Elna "Ellen" PEHRSON was born 1832 in Allerum, Malmohus, Sweden
- she died 1880 in Mauriceville, Wairarapa

Pehr "Peter" NILSSON was born 1827 in Kopinge, Raus, Malm?hus, Sweden
- he died in 1879 in Mauriceville, Wairarapa

Elna & Pehr married in 1861 in Sweden

their known children (all born in Allerum, Helsingborg Kommun, Malmohus Lan, Sweden, except Carl who was born at sea enroute to New Zealand) were:

... 1
1862 - 1862 Petternilla Nilsson
- died an infant in Sweden

... 2
1865 - 1953 Nils Nilsson
- married Kate SULLIVAN 1886

... 3
1867 - 1943 Caroline Nilsdotter Nilsson
- married Robert Maxwell WILEY 1889 in Carterton
- had 10 children in Kuripuni, Carterton, Eketahuna, Piripiri (Dannevirke)
- she died in Cardston, Alberta, Canada

... 4
1869 - 1963 Eloise Nilsson
- married George David ATKINSON 1893

... 5
1872 - 1873 Carl Peter Nilsson
- died and infant in Sweden

... 6
1875 - 1950 Carl Wilfred Nilsson
- born at sea
- married Amelia COOPER 1906