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1,594 photographs 68 family members 4 generations 126+ years

Nelson family camping, 1900

Danish pictures taken July 2012

Nelson Home, Santa Maria, CA, 1900

Danish pictures taken July 2012

Grammar School Diploma issued to Annie Paulson, June 7, 1909

1998 Nelson Family Reunion - Front Row: Erv and Barbara - Back Row Left to Right: Sookie, Martha and Lila

The Nelson Family at Lars Jensen's Home, 1911 – James Nelson holding the shovel

From L to R: Phil, Olie, Lila Walton, Shirley, July 19, 1992

Cecila Wineman and her two children, 1914

Lila Walton and Sookie Unruh at Death Valley, 1990

James Nelson at the 1915 San Francisco World Fair

Cousin Dave Unruh, 1983

James and Oliver Nelson, 1920

Cousin Dave Unruh, 1973

Annie Nelson holding Stanley at their first home in Pico Rivera, 1922

Family get together with aunts, uncles and cousins, August 1970

November 24, 1923, left to right: Yancy Paulson and his wife June, Annie (Paulson) and James Nelson

Christmas 1970, L to R: Barbara Nelson, Erv Nelson, Grandma (Annie) Nelson, Nancy Nelson, and Annie Eldridge

L to R Erv, Martha, Lila and baby Sookie, 1932

Father's Day 1967 — Don, Rich, Dan, Annie, Bob, Thom, Wanda, and Dave & Grandpa

Erv Nelson on the left, 1932

December 1965, Cousin Annie Eldridge and Nancy Nelson

Cousin Ray Sims (far right) with his trained goat pulling Erv Nelson, Stan Nelson holding goat, around 1933

Uncle Jack Walton rear left, Rick Walton middle right, and Thom Walton front center, Father's Day 1963

Snow Trip 1940 - Arrowhead, CA; Aunts Elsie & Inga Sims, Annie Nelson, Lila, Erv and Sookie

Grandma Annie Nelson with Aunt Martha and cousin Annie, 1959

Sookie, Ervin, Lila, Annie and Elsie at the Tunnel Tree, Yosemite, 1946

Lila Nelson with her Uncle Jake Jacobsen, 1951

Erv, Elsie, Lila, James & Sookie - Yosemite, 1946

Grandpa Nelson and Uncle Frank Eldridge and Dan age 1 year and 6 months old, after fishing at Klamaith, 1950

Nelson family camping, 1900

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