Ancestry of
Jake Gyllenhaal

Movie Actor

Swain Nelson

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• • 3rd Great-grandfather of Jake Gyllenhaal — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 34 
  • Father:
  • Nels Pehrson 
  • Mother:
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  • Birth Date:
  • 30 Jan 1823 
  • Birth Location:
  • Sweden 
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  • Death Date:
  • 18 Jan 1917 
  • Death Location:
  • Glenview, Cook, Illinois 
  • Burial Date:
  • 21 Jan 1917 
  • Burial Location:
  • Northfield Oakwood Cemetery, Northbrook, Cook, Illinois 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Johanna Sophie -----
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  • Child:

  Selma Amanda Nelson (Ahnentafel No:17 )

• Sources for Swain Nelson

  • ¹ Federal Census, IL, Cook County, 1860, Chicago, Ward 6, p. 373, Image 83 of 404.
  • ² Federal Census, IL, LaSalle County, 1850, Freedom, Image 4 of 23.
  • ³ Federal Census, IL, Cook County, 1880, Chicago, E.D. 133, p. 11, Image 11 of 48.
  • ⁴ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 02/28/2015).
  • ⁵ Illinois, U.S., Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947, Death record for Swan Nelson.

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