Clara C. Blackwood

Brief Life History of Clara C.

Clara C. Blackwood was born on 7 September 1903, in Olympia, Thurston, Washington, United States as the daughter of Ed Blackwood and Emma Hall. She married Nels Ervin Nelsson on 11 May 1921, in Pierce, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. She lived in Olympia Election Precinct 23, Thurston, Washington, United States in 1940 and United States in 1949. She died on 27 January 1987, in Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Odd Fellows Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Tumwater, Thurston, Washington, United States.

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Family Time Line

Nels Ervin Nelsson
1895–1970
Clara C. Blackwood
1903–1987
Marriage: 11 May 1921
Adrian Nelson
1922–
Milfried Ervin Nelson
1924–1929
Elledwood Eugene Nelson
1926–2000
Darrell D Nelson
1933–

Sources (20)

  • Clara C Nelson, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Clara Blackwood, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
  • Clara C Nelson, "Washington Death Index, 1965-2014"

Parents and Siblings

World Events (8)

1904

St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.

1907 · Pike's Market

Pike’s Market is one of the oldest still working farmer’s markets in the US. It is located in Seattle’s central business district, just north of Belltown , and southwest of central waterfront and Elliott Bay. One of the attractions there is the gum wall. 

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

Name Meaning

Scottish and English: habitational name from any of various places, for example in Dumfriesshire, Lanarkshire, Ayrshire, and Yorkshire, named Blackwood, from Old English blæc ‘black, dark’ + wudu ‘wood’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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