Amanda Lee Nelson was born on 9 February 1886, in Gothenburg, Dawson, Nebraska, United States. She married James Robert Faussett on 10 May 1908, in Turlock, Stanislaus, California, United States. She lived in Benson, Douglas, Nebraska, United States in 1910. She died on 13 October 1953, in Turlock, Stanislaus, California, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Turlock, Stanislaus, California, United States.
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1869–1949 Male
1886–1953 Female
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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