 Birth | July 2, 1910 47 39 |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 5 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
 Death of a father | Harry Mead Nelson 1917 (Age 6 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 6 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 7 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Death of a mother | Willa Ann Stewart 1927 (Age 16 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 19 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
 Marriage | Mary Beatrice Kelly — View this family about 1935 (Age 24 years) Note: Marriage info based on the birth of their first child |
| Birth of a son #1 | Ralph Eugene Nelson July 7, 1936 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Jerry William Nelson March 6, 1938 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Nancy Jo Nelson February 29, 1940 (Age 29 years) |
 Census | May 6, 1940 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 31 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Census | April 25, 1950 (Age 39 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 39 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 35 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
| Death of a wife | Mary Beatrice Kelly January 12, 1994 (Age 83 years) |
 Death | May 26, 1995 (Age 84 years) |
| Obituary | John W Nelson Obituary and Family Listing May 27, 1995 (1 day after death) Shared note: John W Nelson Obituary and Family Listing |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Consolata Cemetery |