Notes and information for my mom, Elizabeth Anne Nelson. She was a colorful character and it's difficult to know what to make of her. She passed away when I was two weeks old. The story given to me by my Uncle Curtis was that he and her parents had not had contact with her for quite some time. She had passed away at 7:15 am on 28 November, 1968 which was Thanksgiving Day and my dad called while my grandmother was preparing the turkey. My grandmother was in such shock upon hearing the news of my mom's passing that the turkey slipped out of her hands and was rolling around the floor. Everyone was trying to catch it.

I have included information about her as well as her siblings on this page in addition to her various newspaper articles. Where we have medical records for her I have posted them. She was quite ill and some of her stuff appears to be inherited. I've tried to cover it here and on the Family Medical History page as well.

#1 mom abt. age 2

#2 mom abt. age 4

#3 mom abt age 8-10

# 4 mom age unknown

#5 mom's Graduation Picture

#6 mom with my grandpa, Curtis Nelson at the family home in Solvang, CA unknown year (adoptive father)

#7 Elizabeth with her cat, unknown age

#8 Nelson family gathering, girl in the glasses

#9 Curtis on the left and mom on the right

#10 mom with Uncle Curtis during the Korean War. My grandmother, Ruth, is on the bench.

#11 Mom with another cat (she was obsessed), she was, of course, in a wheelchair due to an unknown neurological disease.

#12 Mom sometime in the 60's

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