Joseph Nelson ¹

  Birth Notes:

Birth date is calculated from the age at death of 2m, 21d.

  Noted events in his life were:

• He was buried after 21 February 1884 in the Vinson Cemetery in Vinson, OR.

I'm surprised that Bruce Andrews, the submitter of info to World Family Tree Vol. 02, Ed. 1, Tree #5733, somehow knows this son's name to be "Joseph, born on November 30, 1883". The gravestone marker is an off-white colored sandstone tablet that reads "Infant Son of J. & L. Nelson, Died Feb. 21, 1884, Aged 2 Ms., 21 Ds.". The gravestone does not indicate his name nor does it indicate a birth date. It may be easy to calculate the birth date but how or where did he come up with a name? Sometimes stillborn babies were not named so when this infant lived to almost 3 months, I supposed the parents had decided on a name by that time.

Find A Grave Memorial #143878407
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