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Andrew John “A. J.” Nelson

Birth: 2 Jun 1860
Arstad, Falkenbergs kommun, Hallands län, Sweden
Death: 12 Jun 1941 (aged 81)
Clear Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial: Swedish Congregational Cemetery

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Plot: Lot 22, space 3 east.
Memorial ID: 80914827 View Source

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Anna Johanna Christianson Nelson

1862–1956 (m. 1885)

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Charles Leonard Nelson

1886–1971
Dorothy Belle "Dora" Nelson Linander

1888–1974
Hulda Gunhild Nelson Schaal

1890–1924
George Arthur "Art" Nelson

1892–1980
Selma Leontina Secelia Nelson

1894–1903
Celeste "Mayme" Nelson Dobie

1896–1986
Florence Elmira Nelson

1900–1909
Sydney Irving Nelson

1903–1993
Mildred Lintina "Millie" Nelson Starz

1905–2008

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Andrew and Anna Nelson, Cheyenne, Wyoming, taken about 1885-1886

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A. J. Nelson's application to join the Masonic Lodge in Clear Lake, Wis. Later, he served as Junior Warden of the lodge. ca. 1898.

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Andrew Nelson's August 13, 1913 letter to Dr. Judd, his cancer doctor at the Mayo Clinic.

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May 5, 1933 Clear Lake Star article about National Farm Holiday Ass'n. stepping in to stop chattel foreclosure on Andrew Nelson's property (not the land).

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May 4, 1933 Amery Free Press (Wis.) article about the National Farm Holiday Association stopping the chattel foreclosure on the Andrew nelson farm.

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Andrew & Anna Nelson 50th wedding annivesary celebration, Friday June 21, 1935, at their farm in Clear Lake, Wis. ( L-R ) Mildred Engel, Anna Young (Andrew's sister), Andrew, Sidney, Anna, Mayme, Dora Linander, John E. Clark (Anna's Brother).

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August 14, 1937 affidavit by Andrew J. Nelson supporting petition for naturalization, sicne his original records could not be found.

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Anna Johanna Christianson Nelson

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Dorothy Belle "Dora" Nelson Linander

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George Arthur "Art" Nelson

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