A Wilson Family Tree
Notes for Jenny Maria Nyman
Her maiden name is given as Jennie Marie Nyman on Leonie Trickey's Social Security application. Her name is also listed this way on her death certificate. A birth record on Ancestry.com ("Sweden Indexed Birth Records 1860-1941", obtained from Elaine Cosner) gives her name as Jenny Maria with father's name of Nils Nyman. In that time and place, she might have been known as Jenny Nilsdotter, rather than Jenny Nyman.
Her death certificate gives her birth date as 18 Nov 1885, but the birth record gives it as 17 Nov 1885. The place of birth is given as Timrå, Västernorrland, Sweden, in the birth record.
Additional information obtained from Elaine Cosner:
From Canadian passenger lists and Canada-U.S. border crossings, she sailed on the Parisian from Liverpool, England, to Quebec, Canada, in 1896 when she was 10 years old. Her residence was listed as Drontheim. She was going to her brother-in-law, Jos Nylander, in Duluth, MN. Arrival date listed as 25 Jul 1896 (I think this is the arrival in Quebec). Jenny was accompanied by her mother's sister, Anna Andersen, and her baby. Anna was going to Chicago to meet her husband, Axel Anderson. Anna's age was listed as 27. The passenger list says that Anna was Norwegian and from Drontheim.
Jennie may have lived for a while in an orphanage in Minnesota, but this is not certain.
In a letter from Jennie Wilson to Leonard Wilson dated 17 Oct 1940, Jennie said that "my sister Clara and I were boarding with Mr. Linder next door [either to Horace Wilson and his first wife, Rose, or to Rose's parents; this would be in Denver] and my brother-in-law left milk at Rose’s mother’s every day...".
The name on her death certificate is Jennie Marie Wilson. Immediate cause of death was pneumonia, but she had ovarian cancer. Died at General Hospital of Riverside County, Arlington, CA. Her address is given as 4538 1st Street, Riverside, CA. Her parents are listed as Nels Nyman and ? Sigler. The death certificate gives length of stay in Riverside County and in California as 36 years, which would go back to about 1924. Note that Horace and Jennie were in Los Angeles for the 1920 census, so there seems to be an inconsistency. The responses on Horace's death certificate work out to living in California since about 1918 and in Riverside County since about 1923, which is consistent with the 1920 census. Since Nyman was born in Washington late in 1918, they probably moved to California in 1919.
1920 census
Listed as Jennie M. Wilson, age 34, born in Sweden, both parents born in Sweden. Immigrated to U.S. in 1896, naturalized in 1907. Living with her husband, Everett Wilson, and children.
1930 census
Listed as Jennie M. Wilson, age 44, age 21 at first marriage [I don't think that is right], born in Minnesota [I don't think that is right], father born in Germany [I don't think that is right], mother born in Sweden. Living with her husband, Harry E. Wilson, and children.
1940 census
Listed as Jennie M. Wilson, age 53, born in Sweden. Naturalized citizen. Completed four years of high school. Lived in Arlington, Riverside Co., CA, in 1935. Living with her husband, Harry E. Wilson, and children.
Note: Some of the information in these pages is uncertain. Please let me know of errors or omissions using the email link above. ...Mike Wilson
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