When Charles Mathis Nelson was born on 29 November 1892, in Fulton, New York, United States, his father, William Albert Nelson, was 30 and his mother, Mary Teresa Stittle, was 24. He married Emma Magdelene Sparks on 12 December 1917, in Dingle, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He lived in Alameda, Bannock, Idaho, United States in 1930 and Alameda Election Precinct 1, Bannock, Idaho, United States in 1940. He died on 24 May 1982, in Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1893: Bannock, Idaho, United States
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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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