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Ralph Betts Nielsen

Male 1898 - 1974


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  • Name  Ralph Betts Nielsen 
    Born  29 Sep 1898  Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Male 
    Initiatory (LDS)  COMPLETED  IFALL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _FSFTID  KWVH-8BN 
    Died  27 Jan 1974  Plumas Co. Hosp., Quincy, Plumas, Calif. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried  31 Jan 1974  Quicy E.Lawn Cem, Quincy, Plumas, Calif. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I31  Aurelia Clemons - Nielson line
    Last Modified  4 May 2013 

    Father  Peter Nielsen, Jr.,   b. 18 Nov 1876, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Nov 1937, Paul, Minidoka, Idaho Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Laura Betts,   b. 9 Nov 1879, Benjamin, Utah, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Dec 1950, Pendleton, Umatilla, Oregon Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  15 Dec 1897  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F14  Group Sheet

    Family  Margaret Sue BENDER,   b. 15 Oct 1907, , Russia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jan 1990, Humana Hospital, Las Vegas, Clark, NV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  13 Aug 1928  Billings, Yellowstone, Montana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Dale Ralph Nielsen
     2. Robert Nielsen
     3. Laurene Nielsen
    Family ID  F15  Group Sheet

  • Notes 
    • !RAYMOND WARD REC - FHL film #105379
      Members - Ralph Betts Nelson son of Peter & Laura Betts born 2 Sep 189 8 in Spanish Fork, Utah, baptized 1 Aug 1908 by Geo. H. Budd & J F. Ander son #1663
      1908 Form E. - Ralph Betts Neilson of Raymond ward son of Peter & Laur a Betts bpt. 1 Aug 1098 by G. H. Budd & J. F. Anderson. #54

      !PAUL WARD #7332
      #339 Ralph Betts Neilson son of Peter Neilson & Laura Betts born 29 Se p 1898 Sp. Fork, blessed by Murimic Larson, baptized 1 Aug 1908 by Geo. H . Budd & Conf. by J. F. Anderson. Teacher: 15 Jan 1917.
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      #758 Dale Nielsen son of Ralph Betts & Margaret S. Bender born 8-5-193 1 in Stockton, Calif, baptized 5-8-39 by Wallace Nielsen, Confirmed 6-8- 39 by Wm Nielsen.
      1939 Dale Nielsen bp. 5 Aug 1939 by Wallace Nielsen & Conf. 6 Aug 193 9 by Wm. Nielsen. p 1072

      NEWSPAPER ARTICLE - FEATHER RIVER BULLETIN, THURS. 7 Feb 1974 p. 8
      Relatives sought for Ralph Betts Nielson. (picture included)
      Plumas County Sheriff's Dept is looking for information leading to surviv ors for 75 year old Ralph Betts Nielson of Swedes Flat, Keddie.
      Nielson, a native of Spanish Fork, Utah died Jan 27 in Plumas Distric t Hospital.
      Services were held last Thurs. from Anderson Mortuary with burial follo wing in Quincy East Lawn Cemetery. Sheriff's Deputies have been unable t o identify or locate relatives for Nielson. They believe his name may ha ve been changed from Nelson.
      Nielson was apparently separated from his wife in 1928. Anyone havin g information on possible survivors is asked to contact the Sheriff's off ice. PICTURE IS INCLUDED.

      MARRIAGE RECORD #11319 Yellowstone County, Montana

      !IGI Batch #7626639-33

      DEATH CERTIFICATE #74-035411 California

      HISTORY: Ralph disappeared when his children were young and was not hear d from again until notice was sent to the Spanish Fork police dept. tryin g to locate relatives of the deceased. He had lived a solitary life, pla yed his violin and helped a neighbor lady raise her two sons. After he d isappeared, his mother Laura Betts use to rock back & forth a night cryin g, "Oh, where is my boy tonight." Two years before his death he had tri ed to locate the family by returning to Paul, Idaho where his family us e to reside. By that time, both of his parents were dead and all of th e relatives had long since moved to other parts of the country. He the n returned to his home in Keddie, California where he died 2 years later.