Inez Margaret Tracy Nelson

Brief Life History of Inez Margaret

When Inez Margaret Tracy Nelson was born on 17 August 1895, in Weston, Clark, Wisconsin, United States, her father, Lyman Tracy, was 43 and her mother, Margaret Elizabeth Hyslip, was 38. She married Vincent Holman Nelson on 14 June 1930, in Los Angeles, California, United States. She lived in Chippewa, Wisconsin, United States in 1895 and Trimbelle, Pierce, Wisconsin, United States for about 5 years. She died on 28 September 1968, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Vincent Holman Nelson
1894–1979
Inez Margaret Tracy Nelson
1895–1968
Marriage: 14 June 1930

Sources (12)

  • Inez M Tracy, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Inez Tracy, "Wisconsin, Births and Christenings, 1826-1926"
  • Inez Margaret Tracy, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"

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World Events (8)

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1907 · Law Passed for Child Employment

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1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

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Name Meaning

English: variant of Tracey .

Irish: variant of Treacy .

Americanized form of some similar (like-sounding) Jewish name.

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

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