Biography

NILS JEPSON

Burial register ID: 12878
Surname: JEPSON
First name: NILS
Middle names:
Gender: Male
Age: 80 Years
Cause of death: Unknown
Burial type:
Date of death: 29-Nov-1915
Date of burial: 02-Dec-1915

Block: 8
Plot: 24
Inscription:

ERECTED

IN MEMORY OF

ALFRED JEPSON

WHO DIED 24th MARCH 1877

AGED 7 YEARS AND 5 MONTHS

ALSO CATHERINE MOTHER OF THE ABOVE

AND BELOVED WIFE OF NILS JEPSON

DIED NOV. 25th 1881

AGED 43 YEARS

ALSO NILS JEPSON

DIED 29th NOV. 1915

AGED 82 YEARS

ALSO JOANNA

DIED 29th OCT. 1928

Bio contributor: Fiona Jepson

Nils Jeppsson was a Swedish migrant who married Catherine Sweeney at St Mary’s Church, Geelong, Victoria, Australia. They had a son Wilfred at Lethbridge, Victoria and shortly after moved to New Zealand. There they shortened the surname Jeppsson to Jepson.

Nils’s wife Catherine died at the age of 43 years. At the time of her death they had five living children, two males and five females.

Nils Jepson died on 29th November 1915 and is buried with his wife and some of their children here at the cemetery.

There are 6 Interments in this grave:

Surname First names Age Date of death Date of burial
JEPSON ALFRED 7 Years 24-Mar-1877 26-Mar-1877
JEPSON CATHERINE 43 Years 25-Nov-1881 27-Nov-1881
JEPSON ELEANA 77 Years 03-Sep-1942 05-Sep-1942
JEPSON ELIZABETH MARY ANN 14 Months 18-Mar-1889 20-Mar-1889
JEPSON JOHANNA 56 Years 30-Oct-1928 31-Oct-1928
JEPSON NILS 80 Years 29-Nov-1915 02-Dec-1915