Anna Sophia Netterstrom
7 December 1841 - 2 October 1927
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Birth
7 December 1841
Karlshamn, Sweden
Death
2 October 1927
Tooele
Burial
1927
Tooele
Alternate Names
Given Name
Anna Sophia
Last Name
Netterstrom
Maiden Name Alternate Spellings
Hellman
Married Names
Nelson
Family
Marriages
Children
Parents
Mother: Sophia Maria Ekstrom (24 March 1819 - 26 May 1872)
Father: Anders Wilhelm Hellman (8 May 1819 - 3 February 1894)
Biography
Anna Sophia was born to Sophia Ekstrom and Anders Hellman. She had light bring hair and blue eyes. When she was four her mother married Erick Netterstrom. She joined the church and immigrated to Utah. She married Peter Nelson on board the ship and gave birth to two daughters while living in Nebraska. There she purchased a cook stove, which was rare for the time. The family eventually secured the funds to finish their journey to Utah where they settled in Tooele. Here she gave birth to nine more children. Her biography reports that often she would sit at night holding her babies and crying "wishing to see her mother once more [and] often talked about her people in Sweden." She was industrious, making soaps, candles along with her knitting. She died in Tooele at age 86.
From History of Tooele County, Family History Records, and Records of Jean Nelson Randall