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John O. NELSON
(Abt 1862 – )
Anna H. MILLER
(Abt 1873 – )
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John Merritt NELSON
(1898 –1979)

 

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1. Vera Leota MOORE

John Merritt NELSON 2 3 4
  • Born: 20 March 1898, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA 3 4
  • Christened: 8 May 1898, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
  • Marriage (1): Vera Leota MOORE on 30 December 1950 in Cook County, Illinois, USA 1
  • Died: 21 July 1979, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA at age 81 5
  • Buried: 23 July 1979, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA

bullet   Cause of his death was Acute cardiac arrest, sudden; Chronic renal failure; weeks.

bullet   Other names for John were J. Merritt MELSON,1 J. Merritt NELSON, Jerome NELSON, John NELSON and Merritt NELSON.

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bullet  Christening Notes

Bethania Lutheran Church

bullet  Death Notes

University Heights Hospital; usual residence Greenfield, Indiana

bullet  Burial Notes

Washington Park East Cemetery

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bullet  Recorded Events in His Life

  • Disproven Birth: 20 March 1889, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. 5

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  • Gallery: Baptismal Record at Bethania Lutheran Church, on 8 May 1898, in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA.
  • He was described as medium height and slender build with gray eyes and light brown hair on 12 September 1918 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. 3

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  • He resided at 3903 N. Lawndale Ave in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA on 12 September 1918. 3
  • He worked as a student at the University of Minnesota on 12 September 1918 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. 3

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  • He appeared on the 1920 US Federal Census on 6 January 1920 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. 4

John O Nelson         Head  M  W  57  M   1879  Na  1885   Norway     Norway   Norway     salesman/paint & varnish
Anna H Nelson         Wife  F  W  46  M                    Illinois   Norway   Norway     none
John Merritt Nelson   Son   M  W  21  S                    Illinois   Norway   Illinois   none
Morris W Nelson       Son   M  W  18  S                    Illinois   Norway   Illinois   none
Evelyn G Nelson       Dau   F  W  14  S                    Illinois   Norway   Illinois   none

  • He had a residence in 1924 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA.
  • He had a residence before 21 July 1979 in Greenfield, Hancock County, Indiana, USA.
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John married Vera Leota MOORE, daughter of Edward Hamilton MOORE Sr. and Martha Margaret TOLLIVER, on 30 December 1950 in Cook County, Illinois, USA.1 (Vera Leota MOORE was born on 26 September 1901 in Noble, Richland County, Illinois, USA,6 died on 20 April 1980 in rural Greenfield, Hancock County, Indiana, USA and was buried on 22 April 1980 in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA.). The cause of her death was Acute Cardiac Arrest; Primary Carcinoma Colon with metastases, 2 yrs.


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bullet   Sources   bullet

  1. Ancestry.com, Cook County, Illinois Marriage Index, 1930 –1960.
  2. Kirsty M. Haining.
  3. Ancestry.com, U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917 –1918 [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917 –1918. Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls. Imaged from Family History Library microfilm.), John Merritt Nelson registration, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; Roll: 1613748; Draft Board: 62.
  4. Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, DC), John O. Nelson household, 3903 Lawndale Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA.
  5. Death Certificate (digital or paper copy of official death record privately held by Kirsty M. Haining).
  6. Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. Original data: Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. NARA microfilm publication T626, 2,667 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, DC), John B. Krebs household, 9 Lake Street, Shelbyville, Shelby County, Illinois, USA.


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