Beighley Lineage:Information about Vina Nelson
Vina Nelson (b. June 13, 1892, d. January 07, 1991)
Notes for Vina Nelson:
She was still living in 1989, at the age of 92, in the Good Samaritan Home, Albert Lea, Minnesota.Vina and her sisters operated the switchboard at her father's grocery store - the first grocery store in Gordonsville, and which housed the first telephone exchange and post office.- BFT1989 - Ethel Klempet, p. 28- for their wedding they drove a horse and buggy thirty miles where they eloped and were married by the Justice of the Peace, Owatonna, Minnesota.There were four blue stars in Vina Beighley's window, indicating four sons were in uniform.When the war ended, none had turned to gold.God had kept His protective Hand over each of her sons. - BFT, p. 32, 29:"As a young widow at 34 years of age and the mother of six young children, she purchased a home at 800 Harding Avenue, Albert Lea, Minnesota.She received a small pension until her youngest child, Ray, was six years of age, then went to work as a maid in the Albert Hotel to support her family.She worked for many years for 25 cents per hour.In 1945, she was earning 35 cents per hour.
Peterson p. 5 - Buried at Stateline Cemetery, Worth County, Iowa
More About Vina Nelson and LeRoy Albert Beighley:
Marriage 1: May 15, 1913, Owatonna, Minnesota.7205
Marriage 2: June 19137205
Children of Vina Nelson and LeRoy Albert Beighley are:
- +Charlotte Beighley.
- +Warren Leroy Beighley, b. January 13, 1917, Gordonsville, Freeborn County, MN7205, 7206, d. February 18, 1998, Aspen Care Center, Spring Valley, MN.
- +Eunice Beighley, b. April 29, 1919, Kirk Place7207, 7208, d. August 14, 1987, Norwalk, California7209, 7210.
- +Joe Willard Beighley.
- +Lloyd Errol Beighley.
- Raymond Arthur Beighley.