Researching Olive Nelson
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 14506 people with the Nelson surname? In that year Nelson was ranked number 271 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Olive means "Form of OLIVER. an olive" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Olive Nelson on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Olive Nelson and the Nelson Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Nelson Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Nelson family tree.
Explore Parish Records for Olive Nelson at Find My Past.
Check out for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Olive Nelson using the FreeBMD database.
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Study the LDS Database for records about Olive Nelson.
Research the Nelson surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Nelson Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 24232 people with the Nelson surname in the UK? Nelson is now ranked number 212 for popularity in the UK. |
Nelson Family Tree Databases
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Nelson Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 492196 people with the Nelson surname in the USA? Nelson is ranked number 35 for popularity in the USA. |
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Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Olive Nelson. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Olive Nelson
Olive Nelson
Olive Virginia Malienafau Nelson (17 August 1911 – 18 March 1970) was the first Pacific Island graduate of the University of Auckland.
Nelson was born in Samoa, the daughter of Olaf Nelson, a political leader in Western Samoa, and Rosabel Moors. She had two sisters and one brother, although her brother died of influenza in the 1918 epidemic. In 1919 the three sisters were sent to New Zealand to study at an exclusive school in Remuera.
In 1931 Nelson received the Butterworth Prize for the highest law exam results in the university. In 1933 she travelled to Samoa with her sisters and father, and then returned to Auckland to continue her studies. Nelson completed her law degree in 1936 and was admitted to the bar the same year. Following her graduation, she returned to Samoa and became the country's first female barrister and solicitor.
In 1939 she won the Western Samoan mixed doubles tennis championship with future Minister of Finance Fred Betham, who she went on to marry in 1942. She died in 1970.
Source: Olive Nelson, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Nelson
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