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My Aunt Roma Mary/Michelson (Wirt - Summers) Nelson was real deal old school and a sweet gal. I recall many enjoyable Thanksgiving dinners and Easter dinners at her place or at her daughter Jean (Fort) Nelson's home in Alhambra, California. Lots of kids and action and fun to be with Nelson family back then.

Photograph of Roma by Sture Albin Nelson taken in 1935 and also below there is a double portrait of Sture from 1940.

Roma M. Wirt Summers was born on August 7th, 1901 in Saybrook, McLean County, Illinois. Roma passed on December 29th, 1992 in Alhambra, California. Roma was first married to Albert Edward Summers on August 31st, 1921 in the District of Columbia. Albert was born in 1901 in Washington, DC, and passed in 1942.

Roma and Albert had one daughter:
Pamela 'Pam' Jane (Summers) was born on June 29th, 1923 in Whitman, Grant County, Nebraska. Pam married Scott McKenzie in 1945 and passed on March 10th, 1995 in San Gabriel, California.

Scot and Pamela had 3 daughters:
1. Linda Layne Mckenzie was born on October 28th, 1946 in Los Angeles, Ca.
2. Nancy Lee McKenzie was born on February 20th, 1949 in Los Angeles, Ca.
Nancy married Gary Edward Cramer on August 1st, 1981 in Los Angeles, Ca.
Gary was born on September 8th, 1936.
3. Suzanne McKenzie was born on December 1st, 1953 in Los Angeles, Ca.

Roma married Sture Albin Nelson, son of Anders and Gertrude 'Gerda' (Miljander) Nelson on September 27th, 1930 in Lucas County, Ohio. Sture was born on May 2nd, 1896 in Landskrona, Skåne Län, Sweden. Sture passed on July 6th, 1974 in Los Angeles, Ca.

Roma and Sture Albin Nelson had 4 children:
1. Jean Serraine (Fort) Nelson was born on April 7th, 1931 in Bismarck, Burleigh County, North Dakota. She passed on February 8th, 2005 in Arcadia, California. She married Robert 'Bob' Edward Fort in 1961. Bob was born on January 16th, 1935 in Young County, Texas. Bob and Jean divorced September 27th, 1982.

Jean and Bob had 3 sons:
Thor Eric Fort was born on February 1st, 1961 in Ventura County, California. He married Christie Corinne Dupas on March 30th, 1985 in Los Angeles, Ca. Christie was born on April 11th, 1961.

Robert M. Fort was born on October 16th, 1963 in Los Angeles, Ca.

Mark Andrew Fort was born on August 9th, 1957 in Los Angeles, Ca. Mark Andrew passed on September 21st, 2012 in Chino, San Bernardino County, Ca. Mark Andrew married Lucinda 'Cindy' Lee Hart on March 3rd, 1979 in Los Angeles, Ca. Cindy was born on December 30th 1955 in Los Angeles, Ca.

Mark Andrew and Cindy had the 6 children:
Elizabeth Anne Fort was born about 1986.
Christopher Robert Fort was born in 1988.
Emily Katherine Fort was born on July 23rd, 1990 in San Bernardino, Ca.
Jonathan Michael Fort was born on March 21st, 1992 in San Bernardino, Ca.
Matthew James Fort was born on October 2nd, 1993 in San Bernardino Ca.
Sarah Rose Fort was born in 1996.

2. Robert 'Bob' Andrew Nelson on was born on November 24th, 1933 in North Dakota. Bob passed in 2000 in Lake Isabella, Kern County, Ca. Bob married Marlene Joyce Lusky on October 1st, 1963 in Los Angeles, Ca. Marlene was born on December 21st, 1936 in St Louis County, Minnesota, and passed on February 20th, 2014 in Lake Isabella, Kern County, California.

Bob and Marlene had the 3 sons:
Wesley Robert Nelson was born about 1965.
Mike Nelson was born about 1967.
Jeff Nelson was born in 1969.

3. Wirt Nelson was born on August 19th, 1938 in Los Angeles, Ca. Wirt married Olga Mary Venegas on February 28th, 1959 in Los Angeles, Ca. Olga was born on September 17th, 1940 in Los Angeles, Ca. Wirt passed on September 19th, 2009 in Bullhead City, Mojave County, Arizona.

Wirt and Olga had 4 children:
Scott James Nelson was born on August 29th, 1959 in Los Angeles, Ca,
and passed on December 16th, 1987 in Los Angeles, Ca.
Kenneth Wirt Nelson was born on September 24th, 1961 in Los Angeles, Ca.
Kristin Eve Nelson was born on November 6th, 1964 in Los Angeles, Ca.
Matthew John Nelson was born on July 31st, 1966 in Los Angeles, Ca.

4. Jacqueline 'Jacky' Joyce Nelson was born on May 5th, 1942 in Los Angeles, Ca.


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