Brief Life History of Price Williams
When Price Williams Nelson II was born on 29 August 1855, in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States, his father, Price Williams Nelson, was 32 and his mother, Lydia Ann Lake, was 23. He married Mary Louisa Elder on 11 January 1878, in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 17 May 1946, in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Saint George City Cemetery, St. George, Washington, Utah, United States.
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- Price W Nelson in household of Price Nelson, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Price Williams Nelson Jr. - birth: 29 August 1855; San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States
- Price W Nelson, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
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1861
Historical Boundaries: 1861: Washington, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Washington, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
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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