Joel Edvin Nikolaus Olsson

1883 - 1960  (77 years)

• Name	Joel Edvin Nikolaus Olsson
  Born	21 Feb 1883	Jonstorp, Jonstorp Församling, Malmöhus Län, Sweden
  Christened	11 Mar 1883	Jonstorp Kyrka
  Gender	Male
  Died	13 Nov 1960	Loup City, Sherman County, Nebraska
  Person ID	I3815	Rossen Genealogy
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Johannes Olsson,   b. 1830
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Maria Jonasdotter,   b. 1845
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	8 Feb 1867	Jonstorp Kyrka, Jonstorp Församling, Malmöhus Län, Sweden
  Family ID	F1321	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ruby Lahila Slater
  Children	+ 1. Carl Wesley Olsson,   b. 29 Sep 1903, Hildreth, Franklin County, Nebraska ,   d. 18 Apr 1991, Gothenburg, Dawson County, Nebraska  (Age 87 years)  [Birth]
  Last Modified	29 Mar 2017
  Family ID	F1320	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Joel Edvin Nikolaus Olsson Portrait

  
  

  Documents		Joel Edvin Nikolaus Olsson Birth and baptism record from The Swedish Church Books Jonstorp Församling, 1883
  		Joel Edvin Nikolaus Olsson Death notice The Curtis Enterprise, 17 Nov 1960

  
  

  Headstones

  Joel Edvin Nikolaus Olsson and his wife Ruby (nee Slater) Headstone

  
  

• Notes

  Joel was only 15 when he emigrated to America in 1898 on the ship Cymric. The ship was caught in a storm and landed in Virginia instead of New York., where his two brothers, Frank and Albin, were. . All he had for food was moldy bread and somehow found his way to the train station where some kind soul helped him get to Upland, Nebraska to his sister Elin who had married Frank Osterlund. Quite a feat for someone who didn't speak English at all. His oldest sister, Alma married a Bergman and also settled in New York. Kenneth Leroy Mercer 20 Jan 2013