Chatham County GaArchives Obituaries.....Nilsson, Selma Sofia Carlsson November 3, 1965
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Savannah Evening Press; November 4, 1965
Mrs. Selma Nilsson

Mrs. Selma S. Nilsson, 85, of Rte. Box 68, Talahi Island died yesterday at 
Chatham Nursing Home after a short illness.

She had lived in Savannah since 1911.  She was a member of the Lutheran Church 
of the Ascension and a member of the Mary Linn Circle.  She was a native of 
Stockholm [incorrect], Sweden.

Surviving are two sons, Walde H. Nilsson [Sr.] and Sefo W. Nilsson; a brother 
William Embring of Escondia, Calif.; a sister, Mrs. Annie Carlson [Carlsson] 
of Stockholm [incorrect], Sweden; eight grandchildren, nine great-
grandchildren, and a number of nephews and nieces.

Sipple's Mortuary is in charge.

Additional Comments:
Selma was born on December 11, 1880, in Tuna, province of Smaland, Sweden.  
She was one of eight chilren of Carl Jonsson and Louisa Andersson.  She worked 
as a domestic, eventually rising to be head of staff for the Hammerskjold 
family (Hjalmar Hammerskjold became prime minister in Sweden and his youngest 
son, Dag, became Secretary General of the United Nations).  Selma and Nils 
Peter Nilsson, her first cousin, were married on July 17, 1911, in Liverpool, 
England.  Nils Peter had already lived in the U.S. for some years and become a 
citizen.  He worked for the Army Corps of Engineers in Savannah. He and Selma 
appear together on the manifest of the S.S. Celtic that sailed from Liverpool 
to New York, where they landed on July 30, 1911.  On the Celtic manifest, 
Peter and Selma listed their ultimate destination as Savannah, Georgia, and 
that they did not yet have their tickets for their continued journey.  Selma 
and Peter (who died on April 9, 1950, in Savannah) are buried in Hillcrest 
Cemetery.

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