Hazel Marie Phelps

Brief Life History of Hazel Marie

When Hazel Marie Phelps was born on 23 March 1905, in Lawrence, Nuckolls, Nebraska, United States, her father, Clark Morris Phelps, was 47 and her mother, Julia Alverta Blood, was 41. She married Donald B Nelson on 22 April 1925, in Washington, Colorado, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Washington, Colorado, United States for about 15 years and Election Precinct 15 De Nova, Washington, Colorado, United States in 1940. She died on 12 January 1994, in Denver, Colorado, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Wheat Ridge, Jefferson, Colorado, United States.

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Family Time Line

Donald B Nelson
1902–1960
Hazel Marie Phelps
1905–1994
Marriage: 22 April 1925
Margie Ione Nelson
1919–1995
Joyce Clark
Kenneth Nelson
Leona Doris Nelson
1927–1992
Joyce Nelson
1931–
Larry James Nelson
1941–2004
Gary Ray Nelson
1944–1969
Thelma Patricia Nelson
1944–1945

Sources (18)

  • Hazel Nelson, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Hazel Marie Phelps - Government record: Census record: birth: about 1905; Nebraska, United States
  • Hazel M Phelps, "Colorado, County Marriages, 1864-1995"

World Events (8)

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

1909 · Garden of the Gods Park

In 1879, railroad tycoon, Charles Elliott Perkins bought 240 acres whrere The Garden of the Gods is located, and planned to use it as a summer home. Perkins died in 1907 before he could establish it as a public park. Perkin's children donated the now 480 acres to the city of Colorado Springs, to become a public park.

1929

13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.

Name Meaning

Scottish and English (southwestern): variant of Phillips .

History: The brothers George and William Phelps emigrated from Gloucestershire, England, to Dorchester, MA, c. 1630. Five years later they moved to Windsor, CT. George's sixth-generation descendant, Anson Greene Phelps (1781–1853), rose from being a penniless orphan to the status of a major industrialist and a prominent CT philanthropist.

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

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