Nelson Family Cemetery – Austin Genealogical Society

Name of cemetery	Nelson Family Cemetery
Location of Cemetery	Southwest of Elroy, in southeast Travis County. On property owned by Gwen Wade.
Driving Directions	U.S. 183 south to FM-812, left at FM-812, go 4.2 miles, right at Maha Loop, go 1.2 miles, left at Hokanson Rd, go .6 miles,left at Rawls Rd. (a private, dirt road), go .3 miles.
Date transcribed	October, 2006
Transcribed by	Ronnie Pitman and Suzanne Pitman
Notes	The information in the first five columns below is as it appears on the gravestones or funeral home markers. Names are listed in the order that they appear in the cemetery. Names of the infants on the Nelson Infants stone are engraved on the stone; their parentage is not. The Note field expands a couple of birth and death dates. Since Nelson Cemetery is a family cemetery, the Note field also delineates family relationships. All grave markers are granite except for Anna J. Nelson and Carol Schlab, which, at the time of this transcription, are funeral home markers.
Please Note	This page is part of the Austin Genealogical Society’s Cemetery Transcription Project. This information was compiled by volunteers who either transcribed historical records or visited the cemetery to write down the names and dates. Unless noted, the volunteer is not an affiliate of the cemetery.

Last Name	First Name	Middle	Birth Date	Death Date	Note
Nelson	Evelyn	J.	January 22, 1917	August 20, 1971	Shares marker with husband, Hilliard A. Nelson.
Nelson	Hilliard	A.	January 1, 1905	April 15, 1994	Son of Hilding Nelson and Esther (Anderson) Nelson. Shares marker with wife, Evelyn Nelson.
Nelson	Anna	J.	1910	2002	Daughter of August and Maria Nelson. Died October 5, 2002.
Nelson	Maria		August 11, 1875	February 19, 1965	Shares marker with husband, August Nelson.
Nelson	August		May 16, 1874	May 20, 1958	Son of Per and Anna Nelson. Shares marker with wife, Maria Nelson.
Nelson	Esther		February 6, 1883	December 11, 1915	Maiden name, Anderson. Shares marker with husband, Hilding Nelson.
Nelson	Hilding		January 28, 1872	December 5, 1967	Son of Per and Anna Nelson. Shares marker with wife, Esther (Anderson) Nelson.
Pearson	Cora	H.	November 12, 1901	January 21, 1999	Daughter of Hilding Nelson and Esther (Anderson) Nelson. Shares marker with husband, Ed A. Pearson.
Pearson	Ed	A.	June 29, 1892	June 16, 1980	Shares marker with wife, Cora (Nelson) Pearson.
Pearson	Eddie	Lee	March 2, 1960	November 11, 1973	Son of Edsel Nelson Pearson and Jean (Polk) Pearson.
Pearson	Edsel	Nelson	November 14, 1936	November 7, 1996	Son of Cora (Nelson) Pearson and Ed A. Pearson. Married Jean Polk.
Pearson	Cynthia	Grace Hall	August 16, 1946	February 26, 2011	Wife of Edsel Nelson Pearson. Submitted by Michelle Denise Pearson Tucker on 2/28/2011
Nelson	Infants				Texie Anna, Lizzie, Aughill, Ima, Augusta, Helmer (children of August and Maria Nelson); Helen, Hilda, Reynold, Anna (children of Hilding and Esther Nelson. Reynold, who was also known as Nels Reinhold Nelson, died December 1914.
Peterson, Rev.					A preacher from Oklahoma who died while passing through on horseback, possibly about the time Anna Nelson died (1897).
Nelson	Anna		1837	1897	Shares marker with husband, Per Nelson.
Nelson	Per		February 8, 1836	April 5, 1916	Shares marker with wife, Anna Nelson.
Blomquist	Lillian	A.	February 14, 1903	June 8, 1991	Daughter of Hilding Nelson and Esther (Anderson) Nelson. Shares marker with husband, Tom Blomquist.
Blomquist	Tom	E.	May 2, 1901	June 2, 1990	Shares marker with wife, Lillian (Nelson) Blomquist.
Schlab	Carol		1958	2000	Daughter of Edsel Nelson Pearson and Jean (Polk) Nelson. Carol Ann was born in Austin, Texas April 21, 1958 and died February 20, 2000. Married Alfred L. Schlab, Jr.
Nelson	Nina	Cecelia	June 9, 1912	August 14, 1993	Maiden name, Anderson. Shares marker with husband, Wilburn Nelson.
Nelson	Wilburn	S. (Jack)	July 29, 1911	March 1, 2003	Son of Hilding Nelson and Esther (Anderson) Nelson. Shares marker with wife, Nina (Anderson) Nelson.