Brief Life History of John Alexander
When John Alexander Nelson, Jr was born on 13 September 1889, in Smithfield, Cache, Utah, United States, his father, John Alexander Nelson, was 34 and his mother, Ella Elizabeth Thomas, was 29. He married Martha Vera Wilcox on 1 January 1917, in Raymond, County of Warner No. 5, Alberta, Canada. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in United States in 1949 and Cascade, Montana, United States in 1963. In 1950, at the age of 61, his occupation is listed as salesman of health/life insurance in Great Falls, Cascade, Montana, United States. He died on 9 December 1963, in Great Falls, Cascade, Montana, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Hyrum, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- John A Nelson, "United States 1950 Census"
- Montana, County Births and Deaths, 1830-2011
- Alberta, Canada, Marriages Index,1898-1942
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1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1894 · The Genealogical Society of Utah is formed.
The Genealogical Society of Utah is formed. - A precursor society to FamilySearch, the GSU was organized on November 13,1894, in the Church Historian's Office of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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.
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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John Alexander Nelson Jr
JOHN ALEXANDER NELSON Born 13 September 1889 in Smithfield, Utah. When he was 2 yrs old his family moved by wagon train to a ranch near Cardston, Alberta. where he spent his early youth and received …
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