Harry M. NILSON

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1900, Living with parents in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois
• Census: 1910, Living with parents in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois
• Occupation: 1910; Fireman
• Census: 1920, Living in Cicero, Cook Co., Illinois
• Census: 1930, Living in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Occupation: 1930; Fireman
• Census: 1940, Living in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois
• Occupation: 1976; Fireman
• Residence: Sep 1976, 3414 Cherry Valley Rd., Nunda Twp., McHenry Co., Illinois

Notes:

Information from "Descendants of James Hucker by Betty Hucker":

Harry M. Nilson went from Chicago to Hermiston, Oregon to homestead about 1911 or 1912. He returned to Marry Bertha J. Hucker on June 10, 1914. They traveled by train to Pendleton, Oregon, where Harry had to leave to drive a team of horses back to Hermiston. Bertha wanted to stay with him, but the trip was considered too rough for a woman. She went the rest of the way by train.
The sand storms cut down the fruit trees; the irrigation water promised to them didn't come as planned. When their first child, Marie, was born in 1916, Harry considered the winters too rough for a family. they returned to Illinois and his job as a fireman.

Family/Spouse: Bertha Jane HUCKER. Bertha (daughter of Harry Crossman HUCKER and Delila WILLIS) was born on 05 May 1892 in Franklin, Sussex, New Jersey, USA; died on 21 Sep 1958 in Cook County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Marie Esther NILSON was born on 20 Apr 1916 in Oregon; died on 06 Jan 1989.
2. Eunice Bertha NILSON was born on 26 Apr 1921 in Cicero, Cook County, Illinois; died on 12 Sep 1992 in Ventura County, California.
3. Harry Nils NILSON was born on 25 Dec 1922 in Cicero, Cook County, Illinois; died on 08 Sep 1937 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Son of Nils and Marie Nilson
• Medical Cond'tn: bronchol asthma and emphysema
• Birth: Dec 1844, Sweden
• Immigration: 1872
• Census: 1900, Living in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Census: 1910, Living in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Census: 1920, Living in Cicero, Cook County, Illinois
• Occupation: 1921; Wagon Maker - Harrester Works

Notes:

Death Certificate states father as being Nils Paulson. Not sure if it's Nils Paulson Nilson or just Nils Paulson.

Nils married Maria JOHNSON. Maria was born on 01 Aug 1856 in Sweden; died on 11 Nov 1942 in Cicero, Cook County, Illinois; was buried on 14 Nov 1942 in Mt. Emblem, Addison Twp., DuPage County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Medical Cond'tn: senility - years
• Birth: Aug 1857, Sweden
• Immigration: 1880
• Census: 1900, Living with husband in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois
• Census: 1910, Living with husband in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois
• Census: 1920, Living with husband in Cicero, Cook Co., Illinois