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 1863 - 1931
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Jr. |
| Born |
03 Jan 1863 |
Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, USA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
13 Nov 1931 [1] |
| Notes |
I.R. Nelson Funeral Set for Wednesday
Funeral services for Isaiah Nelson, president of radio station WAAM, will be held in the Nelson home, 30 Hamilton Street, East Orange, on Wednesday afternoon, at 2:30 o'clock, and burial will follow in Fairmount Cemetery. Death occurred Saturday night (Nov. 12, 1932) after an illness of three years.
Rev. Paul Conrad, of Rutherford, whose services are broadcast over WAAM in the Happy Hour program, will officiate. Surviving are his widow, two sons, Ira R. and Edward F., and two daughters, Mrs. James R. Cozier and Mrs. Julia F. Kirton.
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Burial Planned for I.R. Nelson
President of WAAM Succumbs in East Orange Home
Services for Isaiah Rogers Nelson, president and founder of radio station WAAM, will be held at 2:30 Wednesday afternoon from his home, 30 Hamilton Street, East Orange. The Rev. Paul Conrad of Rutherford, who broadcasts in the Happy Hour over WAAM, will officiate. Burial will be in Fairmount Cemetery. Mr. Nelson, who also was president of the I.R. Nelson Company, electrical engineers, died Saturday night at his home, following a protracted illness.
He was born in Toledo, Ohio, and was engaged in the electrical railroad construction business there before coming to New Jersey in 1905. He was superintendent of the rolling equipment for the Public Service twenty-five years ago. He left that company to establish his own business. He founded the radio station in 1922.
Besides his wife, he leaves two sons, Ira R. and Edward F. Nelson and two daughters, Mrs. James R. Cozier and Mrs. Julian J. Kirton.
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| Person ID |
I1753 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
11 Jun 2012 |
| Father |
Isaiah Rogers Nelson, b. 04 Mar 1817, , , New York, USA , d. 08 Feb 1889, Salina, Saline, Kansas, USA |
| Relationship |
Natural |
| Mother |
Alice Jane Doughty, b. 12 Jun 1833, Bethany, Wayne, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 09 Jul 1902, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA |
| Relationship |
Natural |
| Married |
26 Dec 1849 |
Palmyra, Lenawee, Michigan, USA |
| Family ID |
F381 |
Group Sheet |
| Family |
Ada Belle Urich, b. 23 Dec 1870, d. 31 Dec 1960, Mendham, Morris, New Jersey, USA |
| Married |
22 Mar 1886 |
Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA |
| Children |
| | 1. Edward Franklin Nelson, b. 03 Dec 1888, Butte, Silver Bow, Montana, USA , d. 10 Sep 1968, Morristown, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA |
| | 2. Living Nelson |
| | 3. Ira Rogers Nelson, b. 12 Jun 1895, d. 12 Nov 1932 |
| | 4. Living Nelson |
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| Family ID |
F752 |
Group Sheet |
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| Sources |
- [S732] Evans, Jack, to Hope Tillman Sunderland, VT, Nelson (Frances Taisey Nelson ancestors).
SOURCE: FAIRMOUNT CEMETERY, 620 CENTRAL AVE., NEWARK,N.J. 07107
Name - Edward F. Nelson
Date of Interment - September 18, 1968
Lot 705, Section 21
Grave #1 with Isaiah and Ada
Cremation
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