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Roger Emmett Nelson 1919 – 1972 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 September 1919

Birth Location: Grass Lake, Kanabec Co, Minnesota, USA

Death Date: 6 September 1972

Death Location: Martinez, Contra Costa Co, California, USA

Father: Robert Nelson

Mother: Anna Askerman

Spouse(s): Evelyn Holetz

Children(s): Robert Nelson, Emily Nelson, Barbara Nelson, Martha Nelson

According to available records, Roger Emmett Nelson was born in 1919 in Grass Lake, Kanabec Co, Minnesota, USA, the child of Robert Olof Nelson and Anna Ericka Askerman. Following those early years, Roger Emmett Nelson married Evelyn Ruth Holetz, and their family grew to include Robert Richard Nelson, Emily Ann Nelson, Barbara Elizabeth Nelson and Martha Louise Nelson. In the later years of life, Roger Emmett Nelson died in 1972 in Martinez, Contra Costa Co, California, USA.

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Parents

Robert Nelson
1878 – 1977
Birth Location: Västerkomsta Torp Västernorrland Sweden
RN
Anna Askerman
1881 – 1945
Birth Location: Torp, Västernorrland, Sverige
AA

Spouses(s)

Evelyn Holetz
1920 – 2013
Birth Location: Pine City, Minnesota, USA
EH

Children(s)

Robert Nelson
1945 –
Birth Location: Minnesota
RN
Emily Nelson
1948 –
Birth Location: Brown, Minnesota
EN
Barbara Nelson
1953 –
Birth Location: Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
BN
Martha Nelson
1955 –
Birth Location: –
MN

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 20 September 1919
    Event Place: Grass Lake, Kanabec Co, Minnesota, USA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For Minnesota, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 166, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Pine City, Pine, Minnesota; Roll: 2679; Page: 5; Enumeration District: 58-39

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1920
    Event Place: Grass Lake, Kanabec, Minnesota, USA
    Record Source: 1920 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1930
    Event Place: Grass Lake, Grass Lake, Kanabec, Minnesota, USA
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1935
    Event Place: Grass Lake, Kanabec, Minnesota
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1940
    Event Place: Braham, Isanti, Minnesota, USA
    Record Source: U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For Minnesota, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 166

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1950
    Event Place: Pine City, Pine, Minnesota, USA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Pine City, Pine, Minnesota; Roll: 2679; Page: 5; Enumeration District: 58-39

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 6 September 1972
    Event Place: Martinez, Contra Costa Co, California, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

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