When John Mandt Nelson was born on 10 October 1870, in Burke, Dane, Wisconsin, United States, his father, Christoffer Nielsen, was 29 and his mother, Else Hermodsdatter, was 23. He married Thea Johanna Stondall on 24 July 1891, in Door Creek, Dane, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Maple Bluff, Dane, Wisconsin, United States in 1940 and Madison, Dane, Wisconsin, United States in 1955. He died on 29 January 1955, in Dane, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Madison, Dane, Wisconsin, United States.
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Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
A fire erupted on January 10, 1883, at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee. The fire began at 4:00 am in an elevator shaft and raced up through the building. The fire spread so quickly that many could not escape. General and Mrs. Tom Thumb, stars of P.T. Barnum's circus, were guests in the hotel at the time of the fire. A firefighter reached them by ladder and they were able to escape safely. The exact number of deaths remains unknown as the hotel register was destroyed in the fire, however, the death toll is estimated between 75-90.
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
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.
Possible Related NamesU.S. Congressman. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin, 1892, was superintendent of schools in Dane County, (1892-94) and graduated from the law department of the University of Wisconsin, in …
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