Reuben Nels Nelson

  Research Notes:

Reuben Nelson, b 12 Dec 1904, Roberts Co, SD; died 2 Mar 1966, Hennepin Co, MN **
m. Mary Aileen McGuire, b 25 Apr 1914, Lyon Co, MN, died 24 Jul 2008, Hopkins, Hennepin Co
Children: Mary A and Margaret; sons, Peter F, John P, and James

[NOTE: I have not reseached his children and have not entered them in the database ]
there are a number of FTs regarding Reuben Nelson; link to a listing of them:
https://www.ancestry.com/search/categories/42/?name=Reuben_Nelson&birth=1904_roberts-south+dakota-usa_2535&birth_x=1-0-0&defaultFacets=PRIMARY_YEAR.PRIMARY_NPLACE&residence=_minnesota-usa_26

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Reuben Nelson; OBIT; The Minneapolis Star issue 3 Mar 1966, page 42
- died at age 61 Wednesday, 2 Mar 1966; buried at Rosholt, SD
- was a MN State Representative since 1957 [*since 1954]; previously a city attorney at Brechenridge [*1932-1937] and county attorney
and Wilkin Co
- survived by wife, Aileen; daughters Mary A and Margaret R and three son, Peter F, John P and James.
* another issue 2 Mar 1966, page 13 - a liberal
burial: findagrave id, 87820752; Saint Joseph Cemetery, Rosholt, Roberts Co, SD
Reuben: 1940 US Census, St Paul, Ramsey Co, NM; ED 90-269, sheet 61A; house visit, 141 [line 19]
Rueben N Nelson, age 35 b in SD; Apr 1935 at Breckenridge, Wilkin Co, Lawyer in Private Practice
wife, Mary A, age 25 b in MN
son, Peter F, age 9 months b in MN
Peter F Nelson OBIT Star Tribune (Minneapolis), issue 21 Jan 2018, page B14
- died 17 Jan 2018 at age 78
- preceded by parents
- survived by wfie of 50 ys; daughters, Jennifer (Mike) Haber and Carrie Watts (Jason Lyons); grandchildren ...
siblings, Jack Nelson, Mary Spalding, Margaret Russell, Jim Nelson (Ellen Durkin)
- went to graduated of University of Minnesota and Harvard Law School; worked at Northwest National Bank
and MN Attorney General's office, and in private practice

** Durkin Sexton FT on ancestry; [char8ted]; accessed 28 Jan 2021
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/35484409/person/132157375999/facts
re: son Reuben N Nelson
https://www.ancestry.com/search/categories/42/?name=Reuben_Nelson&birth=1904_roberts-south+dakota-usa_2535&birth_x=1-0-0&defaultFacets=PRIMARY_YEAR.PRIMARY_NPLACE&residence=_minnesota-usa_26


194O US Census, St Paul, Ramsey Co, MN; ED 90-269; sheet 61A; house visit, 141 [line 19]
Rueben Nelson, age 35 b in SD; lived at Breckenridge, Wilkin Co in 1935; lawyer, Private Practice
Mary A, wife, age 25 b in MN
Peter F, son, age 9 months, b in MN

Reuben married Mary Aileen McGuire. (Mary Aileen McGuire was born on 25 Apr 1914 in Lyon Co, Minnesota, United States and died on 24 Jul 2008 in Hopkins, Hennepin Co, Minnesota, United States.)