Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Ancestors 
Son of Gerson Abraham
and Goldie (Kalisher) Abraham
Brother of
Bernice (Abraham) Joffe
Husband of
Hattie Isabela (MacLean) Robertson
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Elizabeth (Skrobacki) Lane
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 72
in Long Island City, Queens County, New York, USA
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Biography
Nelson (Abraham) Algren is Notable.
Nelson Algren was an American writer. His 1949 novel The Man with the Golden Arm won the National Book Award and was adapted as the 1955 film of the same name.
Nelson was born in 1909. He passed away in 1981.
Sources
- Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 September 2019), memorial page for Nelson Algren (28 Mar 1909–9 May 1981), Find A Grave: Memorial #18, citing Oakland Cemetery, Sag Harbor, Suffolk County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave .
- "Michigan Obituaries, 1820-2006," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVPY-GTYT : 17 March 2018), Nelson Algren Abraham, 1981; citing Sag Harbor, , New York, United States, Obituary, Grand Rapids Public Library, Michigan; FHL microfilm 7,593,926.
See also:
- Wikipedia: Nelson Algren
- Wikidata: Item Q547914, en:Wikipedia
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Kristin (Williams) Anderson
Kristin (Williams) Anderson
Can you change his LNAB to Abraham and put Algren as current last name?
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by Kristin (Williams) Anderson
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