Robert Arthur Nelson

Brief Life History of Robert Arthur

When Robert Arthur Nelson was born on 7 October 1906, in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States, his father, Eric Arthur Nielsen, was 22 and his mother, Evva McKell, was 23. He married Edme Hunter Dotson on 29 June 1934, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Utah, Utah, United States for about 10 years and Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, United States in 1935. He died on 23 January 1986, in Sandy, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Spanish Fork City Cemetery, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert Arthur Nelson
1906–1986
Edme Hunter Dotson
1906–1969
Marriage: 29 June 1934
Robert William Nelson
1935–2015
Karen Emma Nelson
1949–2015

Sources (38)

  • Robert A Nelson, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Robert Arthur Nelson, "Utah, Birth Certificates, 1903-1914"
  • Robert Arthur Nelson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"

World Events (8)

1907 · Not for profit elections

The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.

1908 · Utah's First National Monument

Natural Bridges National Monument was designated a National Monument in 1908 by President Theodore Roosevelt. It is Utah’s first National Monument but didn’t get many visitors until after the uranium boom of the 1950s. Today the Monument and its park became the first International Dark Sky Park certified by the International Dark-Sky Association.

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

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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Robert Arthur Nelson Birth: Oct. 7, 1906 Spanish Fork Utah County Utah, USA Death: Jan. 23, 1986 Sandy Salt Lake County Utah, USA Family links: Parents: Arthur Erick Nelson (1884 - 1944) E …

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