Cardston, family memory, and new questions

The Nelson family

Begin with Jean and trace the Nelson and Hanson/Hansen household behind her.

Provisional

The recent people are identifiable; key earlier relationships and dates still rely on family and compiled sources.

Jean’s funeral-home memorial entry and family recollections provide a starting point. Seth and Mabel’s generation broadens the story into Cardston’s family and civic records.

Sources: Jean Shirley Nelson Card obituaryFamily recollections and relationships

This branch has substantial collected research, but its recent household proof still needs strengthening. Names and dates taken from the family record are attributed rather than silently promoted to archival fact.

Sources: VE6.CA relationship evidence reviewVE6.CA family research notes, April 2026

Meet the family

People in this branch

Living relative

Jacob Adly

The family archive begins with Jacob and follows the people and records behind his family.

Supported by sources

Living relative

Carol Card

Carol connects the present family with Lester and Jean’s Card and Nelson lines.

Supported by sources

Living relative

Emad Adly

Emad is part of the present family from which this archive is being assembled.

Supported by sources

c. 1921–2019

Jean Shirley M. Nelson Card

Jean brings the Nelson family’s Cardston story into the Card family archive.

Supported by sources

1891–1975 · family record

Seth Henry Nelson

Seth anchors the Nelson family’s twentieth-century Cardston research.

Provisional

1894–1947 · family record

Mabel Caroline Hanson Nelson

Mabel is part of the Nelson household behind Jean’s family story.

Provisional

The connections

Family relationships

Parentage and marriage are shown separately. Competing parentage claims are labelled as disputed.

Parent and child

Carol Card — parent of Jacob Adly

Supported by sources

Immediate family relationship supplied by the family.

Sources: Family recollections and relationships

Parent and child

Emad Adly — parent of Jacob Adly

Supported by sources

Immediate family relationship supplied by the family.

Sources: Family recollections and relationships

Marriage

Carol Card — spouse of Emad Adly

Supported by sources

Relationship recorded in the family framework.

Sources: Family recollections and relationships

Parent and child

Jean Shirley M. Nelson Card — parent of Carol Card

Supported by sources

Recent family memorial material and the family account support this relationship.

Sources: Lester Charles Card: VE6CA memorialFamily recollections and relationships

Parent and child

Seth Henry Nelson — reported parent of Jean Shirley M. Nelson Card

Provisional

Retained from family and collateral research; the primary household and vital-record packet remains incomplete.

Sources: Family recollections and relationshipsWinters family genealogy: Nelson connectionsVE6.CA relationship evidence review

Parent and child

Mabel Caroline Hanson Nelson — reported parent of Jean Shirley M. Nelson Card

Provisional

Retained from family and collateral research; the primary household and vital-record packet remains incomplete.

Sources: Family recollections and relationshipsWinters family genealogy: Nelson connectionsVE6.CA relationship evidence review

Marriage

Seth Henry Nelson — reported spouse of Mabel Caroline Hanson Nelson

Provisional

Recorded in family recollection and compiled genealogy.

Sources: Family recollections and relationshipsWinters family genealogy: Nelson connections

Questions still open

Find direct household records linking Jean with Seth and Mabel.
Preserve and resolve the Hanson/Hansen spelling variation.

Follow the evidence

Sources for this branch

Research notes

VE6.CA family research notes, April 2026

The project’s individual notes, evidence summaries, family imports, and unresolved questions.

Family-history account

A Deck of Ancestors: Nelson family material

A family-history account that provides leads for Seth Henry Nelson’s civic life.

Family knowledge

Family recollections and relationships

Names and immediate relationships supplied by the family and retained in the research notes.

Obituary

Jean Shirley Nelson Card obituary

The funeral-home memorial entry identifies Jean and gives her death date as April 9, 2019.

Memorial

Lester Charles Card: VE6CA memorial

A memorial preserving Lester’s family, RCAF service, later work, and amateur-radio identity.

Editorial evidence review

VE6.CA relationship evidence review

Relationship-by-relationship review of the modern family, Card, Young, and Tuttle paths.

Compiled genealogy

Winters family genealogy: Nelson connections

A compiled family page used for collateral Nelson and Hanson/Hansen connections.