When Gene Gunnar Nelson was born on 7 May 1901, in Bjeresjö, Malmöhus, Sweden, his father, Otto Nilsson, was 21 and his mother, Berta Jeppsson, was 24. He married Myrtle Fannie Dawson on 20 June 1937, in San Francisco, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He immigrated to San Francisco, California, United States in 1940 and lived in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States in 1950. He died on 22 April 1963, in San Francisco, California, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Colma, San Mateo, California, United States.
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A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.
Sweden recognized Finland as independent state. Swedish naval expedition sent to Aland Islands to protect against Russians. Spanish flu epidemic killed 38,000 in Sweden.
English: patronymic from the personal name Nell or Nele, either of which might be a pet form of Elias or less commonly of Niel (from Latin Nigellus). See also Neal .
Americanized form of Swedish Nilsson and also of the Danish, Norwegian, and North German cognates Nielsen and Nilsen (compare Nelsen ). Compare also Neilson and Nielson .
History: The Nelson name was an important one in 18th-century VA, starting with Thomas ‘Scotch Tom’ Nelson, who emigrated to VA at the close of the 17th century from Penrith, Cumbria, where the Nelsons were numerous. Scotch Tom settled c. 1700 at Yorktown, VA, where he became a successful merchant and landholder. His son was sheriff and a member of the VA Council, and his grandson, Thomas Nelson (1738–89), a signer of the Declaration of Independence, was governor of VA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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