Brief Life History of Nelson Owen
When Nelson Owen Bliss Jr was born on 24 July 1916, in Massachusetts, United States, his father, Nelson Owen Bliss, was 35 and his mother, Lizzie Mildred Converse, was 33. He lived in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States for about 10 years and Troy, Rensselaer, New York, United States for about 1 years. He died on 13 October 2012, in New York, United States, at the age of 96, and was buried in Troy, Rensselaer, New York, United States.
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Sources (6)
- Nelson O Bliss, Jr, "United States 1950 Census"
- Nelson Owen Bliss, "Find A Grave Index"
- Nelson Owen Bliss, "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920"
Spouse and Children
1916–2012 Male
1918– Female
Parents and Siblings
1880–1956 Male
1883–1953 Female
Siblings (4)
1915–2014 Female
1916–2012 Male
1917– Male
1922– Female
World Events (8)
1917
Age 1
1917 · Women Given the Right to Vote in New York
Age 1
1941
Age 25
Name Meaning
English: nickname for a cheerful person, from Middle English blisse ‘joy’. Compare Blissett .
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from the village of Blay in Calvados, France, recorded in 1077 in the form Bleis. The village of Stoke Bliss in Worcestershire takes the second part of its name from a Norman family de Blez, recorded several times in the county from the 13th century.
German: nickname for a cheerful person, from Middle High German blīde ‘happy, friendly’. It is also found in France.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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