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Earnest Harry Nelson 1906–1971 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 7 March 1906

Birth Location: El Campo, Wharton County, Texas, USA

Death Date: 19 May 1971

Death Location: San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA

Father: Berry Nelson

Mother: Dora Weatherby

Spouse(s): Nettie Whitehead

Children(s): Patricia Hoffman, Emma Nelson

Earnest Harry Nelson was born in 1906 in El Campo, Wharton County, Texas, USA, the child of Berry Nelson And Dora Agnes Weatherby. Earnest Harry Nelson married Nettie Ray Whitehead, and had children including Emma Elizabeth Betty Nelson, Patricia Patsy Ruth Hoffman. Earnest Harry Nelson passed away in 1971 in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA.

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Biography

  • Earnest Harry Nelson was born in 1906 in El Campo, Wharton County, Texas, USA, the child of Berry Nelson And Dora Agnes Weatherby.
  • Earnest Harry Nelson married Nettie Ray Whitehead, and had children including Emma Elizabeth Betty Nelson, Patricia Patsy Ruth Hoffman.
  • Earnest Harry Nelson passed away in 1971 in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Earnest Nelson's Ancestors

Self
Earnest Nelson
1906–1971
Birth Place: El Campo, Wharton County, Texas, USA
Parents
Berry Nelson
1877–1908
Lavaca, Texas, USA
Dora (Agnes) Weatherby
1878–1928
Beeville (Blanconia), Bee County, Texas, USA
Grandparents
Wily (Washington) Nelson
1852–1900
North of the Yalobusha River, Yalobusha County, Mississippi
Nancy (Sarah "Ann") Tate
1841–1896
Lavaca, Texas, USA
Ulysses (Alexander Daniel) Weathersby
1824–1897
Amite, Mississippi, USA
Emma (Jane) McKeen
1854–1900
Burleson, Texas, USA
Great-Grandparents
William Nelson
1826–
Elizabeth Holland
1830–1890
*Isham Texas
1810–1861
Mary Texas
1814–1864
Weathersby
1800–1835
Anne Lehr
1824–1834
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Jesse Tate
1768–1855
Mary Hester
1784–1840
Richard Arendale
1777–1839
Mary Blackwell
1777–1855

Earnest Nelson's Descendants

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Earnest (Harry) Nelson (7 March 1906–19 May 1971) m. Nettie (Ray) Whitehead (27 May 1913–05 December 1997)
  1. 1. Patricia ((Patsy) Ruth) Hoffman 1933–2007
  2. 2. Emma (Elizabeth " Betty") Nelson 1934–2007

Earnest Nelson's Timeline

2 Records

1906
7 March 1906
Birth of Earnest Harry Nelson in El Campo, Wharton County, Texas, USA
El Campo, Wharton County, Texas, USA
1971
19 May 1971
Age 65
Death of Earnest Harry Nelson in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA
San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 7 March 1906
    Event Place: El Campo, Wharton County, Texas, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Number: 455-18-5335; Issue State: Texas; Issue Date: Before 1951.
    [2] U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Number: 230-14-6366; Issue State: Virginia; Issue Date: Before 1951.
    [3] Georgia Deaths, 1919-98, Certificate number: 040381.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Houston, USA
    Record Source: Georgia Deaths, 1919-98, Certificate number: 040381.

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 May 1971
    Event Place: San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Number: 455-18-5335; Issue State: Texas; Issue Date: Before 1951.
    [2] U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Number: 230-14-6366; Issue State: Virginia; Issue Date: Before 1951.
    [3] Texas Death Index
    [4] Georgia Deaths, 1919-98, Certificate number: 040381.

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