When Andrew Ekelund Nelson was born on 11 May 1834, in Örup, Esarp, Bara, Malmöhus, Sweden, his father, Anders Nilsson, was 30 and his mother, Inger Nilsdotter, was 29. He married Johanne Marie Kirstine Rigtrup on 15 May 1859, in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 3 daughters. He immigrated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States in 1857. He died on 15 November 1900, in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Spanish Fork City Cemetery, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States.
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Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Historical Boundaries: 1846: Unorganized Federal Territory, United States 1854: Nebraska Territory, United States 1854: Washington, Nebraska Territory, United States 1856: Douglas, Nebraska Territory, United States 1867: Douglas, Nebraska, United States
Anti-Jewish riots broke out in Stockholm.
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.
Possible Related NamesAndrew E. Nelson was born May 11, 1834, at Es- erup, Malmo, Sweden, and embraced the Gospel April 12, 1856, at the age of 22 years. He immigrated to America in 1857, crossing the ocean in the sailing …
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