Nelson, Oscar Warren

Biography

Oscar Warren Nelson and his wife, Alma P. Nelson, were the parents of Klondy Esmerelda Nelson, who was born in Deadwood, South Dakota, on October 1, 1897.

The Nelson family later moved north during the Alaska gold rush era. In 1902, they relocated to Council, Alaska, one of the early mining communities on the Seward Peninsula.

The family’s move reflects the migration of many prospectors and settlers who traveled to Alaska at the turn of the twentieth century seeking opportunity in the territory’s developing mining regions.

Sources

• Family records and historical accounts relating to Klondy Esmerelda Nelson