Miss Nelson

Brief Life History of Miss Nelson

When Miss Nelson was born in 1832, in Ohio, United States, her father, David Nelson, was 32 and her mother, Sarah Cade, was 32. She died before 1852, in Knox, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

David Nelson
1800–1850
Sarah Cade
1800–1841
Miss Nelson
1825–1852
Rebecca K. Nelson
1825–1900
Nelson
1825–1852
John Nelson
1826–
Robert C Nelson
1828–
Miss Nelson
1832–1852
Miss Nelson
1832–1852
David Whitmer Nelson
1833–1915
Valentine C. Nelson
1837–1863
Delphina Jane Nelson
1839–1918
Sarah Ann Nelson
1841–1909

Sources (2)

  • United States Census, 1840; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YTY-S9K8?cc=1786457&wc=31SJ-RM2%3A1588665988%2C1588666161%2C1588665902
  • United States Census, 1830; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBS-9Z3D?cc=1803958&wc=35YC-ZL5%3A1588481803%2C1588470406%2C1588483608

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World Events (6)

1832 · Black Hawk War

"The Black Hawk War was a brief conflict between the United States and Native Americans led by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader. The war erupted soon after Black Hawk and a group of other tribes, known as the ""British Band"", crossed the Mississippi River, into Illinois, from Iowa Indian Territory in April 1832. Black Hawk's motives were ambiguous, but records show that he was hoping to avoid bloodshed while resettling on tribal land that had been given to the United States in the 1804 Treaty of St. Louis."

1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated

On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.

1839 · From Swamp to Beautiful Place

By 1829 Venus, Illinois had grown sufficiently and in 1832 was one of the contenders for the new county seat. However, the honor was awarded to a nearby city, Carthage. In 1834 the name Venus was changed to Commerce because the settlers felt that the new name better suited their plans. But during late 1839, arriving members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bought the small town of Commerce and in April 1840 it was renamed Nauvoo by Joseph Smith Jr., who led the Latter-Day Saints to Nauvoo to escape persecution in Missouri. The name Nauvoo is derived from the traditional Hebrew language. It is notable that by 1844 Nauvoo's population had swollen to around 12,000 residents, rivaling the size of Chicago at the time. After the Latter-Day Saints left the population settled down toward 2,000 people.

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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