Ralph Blanchard Nelson ⁵¹⁴¹

After the death of his first wife, Ralph married Rachel E. Zeller.

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Lewiston Daily Sun
Lewiston, Maine
Sunday, August 30, 1955
p. 2

RALPH NELSON

FARMINGTON - Ralph Nelson, 53, for many years a resident of Farmington and a graduate of Farmington High School, died suddenly at Melrose, Mass., where he had resided the past 15 years.

He was born Dec. 4, 1901 at Brunswick, the son of Linwood F. and Maude Bangs Nelson. Treasurer of the Forest Wadding Company of Boston, he was a past commander of Hugh de Payne Commandry, past high priest of the Waverly? Chapter; member of the Melrose Fidelity Lodge of Melrose, Mass., Son of Revolution, Mayflower Massachusetts Society, Aleppo Temple Shrine, Melrose Council, Wakefield Baptist Church and past president of the Wakefield YMCA Men's Club. He was a direct descendant of William Brewster.

He leaves his widow, Mrs. Rachel Nelson, sister to Mrs. Harry Smith of New Vinyard; a daughter, Mrs. Winona C. Millett, Rumford; three sons, Linwood J., Raymond L., and Allen R., all of Melrose; a sister, Mrs. Pearl Bradford, Bangor; and three grandchildren.

DIED - At Melrose, Aug. 27, 1955, Ralph Nelson, age 53 years. A commendery committal service will be conducted at the grave at Riverside Cemetery, Farmington, Me. Wednesday at 1 p.m.

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• He appeared on the census in 1930 at 46 Maple Road in Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He was head of household and rented for $52 monthly. He also owned a radio set.

Ralph married Muriel Witham Maine, daughter of Eugene Witham Maine and Caroline Geib, 20 September 1928 in Maine.⁵¹⁴¹ (Muriel Witham Maine was born about 1904 in Massachusetts, died 16 June 1932 in Stoneham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts ^5113,5142 and was buried 19 June 1932 in Everett, Middlesex County, Massachusetts at Woodlawn Cemetery ⁵¹¹³.)