Nelson, William Richard

Male 1902 - 1981  (79 years)


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  • Name Nelson, William Richard 
    Born 15 Mar 1902  St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • He was an attorney, served one term in the Missouri legislature, and was for 25 years the director of legislative research for the state of Missouri.
    Gender Male 
    Died 10 Dec 1981  Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I6213  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 12 Jul 2008 

    Father Nelson, Martin Scott,   b. England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Charlton, Elizabeth,   b. England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Martin and Elizabeth emigrated to the USA. Martin, the son Richard Nelson, a printer from Durham, England, entered the printing business in St. Joseph, Missouri.
    Family ID F2050  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Arnhold, Katherine Gertrude,   b. 4 Jun 1907, Amity, DeKalb County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Oct 1987, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Married 1928  Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Children 
     1. Nelson, Nanette Arnhold
     2. Nelson, Thompson Charlton
     3. Nelson, William Richard Jr.
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F2019  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S104] Personal communication, 27 October 2003.
      Email from W. Richard Nelson to J. Mark Fiegenbaum.
           "...my father, William R. Nelson, was born in St. Joseph, MO, March 15, 1902.... He was an attorney, served one term in the Missouri legislature, and was for 25 years the director of legislative research for the state of Missouri."

    2. [S104] Personal communication, 27 October 2003.
      Email from W. Richard Nelson to J. Mark Fiegenbaum.
           "...my father, William R. Nelson, ...died in December (the 10th as I recall), 1981."

    3. [S104] Personal communication, 27 October 2003.
      Email from W. Richard Nelson to J. Mark Fiegenbaum.
           "My father's parents were Elizabeth Charlton Nelson and Martin Scott Nelson. I don't know their DOBs. They were born in England and emmigrated to the U.S. My grandfather, Martin Scott Nelson, was the son of Richard Nelson, a printer in Durham, England. My grandfather entered the printing business in St. Joseph."

    4. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 107.
      William R. Nelson and Gertrude Arnhold were married. No date or place of marriage given.

    5. [S104] Personal communication, 16 October 2003.
      Email from W. Richard Nelson to J. Mark Fiegenbaum.
           "...Katherine Gertrude Steinmetz, born in 1907. She married William Richard Nelson in 1928. They had three children, Nanette Arnhold Nelson (...), Thompson Charleton Nelson (...), and William Richard Nelson, jr. (...)."
           From a follow-up email on 15 July 2008, "Charlton" is the correct spelling.