| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Eighth Generation51. Claes Svante NILSSON22 was born on 26 March 1839 in Stora Gärdet, Hössna, Älvsborg län, Sweden. He died on 25 September 1913 at the age of 74 in Pontiac, Warwick, RI. He was buried in St. Paul Lutheran Church Cemetery, Warwick, RI. Household Examination 1870-78, p. 173, indicates a marriage date, all but the year illegible. He moved to Hjälmsared on August 14, 1872. A quarter share of the Hjälmsared estate was owned by Augusta Maria's father, who gave them a one-eighth share and they inherited a second one-eighth share when he died. He emigrated to America May 13, 1892, with his wife and children. They left Gothenburg 27 May 1892 and Liverpool 1 June 1892. They travelled on the ship Britannic. They arrived in New York 11 June 1892. They settled in Pontiac, Rhode Island, near other relatives and became members of the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church in Warwick. He was a carpenter, like and probably trained by his father. Records on microfilm SAKA 739.2, p. 34. Claes Svante NILSSON and Augusta Maria JAKOBSDOTTER were married on 26 May 1872 in Gullered, Älvsborg län, Sweden. Augusta Maria JAKOBSDOTTER22, daughter of Jacob ISAKSSON and Johanna ERICSDOTTER, was born on 23 May 1847 in Hjälmsered, Gullered, Älvsborg län, Sweden.22 She emigrated on 13 May 1893 from Hjälmsered, Gullered, Älvsborg län, Sweden. She died on 28 March 1916 at the age of 68 in Pontiac, Warwick, RI. Claes Svante NILSSON and Augusta Maria JAKOBSDOTTER had the following children:
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