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Christoffer Nelson (nelson5001)

Father:
Mother:

b. November 21, 1869 in Denmark

d. March 24, 1955 buried in West Lawn Memorial Park, Eugene, Lane County, Oregon

m. May 3, 1894, Anna Christina Thompson, b. August 25, 1876 in Denmark [Arlene], d. September 6, 1938 buried in West Lawn Memorial Park, Eugene, Lane County, Oregon.

Issue: [census-OR]

Johanna Elizabeth Nelson (nelson6001), b. June 3, 1897

Lyda Cecelia Nelson wife of Elmer Marius Jensen (jen6001), b. December 22, 1898, d. February 21, 1979

Esther Petrina Nelson (nelson6003), b. December 22, 1898

Harry W. Nelson, b. 1905 in Wisconsin

Violet Nelson (nelson6005), b. 1911

Information:

1891/2:
Chris came to the U.S. [census-IA]

1900:
Chris was farming in Lost Island Township, Palo Alto County, Iowa. [census-IA]

1910:
Chris and the family were farming in Elgin, Union County, Oregon. [census-OR]

1920:
Chris was a laborer for the railroad and living on Washington in Ruthven, Palo Alto County, Iowa. Mary Tomson, Anna's sister was living with them. She worked for a private family as a domestic servant. Chris was renting his house from a Jense P. Tomsen. [census-IA]

1930:
Chris was farming on Juniper Street in Junction City, Lane County, Oregon. His son Harry was a clerk for an oil company. [census-OR]

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