Brief Life History of Christian Peter
When Christian Peter Nelson was born on 20 March 1893, in Måstrup, Mosbjerg, Hjørring, Denmark, his father, Henrik Wilhelm Nielsen, was 31 and his mother, Dorthea Karoline Jensen, was 23. He married Edith Evelyn Bartlett on 7 September 1915, in Grove City, Meeker, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States for about 5 years and Columbia Heights, Anoka, Minnesota, United States in 1940. He died on 30 June 1982, in Bellingham, Lac qui Parle, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Bellingham, Lac qui Parle, Minnesota, United States.
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Sources (7)
- Christ P Nelson, "United States Census, 1920"
- Legacy NFS Source: Christian Peter Neilson - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Christian Peter Neilson
- Christian Peter Nielsen, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
Spouse and Children
1893–1982 Male
1893–1978 Female
Children (3)
1917–1919 Male
1920–2017 Female
1921–2012 Female
Parents and Siblings
1861– Male
1869–1944 Female
Siblings (5)
1893–1982 Male
1893– Male
1895– Female
1902–1950 Female
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World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 3
1898
Age 5
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Age 24
Name Meaning
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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