
Bonnie Nilsen was born in Brooklyn, New York, United States on the 28th of June 1948. Her parents were Francis Herman Nilsen Jr (1921-2008) and Marjorie (Flower) Nilsen (1923-2009).
Frank and Marjorie also had two other children, Sharon and Michael.
She grew up in Brooklyn, New York where she attended PS 185, McKinley Junior High, and graduated from Fort Hamilton High School in 1965.
She attended Brooklyn College from 1965 to 1968 on a Regents College Scholarship. There she met Philip Posner. They were married on June 6, 1969.
In 1971, Bonnie and Philip moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Their marriage didn't last and they divorced in 1975.
Bonnie met Bruce Fidler while working at Vancouver General Hospital. Bonnie and Bruce were married in November of 1975. Their daughter Leannah Riah Fidler was born by caesarian in 1975.
In 1979 their second daughter Anneke Rose Fidler was born at home in December.
In 1981, Bonnie and Bruce and their daughters moved to Nelson, British Columbia. Their marriage ended in 1987.
In 2008, Bonnie was surprised by an email from Joel Kann, a friend she had not seen in over 30 years, and in 2011 she moved to North Carolina to be with him. They were married in April of 2020.
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Bonnie is 20 degrees from Isaac Asimov, 25 degrees from David Attenborough, 20 degrees from Bill Bryson, 25 degrees from Richard Dawkins, 31 degrees from Bengt Feldreich, 30 degrees from Ruth Gates, 24 degrees from Stephen Hawking, 32 degrees from Julius Miller, 19 degrees from Bill Nye, 31 degrees from Magnus Pyke, 26 degrees from Carl Sagan and 19 degrees from David Randall on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
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I think we need to eliminate the 3rd marriage to Eleanor from Porter-162 ..... do you know how to do this?
Evelyn Murray-2307
Three merge proposals heading your way, all into Witt-52. Trying to clean up all the John Witts out there. Appreciate your help. Shirley