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James Nelson 1824 – 1877 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1824

Birth Location: Ireland

Death Date: 03 SEP 1877

Death Location: GOVAN, Scotland

Father: JAMES NELSON

Mother: Elizabeth McConnell

Spouse(s): Nancy Roulston, Ann Moncreiff, Margarett Kelevorom

Children(s): Thomas Nelson, Willm Miller, Robert Miller, Horatio Nelson, David Nelson

According to available records, James Nelson Jr was born in 1824 in Ireland, the child of JAMES NELSON and Elizabeth McConnell. Following those early years, James Nelson Jr married Nancy Roulston, Ann Moncreiff and Margarett Kelevorom, and their family grew to include Thomas Nelson, Willm Miller, Robert Miller, Horatio Stanley Nelson and David Nelson. In the later years of life, James Nelson Jr died in 1877 in GOVAN, Scotland.

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Parents

JAMES NELSON
Birth Location: Ireland
JN
Elizabeth McConnell
– 1816
Birth Location: Ireland
EM

Spouses(s)

Nancy Roulston
1810 –
Birth Location: –
NR
Ann Moncreiff
1816 – 1890
Birth Location: Ireland
AM
Margarett Kelevorom
1810 –
Birth Location: –
MK

Children(s)

Thomas Nelson
1834 –
Birth Location: Ayrshire
TN
Willm Miller
1839 –
Birth Location: Ireland
WM
Robert Miller
1841 –
Birth Location: Edinburgh
RM
Horatio Nelson
1851 – 1910
Birth Location: Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland
HN
David Nelson
1855 –
Birth Location: Glasgow, Lanarkshire
DN

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1806
    Event Place: Ireland
    Record Source: 1851 Scotland Census, 1871 Scotland Census, Parish: Gorbals; ED: 17; Page: 17; Line: 1; Roll: CSSCT1851_163; Year: 1851, Parish: Glasgow Barony; ED: 14; Page: 7; Line: 5; Roll: CSSCT1871_136

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1801
    Event Place: Ireland
    Record Source: 1861 Census of Canada, Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns For 1861; Roll: C-1304

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: abt 1824
    Event Place: Ireland
    Record Source: 1861 Scotland Census, Parish: Glasgow Barony; ED: 85; Page: 12; Line: 8; Roll: CSSCT1861_109

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1851
    Event Place: Gorbals, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source: 1851 Scotland Census, Parish: Gorbals; ED: 17; Page: 17; Line: 1; Roll: CSSCT1851_163; Year: 1851

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1861
    Event Place: Glasgow Barony, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source: 1861 Census of Canada, 1861 Scotland Census, Parish: Glasgow Barony; ED: 85; Page: 12; Line: 8; Roll: CSSCT1861_109, Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns For 1861; Roll: C-1304

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1871
    Event Place: Glasgow Barony, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source: 1871 Scotland Census, Parish: Glasgow Barony; ED: 14; Page: 7; Line: 5; Roll: CSSCT1871_136

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 03 SEP 1877
    Event Place: GOVAN, Scotland

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