Charlene: Could not find an obit for Greta, but got the DC transcription. Found a marriage for a Sylvia Nelson and Dorothy nelson but not Jean or Greta. There was a Greta Nelson married to a Lowell E. Jones on 9/28/1928, but I didn't think this was right. Here is what I did find. Source: San Diego 330-461 Bride: Dorothy Lynn Nelson, 1577 Calle Delicada, La Jolla, CA DOB: 7/19/1941, CA FA: Robert Jasper Hulsizer, NY MO: Dorothy Anne Sutherland, Canada Marriage #2, #l ended in Divorce 1/11/1991 Occupation: Teacher Education: 16 years Groom: Cecil Frederick Richards. 1577 Calle Delicada, La Jolla, CA DOB: 2/18/1922, England FA: Henry Walter Richards, England MO: Susan Allgrove, England Marriage #2, #1 ended in death of spouse 9/7/1986 Occupation: Aero Design Engineer Education: 16 years Marriage Info: 2/23/1991, San Diego, CAlifornia Witnesses: Sally A. Berg, San Diego Christopher F. Glenfeld, San Diego Officiate: E. Vaughn Lyons, Presbyterian Minister San Diego, CA Source: San Diego 274-1508 Bride: Dorothy Marie Nelson (74) 1440 Neptune Ave, Encinitas, CA DOB: 12/3/1908, Oregon FA: David William Sanders, WV MO: Olga Sannes, WV Marriage #3 (widowed 7/30/1979) Retired. Education: 13 years Groom: Joseph Kraus (82) 1440 Neptune Ave., Encinitas, CA DOB: 6/14/1901, Germany FA: John Kraus, Germany MO: Barbara Firsching, Germany Marriage #3 (widower 4/24/1982) Retired. Education: 14 years Marriage Info: 9/24/1983, Encinitas, CA Witnesses: Glen Allen Vienure, Oceanside Darlene Kovar, Encinitas, CA Officiate: Rev. Alan A. Lauer, Abundant Life Fellowship Encinitas, CA Source: San Diego 75-305 Bride: Silvia Ruth Nelson (32, white), 3035 Jarvis, San Diego Birthplace: Michigan FA: Alex Konsak, Lithuana MO: Amelia V. Cipkus, Lithuana Marriage #2 (divorced) Groom: James Weldon Bethards (34, white) 6024 Malcolm Dr., San Diego Birthplace: South Dakota FA: Roy E. Bethards, Missouri MO: Bertha A. Holliday, Missouri Marriage #1 Marriage Info: 10/20/1957, San Diego Witness: John M. Cooper, San Diego Officiate: Paul Dean Newman, Presbyterian Minister 4886 Vista St., San Diego, CA Source: San Diego 89-187 Name: Greta Marie Nelson aka Greta Marie Walker Barbara Worth Hotel, 319 Plaza, San Diego, CA Died: 9:05 am, 11/21/1959, Hwy 395 and Robinson Overpass Female, white, age 25, divorced, waitress x 8 years Birth: 5/23/1934, CA FA: Elmer Nelson, Sweden MO: Marie Sorensen, Colorado Cause: Fracture C1 + C2, Transection cervical spinal cord DR: A. E. Gallagher, coroner Mort: Johnson - Saum and Knobel Disposition: Removal 11/24/1959 to Edwards Bros. Colonial Mortuary, Los Angeles. Informant: Jean Merritt (Sister) 318 W. Broadway, Glendale, CA In County: 3 years In State: 25 years Hope this helps. Donna At 09:09 PM 9/25/00 -0700, Colleen wrote: > >-----Original Message----- >From: Sandra Harris <sandrah@ix.netcom.com> >To: canasa@hastenet.com <canasa@hastenet.com> >Cc: Colleen Norby <Norby@ainet.com> >Date: Monday, September 25, 2000 8:13 PM >Subject: RE: Looking for living relatives... > > >>>From CADI online: >>NELSON GRETA MARIE 05/23/1934 SORENSEN NELSON F CALIFORNIA SAN >>DIEGO(37) 11/21/1959 25 yrs >>WALKER GRETA MARIE 05/23/1934 SORENSEN NELSON F CALIFORNIA SAN >>DIEGO(37) 11/21/1959 25 yrs >> >>She was sure young ... but under two names, odd?? >>I see you checked the CABI for her, but none of the other sisters show. >Also >>unusual. >>Are you sure you checked the Social Security index? Could you really mean >>the CADI?? If that is true then the county IS where she died, not her last >>known residence. I can't figure she'd show in the SSI if she didn't have a >>ss number. >> >>I can check in about three weeks for a possible obituary or you could send >>for a death certificate and discover where she was buried and the funeral >>home that handled the services. Many times they have a copy of the obituary >>if one was published. I have found San Diego to be a place that sometimes >is >>rich in obits and other times - zero results. >> >>Let me know if you want me to try. I won't add you to my list unless you >>respond and give me the particulars again. Just saying 'yes' doesn't cut it >><G>. Sandra >> >>Sandra >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Canasa [mailto:canasa@hastenet.com] >>Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 10:28 AM >>To: sandrah@ix.netcom.com >>Subject: Looking for living relatives... >> >> >>Sandra... >> >>Looking for living relatives. >> >>I believe they had ONE sister that died... >> >>Greta Nelson 11/21/1959 is her death date. I got that from the SSDI >>listings. BUT get this!! There was NO social security number for >>her!?!?!?! Says her last KNOWN residence WAS...SAN DIEGO >> >>Her siblings would be Jean, Dorothy, Niel/nils?, and Sylvia. (All last >name >>Nelson or Nilsson) <--- name change because of Swedish ancestry. Her mother >>maybe "Sorenson" and her father should be a "Nelson or Nilsson" >> >>Any help would be appreciated. >> >>Thank You, >> >>Charlene Haste (nee Nelson) >> >> > > >