Seventeenth Generation

289. Vera Marie ROOT was born on 4 October 1905 in Leon Township, Monroe County, WI.^{102,141,183,295} (This is a picture of the Arthur and Cora Root family.)

. She appeared in the census in 1910 in Leon Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷⁸ About 1920 she was a music teacher.²²⁰ Vera appeared in the census in 1920 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷⁹ She graduated about 1926 in Ripon, Fond du Lac County, WI. from Ripon College. She appeared in the census in 1930 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁹² She was listed as age 20, "Single" and living with her parents. She was actually 24 and had married two years earlier. Her husband was not listed in the household. Vera appeared in the census in 1940 in Hopewell Township, Beaver County, PA.³⁰⁴ Her occupation was "High School Teacher, High School." She died on 1 March 1941 at the age of 35 in Aliquippa, Beaver County, PA.^141,305 She was buried in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁰⁵

Vera Marie ROOT and Christian Knudsen "Chris" NIELSON were married on 28 December 1928.^102,141,306 Christian Knudsen "Chris" NIELSON was born on 19 November 1902 in Denmark.^304,306 He appeared in the census in 1940 in Hopewell Township, Beaver County, PA.³⁰⁴ His occupation was "Clerk, Railroad." He died on 12 June 1985 at the age of 82.³⁰⁶

Vera Marie ROOT and Christian Knudsen "Chris" NIELSON had the following children: