NELSON, Louisa L. (Quitzal) 1859-1951

NELSON, TYRRELL, LIBERSKY, CASTENSON

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 9/30/2009 at 11:05:56

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ST. ANSGAR, IOWA - Louisa L. Nelson. 92, was born in Denmark in 1879. She came to America and settled at St. Ansgar, where she has since made her home. She was married to Frank J. Nelson.

She leaves three daughters, Mrs. J. F. Hanson, Otranto; Mrs. W. J. Tyrrell, Osage; Mrs. Charles Libersky, St. Ansgar; one son, Carl, St. Ansgar.

She was preceded in death by her husband in 1927, one son in 1945 and one son at the age
of three.

Funeral at St. Ansgar Methodist church at 2 p. m. Thursday with burial in St. Ansgar Cemetery.

[ Waterloo Daily courier - Tuesday, June 12, 1951 ]
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#2:

ST. ANSGAR WOMAN SUCCUMBS AT 92

St. Ansgar – Louisa L Nelson, 92, widow of Frank J. Nelson, died Monday at her home in St. Ansgar.
She was a native of Denmark, coming to the United States in 1879, settling at St. Ansgar where she lived since.

Funeral services will be held at the Methodist church at St. Ansgar Thursday at 2 p.m., with burial in the St. Ansgar Cemetery.

Survivors include 4 children, 3 daughters; Mrs. J. P. Hanson, Otranto; Mrs. W. J. Tyrell, Osage; and Mrs. Charles Libersky, St. Ansgar; and one son Carl of St. Ansgar. Her husband died in 1927.

[Mason City Globe Gazette, Tuesday June 12, 1951]
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1900 US Census; Otranto, Mitchell, Iowa:

Frank Nelson, 47, born December 1852, Germany
Loretta L., 41, born February 1859, Germany
Mary H., 20, born December 1879, Iowa
Andrew., 19, born February 1881, Iowa
Lena E., 10, born September 1889, Iowa
Carl H., 7, born July 1892, Iowa
Laura L., 5, born November 1894, Iowa

Note: in the 1910 and 1920 Census, Loretta is listed as Louisa L. In the Saint Ansgar Cemetery she is listed as Louisa L. (either Loretta or Louisa must have been her middle name)
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1925 Iowa Census: St. Ansgar:

Frank Nelson 72, son of Nels Nelson and Hannah Gerseng

Louise 65, daughter of Andrew Quitzal and Kann Castenson

Note: the name Quitzal is the same fathers name mentioned in Lena (Nelson) Tyrrell’s (their daughter's obit).
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Mrs. Louisa Nelson will celebrate her 90th birthday anniversary on Sunday, February 27, 1949, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W.J. Tyrrell. Open house will be held at the Tyrrell home in Osage from two to five o'clock Sunday.

Mitchell County Press - 14 or 21 FEB 1949
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