Nelson Owen Bliss Jr

Male24 July 1916–13 October 2012

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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Nelson Owen Bliss Jr
1916–2012
Elisabeth
1918–

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"

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World Events (8)

1917

Age 1

U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.

1917 · Women Given the Right to Vote in New York

Age 1

Voters in New York approve a bill giving women the right to vote. This is passed three years prior to the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution which allowed women to vote nationwide.

1941

Age 25

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

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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