Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigratn: 1871
• Census: 1880, Burlington, Des Moines, IA
• Census: 2 Jun 1900, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Notes:

Note:
Note from Prentice researchers:

The Nelsons come from Sweden via IA. Samuel Nelson was the immigrant and is a black sheep, having been kicked out of his home in San Francisco near the time of the earthquake. He's a dead end as all we know about his origin is what is in the 1900 census. He was president of the San Francisco Casket Co. which he founded and then left about the time he was kicked out of his home.

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Census:
1880 census shows Samuel Nelson, 24, painter, b. SWEDEN, parents b. SWEDEN; Anna L., 24, b. SWEDEN, parents b. SWEDEN.

Census:
1900 census shows Samuel Nelson, b. Apr 1856, 44, married 20 years, b. SWEDEN, parents b. SWEDEN, immigrated 1871, casket maker; Hannah, b. Jul 1855, 44, 3 children born/ 2 living, b. SWEDEN, parents b. SWEDEN, immigrated 1867; Carl E., b. Apr 1882, 18, b. IA; Eva A., b. May 1885, 15, c. CA.

Samuel married Anna Lisa TELL on 29 Dec 1879 in Ottumwa, Wapello, IA, and was divorced before 1920. Anna was born about 1856 in SWEDEN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Carl Edgar NELSON was born on 10 Apr 1882 in Burlington, Des Moines, IA; died on 18 Jun 1972 in Berkeley, Alameda, CA.
2. Alice Eva Christina NELSON was born on 10 May 1885 in San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; died on 2 Feb 1979 in Alameda Co., CA.