Born: September 12, 1843, Sweden
Wife: Anna Sarah Danielson*
Married: before 1869, Utah
Children: Andrew D Nilsson, Oscar Nilsson, Amanda S Nilsson, Josephine M. Nilsson*, Emma N. Nilsson
Died: June 12, 1917, Utah
Buried: Heber City Cemetery
Olaus converted to Mormonism in 1864 in Sweden. He immigrated to the US in 1866 and came to Utah in a handcart company. Anna was in the same handcart company, but married to a different man, Andres Hanson. Anders died on the trail in Wyoming. Anna and Olaus were married some time after they reached Salt Lake.
FamilySearch says he married a Maggie Sorensen in 1868 in Sweden. I'm going to have to investigate this further, but it doesn't seem like it could be right becaus Olaus was in Utah in 1868... unless he went back as a missionary or something.
One problem with foreign names is that the poor extractors never know how to read it right. I've found Olaus in four censuses. In one he was called Olans, in another, Claus, in the third Clara (yikes!), and in the fourth Alans Willson. That fourth one was really hard to find. Poor guy.
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Climbing the Family Tree
People and Places
Unresolved Questions
Microfilms I want to look at
- Gasper Harshamn's Will FHL US/CAN Film 861066
- Joseph Eddy Martin genealogical collection--Films 1425357-1425359 (all)
- Marriages: Nancy Nixon to John Ensley, 1871 & Nancy Ensley to Joseph Sindledecker 1879-- Film 0940297 V. 1-2
- Cora Vanaman's Death, Aug 18, 1952--Film: 1984253 Digital GS: 4258121 Image: 1555
- Cora Nixon's Marriage, 1884--Film: 853808 Digital GS: 4130827 Image: 00195
About the Author
I am the grandson of Sarah and Eddy Martin. I have just started to get my feet wet in family history research and decided to keep my notes in a blog format.
While most of the information about people found here are already well-known within my family and on sites like familysearch.org, the original sources from which that information comes is not always clear. My goal here is to gather as many original sources as possible on ancestors that are already known. As I learn more about them, they become more than just names on an old piece of paper. Who knows, I may even stumble on a new find every now and then.
I hope this blog becomes useful to more than just myself. If you have information that is relevant here or to request information from me please contact me at joshua1ix (at) hotmail (dot) com
While most of the information about people found here are already well-known within my family and on sites like familysearch.org, the original sources from which that information comes is not always clear. My goal here is to gather as many original sources as possible on ancestors that are already known. As I learn more about them, they become more than just names on an old piece of paper. Who knows, I may even stumble on a new find every now and then.
I hope this blog becomes useful to more than just myself. If you have information that is relevant here or to request information from me please contact me at joshua1ix (at) hotmail (dot) com
A note about the Scribd boxes
Scribd is a very cool site and the ipaper boxes are great for quickly looking at posted documents, but the resolution isn't the greatest. It's just barely good enough to be legible. If, however, you click on the "More" tab and download the file you get a much better copy.
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