Per Eric NILSSON

Birth:
8 Feb 1822
Norr Ryby, Medaker, Vastmanland, Sweden
Chr:
10 Feb 1822
Death:
31 Oct 1892
Near Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Marriage:
25 Apr 1847
Fellingsbro, Orebro, Sweden
Sources:
New.Familysearch.org, Apr 2010
Family Records
Notes:
                   SOURCES:
    1. Family Records
    2. Ancestral File
    3. 1997 Ordinance Index
    4. Menaker, Vastmanland Church Records & Clerical Surveys (FHL#203069, #074840, #393393, #393394, #074839)
    5. Letter from Ann-Lis Zatterlof regarding Per Erik Nilsson, his wife, Sophia Larsdotter, and their 7 children, Stockholm, 7 July 1981

NAME:
    Per Eric NILSSON - later known as Peter NELSON

NOTE: further research needed to determine correct link.  Per Eric Pehrson (Petterson) or Per Eric Nilsson
Peter Nelson came to the US with his oldest son, John, and daughter, Anna.  Those left in Sweden were Karl, Erik, and a younger daughter.  They all changed their name to Zatterlof, due to too many Nelson's in their home city in Orebro. Sweden.
Sophia LARSDOTTER
Birth:
13 May 1823
Gusselby, I Linde, Orebro, Sweden
Death:
Gamla, Kyrkogarden, Helsingfors, Finland
Burial:
Old Churchyard, Helsinki, Nyland, Finalnd
Notes:
                   NOTE: married to Pehr Erik Pettersson
Children
Marriage
1
Anna Sophia PEHRSON
Birth:
28 Mar 1848
Boda, Medaker, Vastmanland, Sweden
Death:
6 Aug 1940
Oak Ridge, Armstrong, Pennsylvania
William Claes JOHNSON 
Marr:
6 Dec 1875
Kittanning, Armstrong, Pennsyl 
2
Per Johan Jacob NILSSON GELM
Birth:
22 Jun 1851
Boda, Medaker, Vastmanland, Sweden
Death:
6 Sep 1899
Braddock, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Ellen A. BERG 
Marr:
4 Nov 1869
 
Notes:
                   NAME:
    John aka Johan John Jacob NILSSON (changed name to GELM)
CHRISTENING: Per Jahan Pehrsson christened 24 Jul 1851 in Medaker, Vastmanland, Sweden

NOTES:
    1. May have been married before his marriage to Caroline STEIN.
    2. Listed as a non-Catholic in 1891.

OCCUPATION:
    Saloon Keeper in 1880

DEATH:
    Will Date: 6 Sep 1899; Will Probate: 11 Sep 1899.

Information for John P. Gelm, as he was known, and his wife, Caroline (Simon) and their family, was included in the "Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania," p. 723, Lewis Historical Publishing Co., New York, 1915, John W. Jordan, editor-in-chief.

John Gelm (as he was known), father, Peter, and daughter, Anna, lived in Bethlehem, PA in 1883 (about 100 miles from Braddock).  -- Letter from Oke Zatterlow
3
Maria Lovisa NILSSON
Birth:
13 Jun 1854
Boda, Medaker, Vastmanland, Sweden
Death:
 
Marr:
 
4
Karl Fredrik NILSSON ZETTERLO
Birth:
23 Jun 1857
Boda, Medaker, Vastmanland, Sweden
Death:
11 May 1923
Helsinki, Nyland, Finland
Kristina Emerentia ANDERSON 
Marr:
7 Jun 1885
Boda Medaker, Vastmanland, Swe 
Notes:
                   NAME:
    Karl aka Carl Karl Fredrik NILSSON - changed name to ZATTERLOF
5
Lars Erik ZETTERLOF
Birth:
28 Feb 1860
Boda, Medaker, Vastmanland, Sweden
Death:
Maria Kristina SCHOLLIN 
Marr:
6 Jan 1887
Vastmanland, Sweden 
Notes:
                   Name: Zetterlof of Zatterlof
6
Augusta Carolina NILSSON
Birth:
20 Nov 1862
Boda, Medaker, Vastmanland, Sweden
Death:
 
Marr:
 
7
Alma Charlotte NILSSON
Birth:
18 Nov 1865
Boda, Medaker, Vastmanland, Sweden
Death:
FCID:5531:53
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Per Eric Nilsson - Sophia Larsdotter

Per Eric Nilsson was born at Norr Ryby, Medaker, Vastmanland, Sweden 8 Feb 1822. His parents were Nils Nilsson and Cathrina Ersdotter.

He married Sophia Larsdotter 25 Apr 1847 at Fellingsbro, Orebro, Sweden . Sophia Larsdotter was born at Gusselby, I Linde, Orebro, Sweden 13 May 1823 daughter of Lars Anderson and Stina Larsdotter .

They were the parents of 7 children:
Anna Sophia Pehrson born 28 Mar 1848.
Per Johan Jacob Nilsson Gelm born 22 Jun 1851.
Maria Lovisa Nilsson born 13 Jun 1854.
Karl Fredrik Nilsson Zetterlo born 23 Jun 1857.
Lars Erik Zetterlof born 28 Feb 1860.
Augusta Carolina Nilsson born 20 Nov 1862.
Alma Charlotte Nilsson born 18 Nov 1865.

Per Eric Nilsson died 31 Oct 1892 at Near Chicago, Cook, Illinois .

Sophia Larsdotter died at Gamla, Kyrkogarden, Helsingfors, Finland .