Welcome to my  website with Photos of John Philip Nelson Photos No. 1  1905 to 1973. It takes awhile for these 98 photos load.  I selected these photos from thousands left by my mother, Elvera Nelson.  They lean more  toward the children with a lot of me because that is how we divided them. Brian Nelson.

You are at:  Phil Nelson Photos1 Row 1 to 50
http://www.JBNelsonFamily.com/JohnPhilipNelson/Photos1.html

See Other Phil Nelson Photos 2
Row 51 to 76

 
http://www.JBNelsonFamily.com/JohnPhilipNelson/Photos2.html

Phil Nelson Photos 3
Row 77 to 162
http://www.JBNelsonFamily.com/JohnPhilipNelson/Photos3.html

The sites  below are about Elvera Hilma Nelson, wife of Phil Nelson
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 Photos 1... Rows 1 to 50

www.JacobKilponen.com/ElveraHilmaNelson/Photos1.html

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Photos 2....
Rows 51 to100

www.JacobKilponen.com/ElveraHilmaNelson/Photos2.html

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Photos 3 ....
Rows 101 to150

www.JacobKilponen.com/ElveraHilmaNelson/Photos3.html

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Photos 4 ....
 Rows 151 to 200

www.JacobKilponen.com/ElveraHilmaNelson/Photos4.html

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Photos 5 ....Rows 201 to251

www.JacobKilponen.com/ElveraHilmaNelson/Photos5.html

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Directory of JB Nelson Family Related Websites.

Reunions John B. Nelson Family from Ironwood, MI www.JBNelsonFamily.com 
Phil and Elvera Nelson 7 Slide Shows &  5 Funeral Videos www.JBNelsonFamily.com/PhilElveraNelson/IronwoodMichigan.html
Nelson Family Video Favorites 
www.JBNelsonFamily.com\WhiteElephant\PhotoMemories.html
Nelson Family Reunion White Elephant Game Photos
www.JBNelsonFamily.com/Video/Favorites.html
Nelson Medical Data Base How are your related to your medical problems. 
 
http://www.JBNelsonFamily.com/Medical-History/Data-Base.html
Brian Nelson's Trigeminal and Parotid Gland Cancer Journal  www.IAmFightingCancer.com
Art Nelson 1920's & 1930's  photos  Rows 1 to 50 http://www.JBNelsonFamily.com/ArthurVernerNelson/Photos1.html
Art Nelson 1920's & 1930's  photos Rows 51 to 100 http://www.JBNelsonFamily.com/ArthurVernerNelson/Photos2.html 

Phil Nelson 1905-1973 Photos 1 Rows 1 to 50 http://www.JBNelsonFamily.com/JohnPhilipNelson/Photos1.html
Phil Nelson 1905-1973 Photos 2 Rows 51 to  76  http://www.JBNelsonFamily.com/JohnPhilipNelson/Photos2.html

Philip Nelson Photos no. 3 Rows 77 to 162.
http://www.JBNelsonFamily.com/JohnPhilipNelson/Photos3.html

  JPN3 John Philip "Phil" Nelson

 



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34 Phil, Dean, Brian and Sharon Nelson  4-15-45 Dean's Birthday 8 years old. Since it is cold up there everyone wears hats to keep your head warm.

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2  Excerpts from the J B Nelson Family Historical  Album. J Philip Nelson was born  August 18, 1905.  He grew up with an appreciation of family life and all the challenges and responsibilities that go with it. His Mother, Ellen died when he was 15 and his father John died when Phil was 23.  Being the second of 9 children he felt an extra sense of responsibility to help care for his brothers and sister to keep the family together.  To this day, that feeling of love and concern for one another in the family is a part of the Nelson tradition.

The "gift of a hammer" was evident in Phil's early childhood.  Manual training was a favorite class in school and he excelled in that subject from the very beginning. He became a master carpenter and builder and was known for his fine workmanship.  He was a sticker on detail and insisted that ll construction work be done right, on a solid foundation, straight, square and everything to fit just so. To do it right was a practice he brought into his family life. He taught his children the importance of doing the best work they could and sometimes to put aside the pleasure until the work was done. To be a good worker was not the only value he taught his family. During leisue time at one of the three cottage he owned in his lifetime he taught his children to enjoy the wood and lakes.  Recollections of happy times at the cottages brings back fond memories to his family as well as to many of the Nelson relatives.
Phil worked hard until age 60 when he was diagnosed as having multiple myeloma, a form of bone cancer that did not have a good prognosis. He then retired from work and for seven years he  enjoy his family , relatives, friends and his favorite place   Pine Lake in nearby Wisconsin. He was  positive in his attitude and has hope for the future. He built a large garage at Pine Lake to house all his tool and woodworking equipment so he could keep active making beautiful furniture.

Phil had an interest in community affairs. In a letter from the mayor, city manager and the commissioners the following statement was made:  " During the years he served as a member of the Ironwood Planning commission, he gained many friends throughout our entire community for his friendly manner and intelligent approach to municipal affairs.  Phil will be sadly missed by those who knew him and worked with him during his lifetime in Ironwood."
Most significantly , devotions, worship and being active on the Wesley Methodist Church Board were important to him. He showed his Christian faith in his relationship with other people. In his later years he looked at each day as a special gift from God and he expressed his thankfulness to God that he could experience that day for what it had to offer.
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The John B. and  Ellen  Westman Nelson Family, Seated John B.,  Helen, Everett, Arthur, Irene and Ellen  W. Standing Dorothy, Philip, Arnold and Harold  Ironwood, Michigan  About 1918.

The John B Nelson Family Seated Harold, Jeanette, John B, Irene, and Philip.Standing Helen, Arthur, Everett, Arnold and Dorothy Ironwood, Michigan 1927.
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JPN1   The team is Harold Nelson, Willard Westman, Carl  Sandell, Phil Nelson and  Arnold Nelson
 


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2  This team is Art Nelson, Everett Duke Nelson, Arnold Nelson and Phil Nelson. Nothing like a little firewood for a cold winter in Ironwood.

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7 Phils 2nd cabin at Lake Gogebic, Michigan

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4  They used a lot of logs to build this cabin. Eventually it was sold to buy the closer property at Pine Lake, WI
 


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8   Downtown Ironwood, Michigan

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JPN17  5-1-37 Was this the boat house at Lake Gogebic that was damaged by the winter ice?
 


 JPN10 Phil Nelson on the right but but I am not sure who the 3 others are. Let me know if you do.

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JPN11  8-11-35 This was 1 of 2 cabins built at Lake Gogebic. It has the big fireplace using the Lake Superior Rocks. 
 


JPN12  8-18-35
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JPN13  9-7-38  A Phil Nelson home under construction.
 


JPN14  1-1-36 Could this be Jacob Kilponen's dog Gyp?

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JPN15  9-27-36  Phil and Elvera Nelson.     Elvera is one step up. She was not known for her height like sister Melva. She got the short genes.
 


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9-15-40  Helen and Maurie Slordal Duluth, MN 

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JPN18 Ironwood Pharmacy in downtown Ironwood, MI. Note the "Keep off the Grass sign". You have to have a sense of humor when you live through an Ironwood snow storm.

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JPN19  Ironwood, MI 1-24-38   Plenty of room for customers to walk in the down town district. Where are the cars.

 

JPN20  1941  Brian Nelson and Janet Heninonen. I am not sure who Janet was but I amsure we had a good time with the paint can.

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JPN21 Dean is showing us Brian's famous birthday cake.

 

JPN22 Brian Nelson  Fall 1941

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23  Brian Nelson  1941

JPN24 I am not sure about the cut out portion for the white high chair leg. Note the lawnmower in the background.

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25  I love this out of focus pucker up picture of Brian Nelson in 1940


JPN
26  Dean Nelson and Brian Nelson.  Dean was always the  dressed up big brother.  5-11-41
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JPN27  Fall 1941 Brians

 carriage in front of Peab Kilponens house across the street from  115 W. Francis.

 


JPN
28 Fall 1941 I am not sure who this is. Just a cute baby. The carriage looks like the one in JPN27..Could it be Ted Kilponen?

   


JPN
30 August 1943 Looks like Phil with  Dean and Brian?

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JPN
31This is Brian but I am not sure who the other 2 children are.


JPN
332  Dean 4 1/2  Brian 1 1/2 The good guys wear white shoes.
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JPN
33 May 30, 1944 Lake Gogebic, MI
 

JPN29  July  1939 Was this Phils first classic house on Coolidge Avenue almost behind the  115 W. Francis St. house in Ironwood, MI

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JPN35  April or March  1943 It must be Sharon in the buggy. Elvera was probably taking the picture.
 


JPN
36 Cousin Jim Radford, Brian Nelson and Dean Nelson

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 JPN37  4-1-45 Easter We then raised rabbits in the rabbit hutch back by the rhubarb plant area.

 


JPN
38 Not sure where this picture was taken. Probably near a lake somewhere.

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39could this be Jeannete, Richard and  Dianne Nacker and Brian
 


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40  115 Francis Street, Brian, Sharon, Elvera, and Dean Nelson and cousin Ted Kilponen.

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