Peter
August
Nelson
Born about in Kalmar, Sweden
Son of Nels Peterson
and Maria Eisberg
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Wilhelmina Julia Kerstine (Lorenzen) Nelson
— married
29 Sep 1883 in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia
Descendants 
Father of
Agnes Maria (Nelson) Reader
Died about
at about age 60
in Queensland, Australia [uncertain]
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Biography
Peter was born about 1855 in Kalmar, Sweden, to Nels Peterson, a farmer, and Maria Eisberg.
Peter was a coach builder who lived at "Valhalla" in The Range, Townsville with his Danish wife Wilhelmina, whom he married in 1883 when he was 28 and she was 17.
Sources
- Marriage Certificate of Agnes Marie Nelson (daughter) to D'Arcy Reader, Townsville, 1914
- Marriage Certificate of Peter Nelson to Wilhelmina Lorenzen, Maryborough QLD, 1883
- Possible source: Death Registration of Peter Nelson. Queensland registration number 1915/C/742
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