Edward Hazelton Nelson (1895 - 1959)

Born 23 Oct 1895 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States

Husband of Mildred Ann (Messner) Nelson — married 7 Aug 1926 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States

Died 20 Oct 1959 at age 63 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan [uncertain]

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Early Life

Ed, son of Swedish immigrant parents Magnus Nelson (b. 2 Feb 1865) and Anna Carolina Svenson (b. 17 Aug 1869), was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1895.^[1] He had two siblings, Margaret Elisabeth Nelson (b. 17 Jul 1986) and Arnold Nelson (1903-). The family made their home for a time in Sidney Township in Montcalm County, where his father took up farming.^[2]

Military Service

Edward Nelson served in the United States Army in World War I
Service started: 3 Aug 1917
Unit(s): 337th Ambulance Company
Service ended: 12 July 1919

Edward registered for the draft when he was 22, and listed his occupation as being in charge of the stock room at Packard Motor Company. His draft card described him as a tall man with a medium build, black hair and grey eyes.^[3] He enlisted on August 3, 1917.^[4] He deployed to France and served as a Wagoner in Ambulance Company 337. He was discharged after the war and sailed from Brest, France on June 30, 1919 aboard the Pretoria. He arrived into Hoboken, New Jersey on July 12.^[5]

Family

After the war, Ed returned to Detroit. He married Mildred (Messner) Nelson in Detroit on August 7, 1926.^[6] At the time, he listed his occupation as "laboratory work." Ed and Mildred moved in with Ed's father, then a widower.^[7] Ed took clerical work at an auto factory, and their son was born in 1931. Ed kept the job at the auto plant through 1940.^[8]

He passed away in October of 1959, three days before his 64th birthday.

Sources

1. ↑ Archives of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; Elk Grove Village, IL, USA; Swedish American Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths, and Burials; Parish: Bethlehem Lutheran Church; ELCA Film Number: A245(1+2); SSIRC Film Number: A245 Ancestry.com. U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Swedish American Church Records, 1800-1947 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017. Original data:Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths/Burials (Swedish Churches), Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, Minnesota, USA. Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, USA. Ancestry Record 61584 #31090816 with attached Image
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLRX-WT1 : accessed 28 June 2020), Edward H Nelson in household of Magnus Nelson, Sidney, Montcalm, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 165, sheet 10B, family 198, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 666; FHL microfilm 1,374,679.
3. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6XS-SJK : 24 August 2019), Edward H Nelson, 1917-1918.
4. ↑ "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W38S-W9W2 : 23 October 2019), Edward Hazelton Nelson, ; citing Military Service, NARA microfilm publication 76193916 (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985), various roll numbers.
5. ↑ The National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774-1985; Record Group Number: 92; Roll or Box Number: 263. Ancestry.com. U.S., Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists, 1910-1939 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Original data: Lists of Incoming Passengers, 1917-1938. Textual records. 360 Boxes. NAI: 6234465. Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774-1985, Record Group 92. The National Archives at College Park, Maryland. Ancestry Record 61174 #9475481 with attached Image
6. ↑ Michigan Department of Community Health, Division of Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, MI, USA; Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952; Film: 234; Film Title: 82 Wayne 010730-014049; Film Description: Wayne (July-October 1926), part 18. Ancestry.com. Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data:Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867–1952. Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics. Ancestry Record 9093 #1202389 with attached Image
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7SG-49D : accessed 28 June 2020), Edward Nelson, Detroit (Districts 0751-0879), Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 823, sheet 23A, line 34, family 34, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1066; FHL microfilm 2,340,801.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHSN-GGD : 22 May 2020), Edward Nelson, Ward 21, Detroit, Detroit City, Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 84-1494B, sheet 19A, line 34, family 411, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1885.

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