When Russell Henry Nelson was born on 21 July 1910, in Lowell, Columbus Township, Bartholomew, Indiana, United States, his father, John Vernon Nelson, was 37 and his mother, Julia A Oberg, was 32. He married Violet Mae Livers on 28 June 1930, in Lake, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in West Creek Township, Lake, Indiana, United States for about 20 years. He died on 30 August 1994, at the age of 84, and was buried in Lowell, Cedar Creek Township, Lake, Indiana, United States.
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.
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