Washington County, Colorado

Pioneer Photos
Nels and Josie Oman

Nels Oman and half-brother Eric Rodin

with their father Johan Oman and Eric's mother


Eric Rodin married Annie Wiklund - sister of Hulda Wiklund that Olaf Oman married.



This photo was taken in Sweden - likely when Eric was leaving for the U.S. The Wiklund sisters - Hulda and Annie - are probably the ones on the left side.

The Rodin family lived near Cope, but moved to Cameron, Missouri in the 1920's


In 1860 Marion County, Iowa, Henry "Chizern" is 34, Mary J. Chizern 31, Holman Chizern 9, William Chizern 8, Elisabeth Chizern 8, Josephine Chizern 6, Alenzo Chizern, Sylvester Chizern 1, and Sylvanus Chizern 1.

Alonzo Chezem BIRTH 1 Apr 1857 DEATH 4 Apr 1864 BURIAL Porter Grove Cemetery Harvey, Marion County, Iowa, MEMORIAL ID 67544133 .

In 1870 Pella precinct, Marion County, Henry Chesum is 45, Mary Chesum 42, Haman Chesum, William Chesum 18, Elizabeth Chesum 18, Josephine Chesum 17, Sylvester Chesum 11, Eliza Chesum 7, Lewelly Chesum 6, and Alice Chesum 5 .
Nels "Omen" and Josephine Cheezem married on 03 Apr 1878 in Knoxville, Marion County, Iowa.

In 1880 Boone County, Iowa, Nels Oman 32 is farming, Josephine Oman 26 Wife, with Lillie Oman 1 Daughter .

Josephine and Nels Oman

with Olof, Lillie, and Reuben

 

 

 


In 1885 Cuming County, Nebraska, Nels Oman is farming, 38, born in Sweden, Josephine Oman 31, Lilly Oman 6, and Olof H. Oman 5 .

In 1910 Burt County, Nebraska, Nels Oman is 64, Josephine Oman 56 Wife, and Reuben Oman 15 Son .

This is Reuben Oman in 1894 - the photo was mailed to a relative in Sweden, and the scan sent us in 2013

 

Olof in Nebraska - also sent from Sweden in 2013

Lillian Oman in Nebraska

Lillian and husband Charles Swanson

Their son Martin Swanson

 

 

Nels & Josephine Oman's wedding anniversary

They were married in 1878, and Martin was born in 1901

So this must have been their 25th, in 1903

Lyons Nebraska

Then ten years later, in 1913, they celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary.  They were all still in Nebraska at the time.


Nels made a trip to Sweden in 1900  It's very likely that he's the one seated with the hat.

Margareta wrote with the photograph "The little girl  putting her hand on his, is my  mothers sister Anna, and the girl standing near is my mother Sigrid, and behind her mother Anna, my Granma."

Eli Heath Family circa 1907

Nels and Josephine (Chezem) Oman, mid-1920's near Cope.


Nels and Josie bought the Michael Hassig house.

This photo is Lillie OMAN Swanson, sent to her aunt in Sweden 

Mrs Anie Swanson is Anna A. Tureen, b. 1887 Nebraska, d Apr 1968, married to Victor Emanuel Swanson, b Dec 27, 1886, d Apr 4, 1946.

Mrs. Oscar Swanson would be Hilma Sophia Kristina, b Sept 5, 1885, d Dec 5, 1968. Married to Oscar Edward Swanson, b Apr 9, 1885, d Oct 11, 1929.

The photo below shows their eight granddaughters, all living close to them.  Charlie Swanson sold Buicks for a while, and the car is either his or Nels'.  This photo is probably around 1919.

Lois Swanson, Grace Swanson, Lillie Oman, Jennie Oman, Annie Oman, Esther Oman, Helen Swanson, and Ruth Swanson

 

Nels and Josie and son Reuben moved around 1916 to Cope, where their son Olaf had homesteaded. They bought a farm about five miles northwest of Cope.

Their daughter Lillie and her husband Charles Swanson, also moved from Lyons, Nebraska (after 1916, because the 1930 census said Lois was born in Nebraska).

Nels/Josie's son Reuben also homesteaded near Cope.  

Later Nels' half -brother Eric Rodin (who married Hulda's sister Annie) also lived near Cope for a time. 

Reuben married Priscilla Stratton December 21, 1916.

  From the History of Cope

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