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Swedeburg Covenant |
SWEDEBURG CEMETERY located in the NW 1/4 NW 1/4 of Section 9, Township 13N, Range 7E, Richland Township of Saunders County, Nebraska. This cemetery does not have perpetual care, thus weeds were above the knee in most cases, and it is possible that a flat marker could have been missed. Recorded by Clarabelle Mares 1722 East 19 Fremont, NE 68025 assisted by Kathrine Petersen and recorded on 4 August 1978. Covenant Church in Swedeburg.
Names Index

Page 1 SWEDEBURG CEMETERY Saunders County, Nebraska
Section I Row 1 North to south
Carl J Nelson Emma M Nelson
1880 - 1923 1881 - 1974
Nels P Hockinson Amanda Freeman Hockinson
3 Apr 1868 11 Oct 1941 2 Feb 1876 26 Apr 1928
Oscar E Nelson Hilma W Nelson
1882 - 1934 1884 - 1967
Emil L Martinson
8 May 1883 5 Apr 1959
Alden, son Rev L A Almquist
4 Sep 1921 12 Dec 1936
N Oscar Martinson Lydia Martinson
1887 - 1972 1887 - 1955
Richard C Martinson
1915 - 1972
Mathilda Martinson Andrew Martinson
1862 - 1948 1865 - 1919
Roy T Anderson
13 Jun 1907 19 Dec 1967
Ellen M Randell Otto A Randell
3 Dec 1876 18 Jan 1955 29 Feb 1870 17 May 1940
Lena Freeman
1860 - 1936
Andrew G Quick Louisa Quick
8 Aug 1837 17 Dec 1923 22 Jan 1837 19 Apr 1916
Carol A Olson Peter Olson
19 Oct 1883 4 Nov 1909 26 Oct 1844 17 Dec 1929
wife, Carolina Olson
21 May 1841 16 Nov 1910
Page 2 SWEDEBURG CEMETERY Saunders County, Nebraska
John A Anderson wife, Maria Anderson
1854 - 1929 1855 - 1921
Margaret V, dau S H & T E Pearson
14 Feb 1914 16 Mar 1915
Ethel M Johnson Edith M Johnson
1930 - 1931 1901 - 1972
Emil Johnson wife, Maria Johnson
30 Nov 1866 1 Mar 1921 6 Dec 1860 19 Jan 1949
Row 2 south to north
Lawrence Rudeen Phyllis Rudeen, dau
1897 - 1969 1928 - 1931
Henry F Swanson Hans Swanson
1903 - 1909 1867 - 1950
Fredrika Swanson
1872 - 1935
Elida V Laden Fern H Laden
1897 - 1966 1911 - 1942
Alfred O Pearson Selma A Pearson
13 Mar 1875 12 May 1940 25 Oct 1880 7 Aug 1959
Eleanor Pearson
b & d 1 Sep 1911
Nels Hallberg Bessie Hallberg
17 Aug 1862 26 May 1939 28 Sep 1859 16 Nov 1954
Raleigh F Johnson
29 Jun 1903 8 Feb 1977 married Helen M on 16 Jul 1929
Nels N Bendz Mary Bendz
d 6 Nov 1909 43 yr 10 mo 29 days d 18 Apr 1944 71 yr 5 mo 21 days
Axel E Hagstrom Ellen Hagstrom
d 11 Jan 1910 34 yr 7 mo 18 days 1880 - 1969
Olof Hagstrom
1883 - 1934
Rev A F Tornblom Clarence Tornblom
1870 - 1915 1910 - 1915
unmarked grave
Arthur L Anderson Hulda Anderson
1884 - 1918 1883 - 1938
Page 3 SWEDEBURG CEMETERY Saunders County, Nebraska
Vashti Nystrom
1901 - 1919
Hazel Pauline Johnson John O Johnson
25 Nov 1903 18 Feb 1943 17 Mar 1868 23 Jun 1940
Hannah Johnson
6 Aug 1865 26 Aug 1955
Edward R Hagstrom
27 Apr 1906 6 Jul 1956
Peter R Nelson Hildur A Nelson
2 Dec 1861 22 Dec 1951 1 Jan 1882 23 Aug 1943
Bernice H Nelson, dau
29 Jul 1915 25 May 1954
C Edgar Carlson Minnie Carlson
5 Sep 1881 8 Oct 1937 1893 - 1978
Phyllis Jean Nelson
5 Apr 1924 10 Feb 1951
Row 3 north to south
Charles E Martinson Evelyn V Martinson
1895 - 1945 1902 - 1945
Ellen Martinson John W Martinson
1876 - 1960 1862 - 1926
William W Martinson
Nebr Pvt 163 Depot Brig WW I
26 Dec 1893 8 May 1960
Mae B Lusch Arnold Lusch
23 May 1912 9 Mar 1924 1861 - 1936
Josephine Lusch Ernest E Lusch
1866 - 1936 1890 - 1954
Nancy Holmberg
1889 - 1918
Christina Nelson Nels A Nelson
1866 - 1968 1859 - 1928
Wilmer R Nelson Albin L Nelson
1896 - 1972 17 Mar 1896 1 Jun 1962
Nebr PM3 U S Navy WW I
Emil J Freeman Olander J Freeman
9 Sep 1879 23 Aug 1930 24 May 1874 3 Mar 1936
Ida Freeman John P Freeman
18 Jun 1846 8 Jul 1922 15 Sep 1849 16 Oct 1930
Page 4 SWEDEBURG CEMETERY Saunders County, Nebraska
Andrew Aspengren
1854 - 1915
Johannes Nelson Sara Amalia Nelson
9 Sep 1843 25 Jan 1934 20 Apr 1859 18 May 1915
Elmer Benjamin Nelson Selma Kinman
5 Feb 1903 20 May 1907 1864 - 1917
Nels Johnson wife, Elna Johnson
1823 - 1899 1838 - 1914
Lester Nyquist
12 Jun 1906 14 Aug 1910
Rev P F Mostrom Amy Mostrom
26 Apr 1848 8 Apr 1912 1885 - 1907
Emma Mostrom wife, Mathilda Mostrom
1883 - 1914 7 Apr 1845 25 May 1939
Tilda Martinson Nels L Martinson
20 Jun 1877 25 Jul 1943 4 Jan 1875 13 Jan 1961
Anna M Martinson Fred L Martinson
10 Feb 1885 29 Aug 1963 6 Nov 1876 22 Nov 1949
Phillip E Piller Harriet S Piller Christensen
1879 - 1913 1885 - 1957
Carl J Nelson Erick Nelson
1857 - 1927 1859 - 1927
Row 4 south to north
Albert F Carlson Alma Carlson
1878 - 1941 1885 - 1937
Nils O Pearson Anna Pearson
1861 - 1917 28 Jun 1861 2 Mar 1938
Mathilda Pearson
1900 - 1916
Hugo F Carlson Elna Carlson
1 Aug 1858 29 Oct 1947 5 Jan 1869 24 Aug 1949
Agnes Carlson
28 Feb 1896 17 Jan 1941
Mabel E Hanson Edward C Hanson
1892 - 1966 1866 - 1937
Hulda Hanson
1875 - 1940
Page 5 SWEDEBURG CEMETERY Saunders County, Nebraska
dau, Hulda Swanson son, Swan Swanson
1874 - 1960 1872 - 1956
Elna Swanson Bengt Swanson
1842 - 1912 1833 - 1909
Andrew Nelson
1861 - 1917
Olof Pearson Mary Pearson
1840 - 1934 1848 - 1920
Ethelyn (no last name or dates)
Anna Swanson
30 Aug 1833 14 Feb 1901
Anna Hanson, wife Edw C Hanson
24 Mar 1871 11 Feb 1897
Paul Edward, son of EC & Hulda Hanson
d 9 May 1900 10 days
Wallace E Hanson Mathilda Hanson
1903 - 1925 1873 - 1946
John Martinson Nilla Martinson
24 Sep 1833 25 Jan 1901 4 Oct 1836 25 Mar 1917
Dorothy Mattson Ida Mattson
1914 - 1917 1887 - 1946
Daughter & wife of Emil Mattson
Emil N Mattson
1866 - 1953
Nils Martinson wife, Anna Martinson
7 Jul 1831 1 Dec 1913 7 Oct 1833 11 Dec 1910
Betty Martinson
30 Nov 1863 10 Oct 1933
Carl Engstrom
6 Oct 1879 1 Mar 1966
Samuel, son of Andrew & Ida Hallner
d 2 Jun 1877 11 mo 2 days
Peter Aspengren Hannah C Aspengren
1856 - 1916 1868 - 1909
Linus Aspengren Oscar Aspengren
1902 - 1931 1900 - 1972
Inf son of Ray & Bertha Finley
23 Jul - 24 Jul 1932
Page 6 SWEDEBURG CEMETERY Saunders County, Nebraska
Rev John E Swanson wife, Charlotte Peterson
29 Aug 1851 5 Feb 1912 16 Oct 1851 2 Dec 1935
David Swanson
30 Oct 1887 14 Nov 1906
Swan Nordstrom wife, Malena Nordstrom
9 Mar 1836 16 Feb 1921 2 Apr 1841 4 Mar 1931
Lars Martinson Ingre L Martinson
1844 - 1920 d 28 Feb 1909 61 yr 2 mo 15 days
Hilda Martinson
1878 - 1932
Alexis Birger, son Andrew & Elna Carlson
11 Nov 1889 24 Jan 1908 18 yr 2 mo 13 days
Grandfather Carlson Mother(Elna?) Carlson
1832 - 1918 1850 - 1925
Andrew Carlson Nellie Carlson
1848 - 1917 1877 - 1932
Lydia Anderson, dau of A G Anderson A J Anderson (mother)
1878 - 1959 1836 - 1926
A G Anderson (father) J A Anderson (son)
1839 - 1911 1865 - 1939
Hans Hockinson
16 Sep 1843 9 Jul 1909
William Anderson Christine Anderson
1848 - 1915 1847 - 1919
Mabel Pearson
b & d 1897
Andrew Nelson Bessie Nelson
22 May 1870 19 Jul 1952 24 Jul 1869 23 Oct 1955
Anna Nelson Vernum F Nelson
28 Nov 1833 18 Dec 1912 Nebr Pvt 314 Sanitary Tn, 89 Div WW I
Mildred Nelson 21 Feb 1896 13 Jul 1918
13 May 1894 7 Jan 1907
Agnes Nelson
23 Apr 1903 25 Apr 1903
son, Paul R Hallberg dau, Ruth E Hallberg
Nebr Pvt 50 Air Dept Gr AAF WW II 17 Apr 1894 26 Jan 1975
2 Oct 1899 11 Jan 1969
Elna Hallberg Hans Hallberg
28 Feb 1859 20 Apr 1952 4 Feb 1860 12 Nov 1933
Ernest B Hallberg, son
24 Aug 1890 16 Mar 1963
Page 7 SWEDEBURG CEMETERY Saunders County, Nebraska
Emelia Hallberg Peter Hallberg
13 May 1868 17 May 1949 10 Feb 1956 10 Jul 1937
Roadway
Section II Row 1 south to north
Charley G Anderson Hilda Anderson
1866 - 1935 1871 - 1949
Henry G Anderson Leonard F Anderson
1906 - 1970 1912 - 1975
John F Carlson wife, Ida S Carlson
1837 - 1894 1847 - 1930
Children of Ida & John Freeman
Rechard 31 Mar 1892 12 Mar 1893
Emelie 1 Apr - July 1878
Judith 9 Feb 1884 22 Mar 1885
Reynold Olson Ida A Olson
3 Apr 1881 18 Feb 1971 6 Jun 1883 11 Dec 1956
Myrtle W Helsing
27 May 1905 20 Oct 1977
William Person Selma Person
6 Apr 1875 22 Oct 1941 17 Apr 1881 14 Jan 1946
Walter R Carlson Ellen W Carlson
12 Mar 1893 11 Feb 1978 WW I 14 May 1901 8 Jul 1970
Malvin Person
1907 - 1959
Row 2 north to south
unmarked child's grave
Oscar L Hagstrom Alice A Hagstrom
1885 - 1934 1887 - 1961
J F Lindstrom
1880 - 1903
Adolph Dahlstrom
1820 - 1885
baby marker - no information
Selma L Martinson
d 10 Apr 1894 7 yr 7 mo 9 days
Page 8 SWEDEBURG CEMETERY Saunders County, Nebraska
John Engstrom Augusta Engstrom
1853 - 1891 1856 - 1930
Adrian Engstrom Marie Engstrom
1885 - 1940 1882 - 1952
Row 3 south to north
Anna Malmgren John Malmgren
1866 - 1941 1864 - 1950
dau, Edna B Malmgren
5 Nov 1892 18 Feb 1969
Swan P Ekberg
17 Feb 1856 19 Feb 1933
three unmarked graves
Karna Olson
29 Jul 1826 2 Feb 1907
Nellie T Nelson Andrew O Nelson
31 Mar 1868 20 Nov 1924 13 Oct 1856 16 Sep 1939
Eva Nelson, wife
6 Jan 1856 26 Apr 1891
Emma, dau of Eva & Hans Hakanson
1 Jun 1873 27 Dec 1887
Hilma Christina, dau of O & L Anderson
d 4 May 1878 6 mo
Ludvig, son of N & A Gibson
21 May 1876 1 Nov 1881
Lars Anderson wife, Sissa Anderson
14 Mar 1849 7 Mar 1897 11 Jul 1847 9 Jan 1913
Albert B Malmgren
15 Feb 1895 8 Sep 1895
Row 4 north to south
Albin R Peterson
22 Mar 1901 1 Apr 1950
Nils, son of O & E Carlson
d 3 Oct 1883 33 yr 8 mo 19 days
Swan, son of S & M Nordstrom
d 17 Sep 1882 12 yr 1 mo 12 days
Anna C, wife of J Thompson Rose T, dau of J & A C Thompson
20 Feb 1855 21 Jul 1891 11 Jun 1879 12 Jan 1880
Page 9 SWEDEBURG CEMETERY Saunders County, Nebraska
Nils A Aspengren Bengta Aspengren
1822 - 1908 1816 - 1880
Andrew Norman
16 Nov 1825 1 Feb 1886
Frances E, son O & J Mattson
d 3 Oct 1882 4 yr 1 mo 11 days
Olof Mattson wife Anna Hans Mattson
14 Feb 1836 17 Apr 1906 16 Mar 1846 16 Jan 1916
Hilda M Mattson
1883 - 1940
Edward, son C & M Pearson
d 16 Jun 1891 8 yr 7 d
Row 5 south to north
Anna S Peterson, wife of J Peterson
10 Oct 1847 19 Sep 1908
Victor E Peterson J Peterson
22 May 1888 20 Nov 1894 8 Oct 1842 8 May 1929
Kate Nelson
1866 - 1907
Selma Moline Josef Moline
1865 - 1941 1869 - 1929
Inf Moline Augusta Moline, wife of Joe Moline
b & d 1906 4 Jun 1874 24 Feb 1906
A Gustaf Rudeen Augusta Rudeen
5 Jun 1855 10 Jan 1907 29 Jun 1856 21 Feb 1915
Harry Rudeen Minnie Rudeen
1890 - 1915 1883 - 1955
Joseph A Nelson Nellie O Nelson
24 May 1885 16 Mar 1965 23 Jul 1858 20 Jan 1930
Raymond H Anderson Andrew G Anderson
24 Feb 1901 24 Feb 1974 1850 - 1907
Sophia Anderson Maedora A Johnson
1862 - 1925 17 Nov 1888 15 Mar 1973
Swan Martinson wife, Gunilla Martinson
d 17 Mar 1903 56 yr 10 mo 12 days d 14 Feb 1916 73 yr 4 mo
Bengt W Nelson Maria L Nelson
1857 - 1946 1860 - 1903
A Emil Peterson Mary Peterson
9 Feb 1868 12 Dec 1931 21 Dec 1866 6 Feb 1945
Alma (no last name or dates) Arthur (no last name or dates)
Page 10 SWEDEBURG CEMETERY Saunders County, Nebraska
John W Nelson
1849 - 1906
Anna M Piller
1881 - 1906
Erick Swanson, father of C J Erickson
6 Jan 1820 14 Dec 1894
unmarked grave
Baby Anton Olson
b & d 1894
Jonas Finvall
1856 - 1915
Hakan Nilsson
1880 - 1918
