John Bruce Nelson

Brief Life History of John Bruce

When John Bruce Nelson was born on 5 July 1931, in Idaho, United States, his father, Walter Everett Nelson, was 32 and his mother, Ethel Mabel Nelson, was 31. He lived in Emerson Election Precinct, Minidoka, Idaho, United States in 1940. He died on 18 March 1948, in Heyburn, Minidoka, Idaho, United States, at the age of 16, and was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Heyburn, Minidoka, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Walter Everett Nelson
1898–1980
Ethel Mabel Nelson
1900–1987
Nelson
1925–1925
Ruth Mardene Nelson
1926–2012
Gladys Jeanne Nelson
1927–2020
John Bruce Nelson
1931–1948

Sources (4)

  • Bruce Nelson in household of Waller Nelson, "United States Census, 1940"
  • J. Bruce Nelson, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Bruce in entry for R Mardene Weston, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"

World Events (8)

1932

Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.

1932

Los Angeles, California, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.

1937 · The Neutrality Act

The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

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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