Brief Life History of Alfred
Alfred Nelson was born on 12 May 1889, in Denmark as the son of Hans Nelson and Karen Thomsen. He married Ida Caroline Carlsen on 21 February 1917, in Shelby, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. He immigrated to United States in 1891 and lived in Webster, Keokuk, Iowa, United States for about 10 years and Union Township, Madison, Iowa, United States in 1940. He died in June 1969, at the age of 80, and was buried in Winterset, Madison, Iowa, United States.
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- Alfred Nelson, "United States Census, 1920"
- Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1856-1940
- Alfred Nelson, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
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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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