NamnJonas Nilsson (Nelson) 
Född1809-03-05, Slätthög (G)
Död1891, Kansas, USA
Notis för Jonas Nilsson (Nelson)
Jonas till Amerika 1879 – Rockport, Rooks Co, Kansas
Hjortsberga (G) AI:15 (1876-1880) Bild 410 / sid 400 (AID: v18595.b410.s400, NAD: SE/VALA/00135)
Find a grave memorial id 28478432
Jonas Nelson Jones was born in 1809 in Sweden. His Swedish name was Jonas Nilsson and he became a Jones when he emigrated, as he was the son of Nils Jonasson Land and Stina Andersdotter. Jonas Nelson married Stina-Kajsa Magnusdotter (1822-1861) in Sweden, and they had at least 7 children: Nelson, John, Andrew, Charles, Emma Christina, August, and Emma Katrina. The family immigrated in 1865 and settled in Illinois for a few years, before homesteading in Kansas. Jonas died in 1891 and his wife Kajsa died in Sweden. He married second to Martha, who came to America with him and children. Son John remained in Illinois for a while, but the other sons came to Kansas with their father.