Lawrence Oleen Nelson

Brief Life History of Lawrence Oleen

When Lawrence Oleen Nelson was born on 3 February 1908, in Bear River City, Box Elder, Utah, United States, his father, Arnold Lorenzo Nelson, was 32 and his mother, Catherine Caspersen Larsen, was 29. He married Damsel Arene Christensen on 21 October 1933, in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 29 April 2001, in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Bear River City, Box Elder, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lawrence Oleen Nelson
1908–2001
Damsel Arene Christensen
1912–1997
Marriage: 21 October 1933
Audrey Kaye Nelson
1934–2000
James
Clyde L Nelson
1936–2004
Peggy Ann Nelson
1938–2019
Robert Oleen Nelson
1946–2023

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  • Oleen Nelson, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Lawrence Oleen Nelson, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
  • Mr. Lawrence Oleen Nelson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"

World Events (8)

1909 · The NAACP is formed

Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.

1914 · Hotel Brigham Built

Constructed in two phases, 1914 and 1924, Hotel Brigham was originally built to house transient railroad workers.

1933 · Sons of Utah Pioneers

Like the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, The National Society of the Sons of Utah Pioneers is an organization dedicated to preserving the legacy and studying the history of the Latter-day Saints Pioneers of Utah and the West. The organization is open to All good men of every age and circumstance who have an interest in the early Utah Pioneers. It is not necessary to have pioneer ancestry to join.

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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