Brief Life History of Horace Jacob
When Horace Jacob Nelson was born on 5 May 1891, in Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States, his father, James Horace Nelson I, was 52 and his mother, Ane Bolette Kirstine Petersen, was 33. He married Lovica Jane Carbine on 5 June 1912, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He immigrated to Vermont, United States in 1895 and lived in World in 1950. He died on 21 November 1979, in La Grande, Union, Oregon, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- Horace J Nelson, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Horace Jacob Nelson - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Horace Jacob Nelson
- 1912 - Horace J. Nelson & Lorica Jane Carbine, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
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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.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1914
South Africa supports Allies in World War I.
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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