Brief Life History of Samuel Francis
When Samuel Francis Nelson was born on 21 June 1912, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Søren Frederick Nielsen, was 33 and his mother, Jennie Konstance Ericksen, was 34. He married Norma Bingham on 19 September 1935, in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in United States in 1949 and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1950. In 1930, at the age of 17, his occupation is listed as salesman for a grocery. He died on 10 February 1986, in London, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 73, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Samuel F Nelson, "United States 1950 Census"
- Nelson, "Utah, Birth Certificates, 1903-1914"
- Frank Nelson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
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1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
1914 · Hotel Brigham Built
Constructed in two phases, 1914 and 1924, Hotel Brigham was originally built to house transient railroad workers.
1932
Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.
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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