Helen Marie NelsonAge: 57 years1917–1975
- Name
- Helen Marie Nelson
- Given names
- Helen Marie
- Surname
- Nelson
- Married name
- Helen Marie Hamelman
 Birth | September 19, 1917 28 28 |
 Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918Note: 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 3 months)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/ |
 Census | January 26, 1920 (Age 2 years) |
 Birth of a brother | Donald Albert Nelson May 15, 1924 (Age 6 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 12 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 |
| Census | April 9, 1930 (Age 12 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Charles Lafayette “Fate” Shemwell April 17, 1942 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 24 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 |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Mary Harriet Sherrod September 26, 1946 (Age 29 years) |
| Census | May 3, 1950 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 32 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 |
| Death of a father | Albert William Nelson May 21, 1964 (Age 46 years) |
| Death of a mother | Susan Dorothy “Susie” Shemwell December 16, 1969 (Age 52 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 28 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 | September 5, 1975 (Age 57 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Albert William Nelson Birth: June 29, 1889 — Falun, Saline, Kansas, United States Death: May 21, 1964 — Hillsboro, Washington, Oregon, United States |
| mother |
Susan Dorothy “Susie” Shemwell Birth: October 11, 1888 35 28 — Smith, Kansas, United States Death: December 16, 1969 — Hillsboro, Washington, Oregon, United States |
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Marriage: September 28, 1913 — Walla Walla, Washington, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Dorothy Irene Nelson Birth: March 11, 1916 26 27 — Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, United States Death: August 1992 |
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18 months herself |
Helen Marie Nelson Birth: September 19, 1917 28 28 — Walla Walla, Washington, United States Death: September 5, 1975 — Washington, Oregon, United States |
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7 years younger brother |
Donald Albert Nelson Birth: May 15, 1924 34 35 — Moscow, Latah, Idaho, United States Death: January 5, 2008 |
| Family with William Clifford Hamelman |
| husband |
William Clifford Hamelman Birth: May 1, 1923 — Cornelius, Washington, Oregon, United States Death: February 6, 1987 — Tillamook, Oregon, United States |
| herself |
Helen Marie Nelson Birth: September 19, 1917 28 28 — Walla Walla, Washington, United States Death: September 5, 1975 — Washington, Oregon, United States |
| son |
Private |
Helen Marie Nelson has 14 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (14)
Parents Frank Emmett Tash + Bertie E Shemwell
Parents Floyd Francis Fields Sr. + Delia Frances Shemwell
Parents Eber Edward “Dob” Shemwell + Cassandra Mildred “Cassie” Wade
Parents Floyd Shemwell + Bessie Jane Woolcutt
Parents Charles Lafayette “Charlie” Shemwell + Alice Beeson
Parents Harry Arthur Shemwell + Ruth Ellen Bussell
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Albert W Nelson - Household
Walla, Walla, Washington, United States
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Albert W Nelson - Household
Whitman, Washington, United States
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