Nelson OLSON ^{1 2}

   Another name for Nelson was Nels OLSON.

  Birth Notes:

||Nelson was born on a farm about 20 miles west of Christiana Norway.

  Noted events in his life were:

• He immigrated in 1854 to Springfield IL, Norway. ¹ ||Nelson came through Quebec Canada on his way to Springfield IL.

• He immigrated in 1861 to Illinois, Norway. ⁴

Nelson married Mary Ann JOHNSON, daughter of Robert JOHNSON and A.M. HAMILTON, on 9 May 1855. (Mary Ann JOHNSON was born on 29 Oct 1827 in County Tyron, Ireland, died on 10 Aug 1918 ³ and was buried in 1918 in Athens, Menard Co., Illinois.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the census in 1860 in Menard Co., Illinois. ⁵