Martha Nelson

November 1885–
Columbus, Platte, Nebraska, United States

The Life Summary of Martha

When Martha Nelson was born in November 1885, in Columbus, Platte, Nebraska, United States, her father, William Nelson, was 56 and her mother, Frances Melvina Maxwell, was 46. She married Charles Henry Smith on 14 December 1900, in Schuyler, Colfax, Nebraska, United States. She lived in Lexington, Dawson, Nebraska, United States for about 10 years.

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Family Time Line

Charles Henry Smith
1878–1936
Martha Nelson
1885–
Marriage: 14 December 1900

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    14 December 1900Schuyler, Colfax, Nebraska, United States

    • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

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    +2 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1886
    Age 1
    Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
    1886 · Giving Working Men a Union
    Age 1
    The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.
    1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
    Age 31
    Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Nell

    Sources (8)

    • Martha Smith in household of Charles H Smith, "United States Census, 1910"
    • Martha Gessner in household of Frank Gessner, "United States Census, 1930"
    • Martha Nelson, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"

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