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Bruce Nelson 1802–1837 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 May 1802

Birth Location: Brough, Bressay.

Death Date: April 1837

Death Location: Davis Straits, Canada

Father: John Neilson

Mother: Janet Hunter

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Bruce Nelson was born in 1802 in Brough, Bressay., the child of John Neilson And Janet Hunter. Bruce Nelson passed away in 1837 in Davis Straits, Canada.

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Biography

  • Bruce Nelson was born in 1802 in Brough, Bressay., the child of John Neilson And Janet Hunter.
  • Bruce Nelson passed away in 1837 in Davis Straits, Canada.

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Bruce Nelson's Ancestors

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Bruce Nelson
1802–1837
Birth Place: Brough, Bressay.
Parents
John Neilson
1765–1841
Brough, Bressay, SHI, SCT, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
Janet Hunter
1767–1847
Orkney and Shetland, Scotland
Grandparents
george Neilson
1710–
Brough, Bressay, SHI, SCT, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margaret Sclaitter
1718–
Oxna, Tingwall, SHI, SC, South Carolina, USA
Great-Grandparents
Henry Neilson
1687–
Ursilla Delday
1685–
William Sclaitter
1694–1773
Margaret Saltoun
1698–1767
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Neilson
1632–1690
Margot Andersone
1639–1695
# Slater
1670–
Alice Slater
1670–1734
John Saltoun
1678–

Bruce Nelson's Timeline

2 Records

1802
17 May 1802
Birth of Bruce Nelson in Brough, Bressay.
Brough, Bressay.
1837
April 1837
Age 35
Death of Bruce Nelson in Davis Straits, Canada
Davis Straits, Canada

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 May 1802
    Event Place: Brough, Bressay.
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: April 1837
    Event Place: Davis Straits, Canada
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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