Name of cemetery |
Nelson Family Cemetery |
Location of Cemetery |
Southwest of Elroy, in southeast Travis County. On property owned by Gwen Wade. |
Driving Directions |
U.S. 183 south to FM-812, left at FM-812, go 4.2 miles, right at Maha Loop, go 1.2 miles, left at Hokanson Rd, go .6 miles,left at Rawls Rd. (a private, dirt road), go .3 miles. |
Date transcribed |
October, 2006 |
Transcribed by |
Ronnie Pitman and Suzanne Pitman |
Notes |
The information in the first five columns below is as it appears on the gravestones or funeral home markers. Names are listed in the order that they appear in the cemetery. Names of the infants on the Nelson Infants stone are engraved on the stone; their parentage is not. The Note field expands a couple of birth and death dates. Since Nelson Cemetery is a family cemetery, the Note field also delineates family relationships. All grave markers are granite except for Anna J. Nelson and Carol Schlab, which, at the time of this transcription, are funeral home markers. |
Please Note |
This page is part of the Austin Genealogical Society’s Cemetery Transcription Project. This information was compiled by volunteers who either transcribed historical records or visited the cemetery to write down the names and dates. Unless noted, the volunteer is not an affiliate of the cemetery. |
Last Name |
First Name |
Middle |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
Note |
Photo |
Nelson |
Evelyn |
J. |
January 22, 1917 |
August 20, 1971 |
Shares marker with husband, Hilliard A. Nelson. |
 |
Nelson |
Hilliard |
A. |
January 1, 1905 |
April 15, 1994 |
Son of Hilding Nelson and Esther (Anderson) Nelson. Shares marker with wife, Evelyn Nelson. |
 |
Nelson |
Anna |
J. |
1910 |
2002 |
Daughter of August and Maria Nelson. Died October 5, 2002. |
 |
Nelson |
Maria |
|
August 11, 1875 |
February 19, 1965 |
Shares marker with husband, August Nelson. |
 |
Nelson |
August |
|
May 16, 1874 |
May 20, 1958 |
Son of Per and Anna Nelson. Shares marker with wife, Maria Nelson. |
 |
Nelson |
Esther |
|
February 6, 1883 |
December 11, 1915 |
Maiden name, Anderson. Shares marker with husband, Hilding Nelson. |
 |
Nelson |
Hilding |
|
January 28, 1872 |
December 5, 1967 |
Son of Per and Anna Nelson. Shares marker with wife, Esther (Anderson) Nelson. |
 |
Pearson |
Cora |
H. |
November 12, 1901 |
January 21, 1999 |
Daughter of Hilding Nelson and Esther (Anderson) Nelson. Shares marker with husband, Ed A. Pearson. |
 |
Pearson |
Ed |
A. |
June 29, 1892 |
June 16, 1980 |
Shares marker with wife, Cora (Nelson) Pearson. |
 |
Pearson |
Eddie |
Lee |
March 2, 1960 |
November 11, 1973 |
Son of Edsel Nelson Pearson and Jean (Polk) Pearson. |
 |
Pearson |
Edsel |
Nelson |
November 14, 1936 |
November 7, 1996 |
Son of Cora (Nelson) Pearson and Ed A. Pearson. Married Jean Polk. |
 |
Pearson |
Cynthia |
Grace Hall |
August 16, 1946 |
February 26, 2011 |
Wife of Edsel Nelson Pearson. Submitted by Michelle Denise Pearson Tucker on 2/28/2011 |
|
Nelson |
Infants |
|
|
|
Texie Anna, Lizzie, Aughill, Ima, Augusta, Helmer
(children of August and Maria Nelson); Helen, Hilda, Reynold, Anna
(children of Hilding and Esther Nelson. Reynold, who was also known
as Nels Reinhold Nelson, died December 1914. |
 |
Peterson, Rev. |
|
|
|
|
A preacher from Oklahoma who died while passing through on horseback, possibly about the time Anna Nelson died (1897). |
 |
Nelson |
Anna |
|
1837 |
1897 |
Shares marker with husband, Per Nelson. |
 |
Nelson |
Per |
|
February 8, 1836 |
April 5, 1916 |
Shares marker with wife, Anna Nelson. |
 |
Blomquist |
Lillian |
A. |
February 14, 1903 |
June 8, 1991 |
Daughter of Hilding Nelson and Esther (Anderson) Nelson. Shares marker with husband, Tom Blomquist. |
 |
Blomquist |
Tom |
E. |
May 2, 1901 |
June 2, 1990 |
Shares marker with wife, Lillian (Nelson) Blomquist. |
 |
Schlab |
Carol |
|
1958 |
2000 |
Daughter of Edsel Nelson Pearson and Jean (Polk) Nelson. Carol Ann was born in Austin, Texas April 21, 1958 and died February 20, 2000. Married Alfred L. Schlab, Jr. |
 |
Nelson |
Nina |
Cecelia |
June 9, 1912 |
August 14, 1993 |
Maiden name, Anderson. Shares marker with husband, Wilburn Nelson. |
 |
Nelson |
Wilburn |
S. (Jack) |
July 29, 1911 |
March 1, 2003 |
Son of Hilding Nelson and Esther (Anderson) Nelson. Shares marker with wife, Nina (Anderson) Nelson. |
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