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Jeanette Marie "Polly" Benshoof Nelson 1909–2003 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 27 May 1909

Birth Location: Blue Grass, Scott, Iowa, USA

Death Date: 29 Apr 2003

Death Location: Davenport, Scott, Iowa, USA

Father: Walter Benshoof

Mother: Mary Proksch-Benshoof

Spouse(s): LeRoy Nelson

Children(s):

In 1909, Jeanette Marie "Polly" Benshoof Nelson entered the world in Blue Grass, Scott, Iowa, USA, born to Walter Stewart Benshoof And Mary Luretta Proksch Benshoof. Jeanette Marie "Polly" Benshoof Nelson married Leroy Howard Nelson. Jeanette Marie "Polly" Benshoof Nelson passed away in 2003 in Davenport, Scott, Iowa, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1909, Jeanette Marie "Polly" Benshoof Nelson entered the world in Blue Grass, Scott, Iowa, USA, born to Walter Stewart Benshoof And Mary Luretta Proksch Benshoof.
  • Jeanette Marie "Polly" Benshoof Nelson married Leroy Howard Nelson.
  • Jeanette Marie "Polly" Benshoof Nelson passed away in 2003 in Davenport, Scott, Iowa, USA.

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Jeanette Nelson's Ancestors

Self
Jeanette Nelson
1909–2003
Birth Place: Blue Grass, Scott, Iowa, USA
Parents
Walter Stewart Benshoof
1868–1936
Buffalo, Scott, Iowa, USA
Mary (Luretta) Proksch-Benshoof
1870–1958
Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, United States of America
Grandparents
Jacob (J. (Big Jake)) Benshoof
1826–1910
Davenport, Scott, Iowa, USA
Lucinda (Stewart) Benshoof
1837–1920
Pine Flats, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
Ignatz (Charles) Proksch
1842–1914
Prague, Czech Republic
Mary (Ceclia) Berger
1848–1931
Schleswig Holstein Prov., Germany
Great-Grandparents
Herbert Berger
1826–1906
Marie Andresen
1833–1902
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Jeanette Nelson's Timeline

2 Records

1909
27 May 1909
Birth of Jeanette Marie "Polly" Benshoof Nelson in Blue Grass, Scott, Iowa, USA
Blue Grass, Scott, Iowa, USA
2003
29 Apr 2003
Age 94
Death of Jeanette Marie "Polly" Benshoof Nelson in Davenport, Scott, Iowa, USA
Davenport, Scott, Iowa, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 27 May 1909
    Event Place: Blue Grass, Scott, Iowa, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Blue Grass Iowa
    Record Source: Iowa, Marriage Records

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 Apr 2003
    Event Place: Davenport, Scott, Iowa, USA

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