Alexis (Lovelace) Nelson
Honor Code SignatorySigned 8 Mar 2017 | 64,912 contributions | 18,231 thank-yous | 3,946 connections
Signed 8 Mar 2017 | 64,912 contributions | 18,231 thank-yous | 3,946 connections
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Born 1940s.
Ancestors 
Daughter of Clare Alexander Lovelace Jr.
and Clarice Corrine (Marvin) Lovelace
Descendants 
Mother of
Michelle (Nelson) Huffman and Mitchell LeRoi Nelson
Profile last modified
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Biography
Alexis was featured in a Meet Our Members Post on the WikiTree Blog!
Alexis is a member of the Presbyterian Church (USA).
Alexis (Lovelace) Nelson is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Alexis is an Adult Basic Education teacher
Alexis is a Genealogist dedicated to preserving the trails of her family's history
Alexis (Lovelace) Nelson participated with Team Cornbread Catchers during the Jul 2024 Connect-a-Thon, and added 57 connections.
Alexis (Lovelace) Nelson participated with Team Cornbread Catchers during the Apr 2024 Connect-a-Thon, and added 46 connections.
Alexis (Lovelace) Nelson participated with Team Cornbread Catchers during the Jan 2024 Connect-a-Thon, and added 80 connections.
Alexis (Lovelace) Nelson participated with Cornbread Catchers during the 2023 Source-a-Thon, adding sources to 155 previously unsourced profiles.
Alexis (Lovelace) Nelson competed with the
Aspiring Aspens in the 2023 WikiGames.
Alexis (Lovelace) Nelson participated with Team Cornbread Catchers during the 2023 Connect-a-Thon, and added 106 connections.
Alexis (Lovelace) Nelson achieved the 15 For 15 award for completing 15 missions in our 2023 15 For 15 Challenge.
Alexis (Lovelace) Nelson participated with Cornbread Catchers during the 2022 Source-a-Thon, adding sources to 156 previously unsourced profiles.
Alexis (Lovelace) Nelson participated with Team Cornbread Catchers during the 2022 Connect-a-Thon, and added 116 connections.
Alexis (Lovelace) Nelson participated with Team Cornbread Catchers during the 2021 Connect-a-Thon, and added 100 connections.
Alexis has participated in 52 out of 52 weeks during the 2021 52 Weeks of Photos Challenge.
Alexis has participated in 52 out of 52 weeks during the 2021 52 Weeks of Accuracy Challenge.
Alexis (Lovelace) Nelson Participated in the 2022 US Black Heritage Project Connecting Challenge.
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Alexis (Lovelace) Nelson Participated in the 2021 US Black Heritage Project Connecting Challenge.
Alexis (Lovelace) Nelson participated with Team Cornbread Catchers during the 2021 Source-a-Thon, adding sources to 102 previously unsourced profiles.
Alexis (Lovelace) Nelson participated with Team Cornbread Catchers during the 2021 Clean-a-Thon, correcting 318 suggestions.
Alexis has participated in 52 out of 52 weeks during the 2020 52 Weeks of Photos Challenge.
Alexis has participated in 52 out of 52 weeks during the 2020 52 Ancestors Challenge.
Alexis (Lovelace) Nelson participated with Team Cornbread Catchers during the 2020 Source-a-Thon, adding sources to 137 previously unsourced profiles.
Alexis (Lovelace) Nelson participated with Team Cornbread Catchers during the 2020 Connect-a-Thon, and added 47 connections.
Alexis (Lovelace) Nelson participated with Team Cornbread Catchers during the 2020 Clean-a-Thon, correcting 420 suggestions.
Alexis (Lovelace) Nelson participated with Team Cornbread Catchers during the 2020 Scan-a-Thon, scanning and uploading 50 items to profiles.
Alexis has participated in 52 out of 52 weeks during the 2019 52 Weeks of Photos Challenge.
Alexis has participated in 52 out of 52 weeks during the 2019 52 Ancestors Challenge.
Alexis (Lovelace) Nelson participated with Team Cornbread Catchers during the 2019 Source-a-Thon, adding sources to 228 previously unsourced profiles.
Alexis (Lovelace) Nelson was born in Kansas.
Alexis (Lovelace) Nelson is an Oklahoman.
Alexis (Lovelace) Nelson has English ancestors.
Alexis (Lovelace) Nelson has Scottish Ancestors.
Alexis (Lovelace) Nelson has Irish ancestors.
Alexis (Lovelace) Nelson has Danish ancestors
Alexis (Lovelace) Nelson has Swedish ancestors
Alexis (Lovelace) Nelson has German Roots.
Alexis is a Friend (Quaker) descendant
Alexis is the 17th great granddaughter of King Edward III.
Descendant of PGM migrant
Susan (Mitchell) Armitage
Thomas Armitage
Unknown Armitage
Ann Barlow
John Barlow Sr
Samuel Coley
Ann (Prudden) Coley
Rev Thomas James Jr
Ruth (Jones) James
Hugh Jones
Rev John Jones
Sarah Jones
Ralph Keller
Annis (Barrat) Snow
Elizabeth Marvin
Matthew Marvin
Matthew Marvin Jr,
Samuel Nicholson
James Prudden
John Rockwell
John Steele Sr.
John Gregory
Sarah (St John) Gregory
Thomas love Rowlandson
Bridget (Kerley) Rowlandson
Ralph Tompkins,
Katherine (Foster) Tompkins
Mary (Tompkins) Foster
Jonas Weed
Mary Weed
John White,
Mary (White)Talcott
Joane (West) White
Peter Wright.
Susan (Mitchell) Armitage
Thomas Armitage
Unknown Armitage
Ann Barlow
John Barlow Sr
Samuel Coley
Ann (Prudden) Coley
Rev Thomas James Jr
Ruth (Jones) James
Hugh Jones
Rev John Jones
Sarah Jones
Ralph Keller
Annis (Barrat) Snow
Elizabeth Marvin
Matthew Marvin
Matthew Marvin Jr,
Samuel Nicholson
James Prudden
John Rockwell
John Steele Sr.
John Gregory
Sarah (St John) Gregory
Thomas love Rowlandson
Bridget (Kerley) Rowlandson
Ralph Tompkins,
Katherine (Foster) Tompkins
Mary (Tompkins) Foster
Jonas Weed
Mary Weed
John White,
Mary (White)Talcott
Joane (West) White
Peter Wright.
Alexis Clare Lovelace was born in Wichita, Kansas on 10 October 1945. Alexis is the daughter of Clare Alexander “Chick” and Clarice Marvin Lovelace. Chick Lovelace was killed in action in WWII, and Alexis was raised by her mother with help from her grandmothers, Pearl McCleery Lovelace and Nellie Long Marvin. Alexis lived in Enid, Oklahoma as a small child and grew up in Oklahoma City where she attended Northwest Classen and graduated from Putnam City High School in 1963.
Alexis’s mother began fighting breast cancer during the summer of 1963, and she died on 20 Jun 1966. This was a devastating time for Alexis, especially since her two grandmother’s were not doing well.
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| Alexis Clare Lovelace '63 |
Alexis graduated from Oklahoma University with a B.S. in Art and English Education in 1967. While at Oklahoma University she served on the Student Senate and did the publicity for the engineering school. She was active in the Art Committee and her sorority Alpha Phi. It was there at O.U. that she met Mike Nelson at a Kappa Sigma fraternity party.
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| Alexis Lovelace Nelson |
Mike Nelson and Alexis were married on 27 Dec 1966 at St. John's Methodist Church, Oklahoma City in an ice storm. Alexis and Mike moved to Tahlequah, Oklahoma, where Alexis did post graduate work at Northeastern University.
Alexis and her husband moved to Valdosta, Georgia, and he became an Air Force pilot. Alexis volunteered teaching art classes in the Officers Club. They then moved to Warner Robins, Georgia, where Alexis gave birth to a baby girl, Michelle. They moved to Burkburnett, Texas in 1970. Then Alexis and Michelle, who was one year old, moved to Oklahoma City while Mike Nelson flew a rescue helicopter in Vietnam. They then moved to Enid for two years and then to Yorba Linda, California, where she had her second baby, a boy named Mitchell, in 1973. They then moved to Muskogee, Oklahoma in 1977.
Alexis has been involved in working in her husband’s optometry office and the Muskogee community and her church. She held several offices in PTA, was a Brownie and Girl Scout leader, Cub Scout Den Mother, member of the League of Women Voters, on the board of Perspectives Women’s Resource Center, a lifetime member of Service League of Muskogee, board member of Eastern Oklahoma Spelling Bee, head of Joy of Giving Shoppe, a Deacon and Elder at the Presbyterian Church, and an officer in Muskogee Indian Territory Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution.
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| Mike and Sherry Soper & Alexis and Mike Nelson 1992 |
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| Mike and Sherry Soper & Alexis and Mike Nelson 2023 |
Alexis has traveled throughout the United States and to twenty five foreign countries and islands in the Caribbean, Mediterranean and English Channel.
Her teaching experience has been as a part time General Educational Development teacher for adults, GED, at Georgia Pacific and Blvd. Christian Church; however, her long time GED teaching was at Grace Episcopal Church where she and Virginia Lipotich taught together 28 years. They had over 550 students complete the program and receive a State of Oklahoma High School Diploma. Alexis started teaching GED, as a volunteer in January 2012 at Muskogee County Jail, and she spendt eight years each Wednesday afternoon there. The shut down for Covid 19 in 2020 causes her to have to discontinue these classes.
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| Mike and Alexis |
I like being part of DAR, as we are involved in various patriotic projects. Our DAR chapter is involved in the Naturalization Ceremonies at our local Federal Court House, and we provide a reception for our new citizens. We also help put out flags and wreaths at Ft. Gibson National Cemetery. I coordinate the Joy of Giving Shopping in cooperation with my church and the Salvation Army, and I also coordinate a Veterinarians Christmas Luncheon with the Salvation Army and DAR. I enjoy being active in my church and my community, and I am excited about the work I have been doing on genealogy.
WikiTree has been a really great experience for me, as I joined in March 2017 without much knowledge. I was so excited when my grandmother, Pearl McCleery won photo of the week, and I even cried tears of joy when she won 2018 photo of the year. The trophy Eowyn Langholf sent has a special place in my dining room.
The friendships I have made on WikiTree have made an amazing difference in my life. I have traveled abroad to meet with a very special friendship that I have made, and I am even planning another trip with my travel partner, daughter and granddaughters to meet with her again. There are two other very special friendships that I have also made here on WikiTree that have supported me through trauma in my life. There is something very special about having the support of people that share a common interest, and doing genealogy on WikiTree has brought wonderful people into my life.
- Spouse Mike Nelson: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Nelson-12533
- Family is everything
- It defines you–the heart of your spirit, the heritage of your smile, not only the color of your eyes but how they see the world. You are bound by kinship
- You add your own link to the chain, and that is where you strengthen or weaken what you have been blessed–or burdened—with.
- That is where you use the indefinable quality that belongs to only you, the bit of uniqueness you pass on to your children for good or bad, the part of you that will always be separate from those who share your name, your blood, and your past.
- – Deborah Smith, from Blue Willow
Apr 2018 Awards, Photo Winner: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/589943/1st-wikitreer-awards-winners
Military Ancestors
- My father MSGT. Clare Alexander Lovelace Jr. was the flight engineer on a B-29 that was shot down. He was MIA for 6 months before he was declared KIA.
- My husband Capt. Mike Nelson flew a C-141 and a HH-43 rescue helicopter in Vietnam.
- My first cousin Jeffery M. Marvin received a Purple Heart with an Oak Leaf Cluster for service in Vietnam.
- My father-in-law LeRoi Nelson saw a great deal of action in the Pacific during WWII aboard a destroyer.
- My great uncle Robert Julius Long received a Bronze Star in WWII, Battle of the Bulge.
- My uncle Scott Marvin Jr. was a B-24 mechanic in England during WWII.
- My grandfather Scott Marvin Sr. was a medic in WWI.
- My great uncle Kyle Truman McCleery was KIA in WWI.
- My first cousin 3 times removed Arthur Burton McIntosh was KIA in WWI.
- My first cousin once removed Neil Henry Merrill was in Co. D, 148th Infantry and Co.L 166th Infantry 42 Div. in WWI in France and Belgium.
- My first cousin 3 times removed Avery E. Long was in the Spanish-American War and was wounded in the Philippines. He stayed in the military 28 years and is buried in Arlington National Cemetrry.
- My great grandfather Thomas Luther Lovelace enlisted in the Union Army at age 14 and was wounded in the head.
- My second great grandfather Edward McCauley Long was a second lieutenant in the Union Army.
- My second great grandfather Evangel Luveous Morris was wounded while serving in the Union Army; and his brothers: Ralph and Newton were both KIA.
- My great grand uncle Charles Chester Ford joined the Union when he was 14, but his step-father brought him home for being underage; however, he was able to join at age 18 near the end of the Civil War.
- My first cousin 3 times removed John Calvin Irwin died as a prisoner at Andersonville, where I visited his grave in Oct 2021 and Jul 2023.
- My second great grandfather [[Marvin-920|Seth Marvin 1}} served with Wyoming Valley Co. in the American Revolutionary War.
- My 4th great grandfather is my DAR patriot Capt.Andrew Sharp was in the Battle of Long Island and the Battle of Brandywine, and he was cited for heroism at the Battle of Trenton Ferry.
- My 5th great grandfather Asa Wilson enlisted in the New Jersey Militia at age 15 and was captured by the British, and he was a POW for six years.
Famous Cousins
- Alexis Nelson and Norman Rockwell are 7th cousins
- Alexis Nelson and Elvis Presley are 10th cousins
- Alexis Nelson and Chris Pine are 5th cousins
- Alexis Nelson and George Washington are 8th cousins 6 times removed
- Alexis Nelson and General William Sherman are 4th cousins twice removed
Magna Carta Baron (MCB) Ancestors:
- William d'Aubigné— 23th great grandfather of Alexis
- Hugh le Bigod 23th great grandfather of Alexis
- Roger le Bigod—24th great grandfather of Alexis
- Henry de Bohun— 22th great grandfather of Alexis
- Gilbert de Clare— 22th great grandfather of Alexis
- Richard de Clare— 23th great grandfather of Alexis
- John Fitz Robert— 23th great grandfather of Alexis
- Robert FitzWalter—23th great grandfather of Alexis
- William de Forz— second cousins 23 times removed of Alexis
- William Hardel— unknown
- William de Huntingfield— 25th great grandfather of Alexis
- John de Lacy— 22th great grandfather of Alexis
- William de Lanvallei— first cousins 23 times removed (Uncertain)
- William Malet—24th great grandfather of Alexis
- Geoffrey de Mandeville— 22th great grand uncle of Alexis
- William Marshal (the younger)— 23th great grand uncle of Alexis
- Roger de Montbegon— second cousins 21 times removed
- Richard de Montfichet— 23th great grand uncle of Alexis
- William de Mowbray— 24th great grandfather of Alexis
- Richard de Percy— 23th great grand uncle of Alexis
- Saher de Quincy— 24th great grandfather of Alexis
- Robert de Ros— 23thgreat grandfather of Alexis
- Geoffrey de Say— 23th great grandfather of Alexis
- Robert de Vere— 23th great grandfather of Alexis
- Eustace de Vesci— third cousins 23 times removed of Alexis
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| Alexis Nelson |
Sources
- "California Birth Index, 1905-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VLKM-RSL : 27 November 2014), Lovelace in entry for Mitchell L Nelson, 21 Nov 1973; citing Orange, California, United States, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento.
- Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 17 Oct 2018), "Record of Andrew Sharp", Ancestor # A102868.
Only the Trusted List can access the following:
- Alexis's formal name
- full middle name (C.)
- nicknames
- e-mail address
- exact birthdate
- birth location
- images (25)
- private children's names (2)
- spouse's name and marriage information
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Alexis:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Alexis:
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100.00%
100.00%
Alexis (Lovelace) Nelson:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A005361 [compare] [compare x], Ancestry member alexisnel
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Richard Kingcade
:
AncestryDNA
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T957330 [compare] [compare x], FTDNA kit #544187
Genealogist-to-Genealogist (G2G) Forum posts about Alexis:
- Alexis Nelson is a Wonderful WikiTreer Apr 15, 2024.
- 800,000+ G2G points - Congratulations to Alexis Nelson, and thank you from all of us! Dec 13, 2023.
- Alexis Nelson is a Wonderful WikiTreer Nov 9, 2023.
- Alexis Nelson is a Wonderful WikiTreer Nov 7, 2023.
- 700,000+ G2G points - Congratulations to Alexis Nelson, and thank you from all of us! May 8, 2023.
- Alexis Nelson is a Wonderful WikiTreer Apr 29, 2023.
This week's featured connections are New York architects: Alexis is 13 degrees from Daniel Burnham, 25 degrees from David Childs, 25 degrees from Frank Gehry, 15 degrees from Cass Gilbert, 15 degrees from Henry Hardenbergh, 31 degrees from Maya Ying Lin, 13 degrees from Frederick Olmsted, 25 degrees from I. M. Pei, 18 degrees from John Roebling, 16 degrees from Stanford White, 14 degrees from Frank Wright and 18 degrees from Minoru Yamasaki on our single family tree. Login to see how you relate to 33 million family members.
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Categories: Daughters of the American Revolution | University of Oklahoma | Oklahoma, Teachers | German Roots
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It is thon time again! The October Source-a-Thon. Come and have fun with the Cornbread Catchers! I am the Co-Captain with Debi Hoag. We would love your help!
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Best,
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It is thon time again! The July Connect-a-Thon. Come and have fun with the Cornbread Catchers!
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It's Thon time again, this time the Connect-A-Thon! It will be from July 14th-17th.
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I'm helping to lead the Cornbread Catchers for the upcoming April Connect-a-Thon. I'm new at this so I'm learning as I go. I just wanted to officially welcome you and make sure you are on our Discord channel so the whole team can chat during the Thon and cheer each other on -- and help each other out!
Looking forward to a great weekend and making lots of great connections!
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You might find this interesting - I posted this handwritten copy of the Birchard genealogy from the late 1800's made by Dwight Darius Birchard (1831-1905).
https://researchgeni.blogspot.com/2018/03/birchard-family-history-selected.html
Dwight Birchard collected all the information about that branch of the family. I think a cousin Nathan was also working on their genealogy and it may have ended up in a published genealogy.
Anyway, glad to find someone else interested in the Birchards, even if we are not closely related!
Sally
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I pretty much stick to sourcing profiles for New York State. I do think veterans deserve more than some bank robber.
Congrats on the Super Star Badge!
and even more. Thank you so much. You have done a great job. You are the best.
If it would help I would like to communicate periodically with the person at the DAR that is doing the Inman's. It would be an honor for me to provide what I know and then learn so much more.
cheers,
Joe Inman
cheers,
Joe Inman
By the way, I have sent a message to others who changed the Biography of Abednego Inman and I am waiting to hear from them. I sent a message to the person that create Inman-342, and so I hope that person will reply to my question.
cheers,
Joe Inman
Andrew Henderson married Agnes Keys, daughter of John Keys of Augusta County, Va.
I have no idea who the Henderson's are or who Elizabeth is in this text. My DNA indicates 31% Scottish and yet as far as I can determine there is no Scottish connection in my family tree. Is Margaret Bruce that connection? Perhaps, but how is she connected?
Thanks in advance for your help on this.
Joe Inman
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Mary
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Yes, I want to continue with the project. I have added several stickers and worked on several profiles.
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I think I'll have another post like this for you, as I have 100+ more profiles to go through.
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We’ve started the February challenge here: February Connecting Challenge.
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I would like to inform you that it seems none of the pictures on your profile can be seen. This most probably has to do with the privacy level they are set at.
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