A family journey · 1864 onward
Charles Nye married Tena Mortensen in St. Ignace, Michigan, on 5 February 1894. They lived and farmed in Hessel, Michigan, and had eleven children.
Charles & Tena
Charles was born Karl August Karlsson on 17 October 1864 in Svalnäs, Bo Parish, Örebro County, Sweden.
Explore Charles’s Swedish roots →Tena was born Dorthe Mortensen on 1 December 1873 in Glud Mark, Glud Parish, Vejle County, Denmark.
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The preserved record
Photographs, family documents, places, recollections, and genealogical records gathered across three original websites.
50 preserved pages
The shared family story: Sweden and Denmark, migration, Hessel, the Nye farm, ancestors, cousins, photographs, and records.
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52 preserved pages
Swedish documents and family branches connected to Karl August Karlsson, later Charles Nye.
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42 preserved pages
Danish documents and family branches connected to Dorthe Mortensen, later Tena Nye.
Explore collection →The ancestry of Ellen Augusta Nye
The original Legacy Family Tree export remains available as browsable pages and as its source GEDCOM file.
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Every captured file is recorded with its original address, retrieval date, file size, and cryptographic checksum.
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