Ancestry of
Michelle Williams

TV, Movie and Stage Actress

Thea Nelson

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• • Great-grandmother of Michelle Williams — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 11 
  • Father:
  • Martin Nelson 
  • Mother:
  • Margaret O. Tollefson   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT Apr 1887 
  • Birth Location:
  • Fosston, Polk, Minnesota 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 16 Aug 1968 
  • Death Location:
  • Hennepin County, Minnesota 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota 
  • Spouse Name:
  • John Bertin Brurs
  • Marriage Date:
  • 20 Sep 1911 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Miles City, Custer, Montana 
  • Children:
  
  

  Sylva Berthea Brurs (Ahnentafel No:5 )

  Thelma Brurs

• Sources for Thea Nelson

  • ¹ Federal Census, MN, Beltrami County, 1900, Shevlin, E.D. 33, Sheet 6B, Image 6 of 8.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 05/13/2023).
  • ³ Minnesota, U.S., Death Index, 1908-2017, Death record for Thea Brurs.
  • ⁴ Montana, U.S., Birth Records, 1897-1988, Birth certificate for daughter Sylva Berthea Brurs.
  • ⁵ Montana, U.S., County Marriages, 1865-1987, Marriage certificate for Richard S Williams and daughter Sylva B Brurs.
  • ⁶ Montana, U.S., County Marriages, 1865-1987, Marriage certificate for Bertin Brurs and Thea Nelson.
  • ⁷ Montana, U.S., State Deaths, 1907-2018, Death certificate for daughter Sylva Bertha Williams.
  • ⁸ The Minneapolis Star (Minneapolis, Minnesota), 25 SEP 1936, p. 6, Obituary for mother Margaret Nelson.
  • ⁹ U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Draft registration for spouse John Bertin Brurs.

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