MARY'S GENEALOGY TREASURES
Bert Oscar and Marriette (Collett) Nilsson
Bert was the seventh child of Christopher and Amanda
Johnson Nilsson born in Monroe, Utah, 15 January 1894.
In 1901, the family moved to Raymond to farm. He remembers,
when seven years old, riding horseback in grass that was
belly high on his horse. In his youth, he played clarinet in
the town band his mother had organized, and worked with his
father on the farm.
Marriette was born 22 April 1897 in Bennington, Idaho to
James and Jane Wardrop Collett, the oldest of four (but
she had older half hrothers and half-sisters in two families,
the Collett and Duncan lamilies). She moved with her family
to a homestead in Taber area in 1907 and then to Raymond
in 1914.
Bert and Marriette were married in Raymond, 3 July 1915.
They lived in Raymond at times and at other times on their
farm which was five miles northeast of the town. They
carried on farming and livestock operations throughout
with Bert buying cattle and Marriette with her knitting or
crocheting in her hands. During World War 11, she knit
hundreds of articles for the Red Cross which were sent to
the servicemen. In addition, they owned and operated a
garage business and a store and meat market business for
a few years. They lived in Lethbridge for a period of time
but returned to Raymond and the farm and enjoyed fishing.
Bert died 5 June 1968, while on a fishing trip at Duck Lake,
Montana and Marriette died 10 November 1981. Their six
children and many grandchildren and great grandchildren
survived them.
Their children are Robert Demoy (Annie Bolton), J. Ross (Phyllis
Bailey), Jack C. (Pearl Boyson), Keith B. (Verniece Barton),
Iris LaRee (Gordon Mossey), and Shirley Blanch (Earnest Frank).
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