Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Stevens and Stephens families who came mainly from England, Ireland and Scotland. In the 1600's, some settled in Canada, Maryland and Massachusetts. During the 1700's, some settled in Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Maine, Mississippi, North and South Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Virginia. Others lived in Nova Scotia, Ontario,...

"Articles should be about Norwegian and Norwegian-American culture in general or about your family's experiences. I want to limit family stories to those of Norwegian or American descendants of the Haakinson, Eide, Sabo, Thormodsæter and associated families who originated from the Hardanger Fjord, the Husebys and Fedjes from the Sogne Fjord and the Nelson families from the Kristiansand area." -- Intro.

Biography of Viscount Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), famous British admiral who died at Trafalgar (in the Atlantic near Gibraltar) while defeating a combined French-Spanish fleet.

Carl Johan Moberg or Charles John Moburg was born in 1851 in Sweden and died in 1936 in Galesburg, Illinois. He married Nellie Nelson (1855-1950) in 1880 near Galesburg. Includes families of Hasselleaf, Miller, and Pehrsdotter.

James Rulon Nelson was born 19 May 1901 in Ferron, Utah. His parents were Andrew Nelson and Anna Laurentzen. He married Louella Allermand (1906-1939), daughter of Nicholas Allermand and Clara Elizabeth Jensen, in 1927. They had six children. He married Ruth McConkie, daughter of William Russell McConkie and Nora Anneta Johnson, in 1945 in Salt Lake City, Utah. They had six children. He died in 1992.

Includes complete transcriptions of all Revolutionary War pension applications for soldiers with the surname of Nelson and a list of Nelson patriots from the DAR's Roll of Honor. Family trees of many Revolutionary veterans are given, some with five generations. An annotated index of soldiers having the surname Nelson who served in the Confederate Army or Navy during the Civil War. Family trees of many soldiers are given.

Clarence Smith Nelson was born 29 July 1879 in Ogden, Utah. His parents were James Horace Nelson and Annie Berletta Peterson. He married Frances Belle Jackson (1881-1960), daughter of William Jackson and Harriet Joannah Hall, in 1899 in Salt Lake City, Utah. They had five children. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in England, Massachusetts and Utah.

Fielding Finks (1789-1874) was born in Culpeper County, Virginia to Andrew Finks and Mary Fielding. He married Frances Botts Triplett (d.1869) and they became the parents of eight children. Their children settled in Virginia and Texas. Descendants live in Texas, Washington, Idaho and other parts of the United States.

Gordon Varno Johnson was born 7 January 1936 in Ogden, Weber, Utah. His parents were Fredrick Albert Johnson (1907-1980) and Belle Wilmont Nelson (1902-1982). He married Lydia Harris (b. 1935) 8 June 1956 in St. George, Washington, Utah. They had seven children. Ancestors, descendants and relatives have lived mainly in Utah, Idaho, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Denmark, Germany and England.

This book contains the complete transcriptions of all Revolutionary War pension applications for soldiers with the surname of Nelson. Also given is the list of Nelson patriots from the DAR's Roll of Honor. Family trees of many Revolutionary veterans are given, some with five generations.