Vern Dennis Nelson

Male17 June 1940–18 July 2013

Brief Life History of Vern Dennis

When Vern Dennis Nelson was born on 17 June 1940, in Williston, Wallette, Dakota Territory, United States, his father, Edwin N Nelson, was 38 and his mother, Selma Johnson, was 33. He married Peggy Jo Miller on 8 July 1979. He lived in Zahl, Williams, North Dakota, United States in 2001. He died on 18 July 2013, in Minot, Ward, North Dakota, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Bethel Cemetery, Williams, North Dakota, United States.

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Vern Dennis Nelson
1940–2013
Peggy Jo Miller
1943–2017
Marriage: 8 July 1979

Sources (5)

  • Vern Dennis Nelson, "North Dakota, County Marriages, 1872-1958"
  • Vern D Nelson, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Vern D Nelson, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    8 July 1979
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (2)

    World Events (8)

    1941

    Age 1

    Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

    1941 · The Four Freedoms

    Age 1

    President Roosevelt spoke in front of Congress and gave a speech on what Freedoms everyone should be granted. First being the Freedom of Speech. Second, the freedom of Religion, Third, The Freedom from Want, and Fourth, the Freedom from Fear. Being a big deal, FDR didn't just say that all people should have these freedoms because Americans already expected these freedoms.

    1960

    Age 20

    Squaw Valley, California, United States hosts Winter Olympic Games.

    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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