Borre parish, Praesto co, Denmark
DEATH PLACE: Luckiamute, Polk Co., Oregon
NOTES: 
Marriage of Parents - Niels Pedersen & Ellen Cathrine Hansdotter md 25 Nov 1842, Borre parish, Praesto co, Denmark
Birth - Peder Nielsen b 3 Nov 1847 and Hemming Nielsen b 27 Jan 1854, both in Borre parish, sons of Niels Pedersen & Ellen Cathrine Hansdotter
1900 WA CENSUS - Peter Nelson (b Nov 1847, Denmark, immigrated 1867, naturalized, occupation farmer) enumerated with wife of 19 years Sophia (b Apr 1961, Sweden, mother of 9 children, all living) and 8 children, all born in Washington, George W. (b Oct 1883), Ellen C. (b Jan 1885), Lorene E. (b Nov 1886), Ida F. (b Oct 1888), Minnie C. (b July 1894), Pearl E. (b Jan 1896), Alton E. (b Jan 1897) and Edwin (b Jan 1900); also with family was Peter's brother Henry (b Jan 1854, Denmark, single, immigrated 1869, naturalized)
1910 WA CENSUS- Peter Nelson (62y, b Denmark, immigrated 1867, occupation farmer) enumerated with wife of 30 years Sophia (49y, b Sweden, immigrated 1880, mother of 11 children, all living) and 7 children, all born in Washington, George W. (26y), Winnie (16y), Pearl (15y), Alton (13y), Wilbur (11y), Ruby (8y) and Clarence (5y)
PROBATE - Peter Nelson died 25 Dec 1913 in Polk Co, Oregon, age 66y; heirs are wife Sophia Nelson (52y, of Suver, Polk Co), son Lawrence R. Nelson (32y, of Cle Elum, Kittitas Co, Wash), son George W. Nelson (30y, of Suver, Polk Co), dau Ellen C. Rogers (28y, of Ellsworth, Ellsworth Co, Kansas), dau Lorene E. Anderson (27y, of Easton, Kittitas Co, Wash), dau Ida F. Nelson (26y, of Suver, Polk Co), Minnie C. Nelson (20y, of Suver, Polk Co), dau Pearl E. Leham (19y, of Suver, Polk Co), son Alton E. Nelson (17y, of Suver, Polk Co), son Wilbur O. Nelson (14y, of Suver, Polk Co), dau Ruby A. Nelson (12y, of Suver, Polk Co), and son Clarence L. Nelson (9y, of Suver, Polk Co)
NOTE - the family returned to Washington after Peter's death. Anna Sophia and the 4 youngest children (Alton, Wilbur, Ruby & Clarence) appear in 1920 census of Centralia, Lewis Co, Washington. Anna died 6 Apr 1925 at Raymond, Lewis Co, Washington [Washington Death Index] and was buried in Greenwood Memorial Park at Centralia
DEATH CERTIFICATE: 
OSBH DC (Polk County 1913) #283 - Peter Nelson, male, farmer, married, b. 3 Nov 1847 in Denmark, d. 25 Dec 1913 in Luckiamute, Oregon at the age of 66 yrs 1 m 22 d's, name of father Nielson Peterson (b. Denmark), informant L. R. Nelson of Cle Elum, Washington.
OBITUARY: 
INSCRIPTION: 
Father
Peter Nelson
Nov. 3, 1847
Dec. 25, 1913
SOURCES: 
Branigar Survey
Saucy Survey & Photographs
OSBH DC (Polk County 1913) #283
Borre, Denmark, Parish Registers (FamilySearch.org)
1900 WA CENSUS (Kittitas Co, Easton, ED 25, sheet 9A-B)
1910 WA CENSUS (Kittitas Co, Easton, ED 81, sheet 15B)
Polk Co, Oregon Probate Record, Vol 12, page 387
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