Swen Nelson was born on 11 August 1836 to Nils Swenson and Lena Marie Brock in Gustafva Parish, Malmo, Sweden. He married Fredricka Joranson while on a boat to the United States (the B.S. Kimball). He moved to Tooele, Utah Territory, in 1865. Nelson was a farmer and butcher. He died on 11 December 1909 in Tooele.[1]
Swen Nelson
11 August 1836 — 11 December 1909
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[1] “Swen Nelson,” in History of Tooele County (Salt Lake City: Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Tooele County, 1961), 550–551; “Swen Nelson Passes Away,” Tooele Transcript, 17 Dec. 1909, 15.