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Ellen (Eleanor) Nelson Pond

1869 Born February 7, 1869. Malmo, Skane, Sweden. Parents names Nels Nelson and Hannah Hendrickson. They were Lutheran.


1888 imigrated with two brothers, Hans and John when she was 19 years old. When
they got to America they went to South Chicago, Illinois where they may have
had some relatives living.
Before leaving Sweden she went to cooking school and taught Kindergarten.



1892 Sometime between 1888 and 1892 Ellen went to Dupuyer Montana to work
as a cook on a cattle/sheep ranch, owned by E.E. Leach.


1893 First child born April 3 1893, in Dupuyer, Pondera, Montana.


1898 Ellen, Elmer, and children took a trip to Vermont They lived with Elmers dad (William Henry Pond) for a while.


1900 back in Montana – Elmer working for Coopers Cattle Ranch on Birch
Creek 10 miles from Dupuyer.


1902 Another trip to Vermont

1935 Ellen died August 12 or 13, 1935 aged 64 years, 7 months, 6 days. Buried in Valier, Montana.