William Nelson, Sr. > b. 1799 Dublin, Ireland d. 3 Jan 1871 Ravenswood, Long Island City, Queens, NY: Our Family History

1799 - 1871 (72 years)

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Name	William Nelson [1, 2, 3]
Suffix	Sr. >
Birth	1799	Dublin, Ireland [3]
Gender	Male
Death	3 Jan 1871	Ravenswood, Long Island City, Queens, NY [2, 3]
Burial	6 Jan 1871	Green Wood Cemetery Brooklyn, NY [4]
Person ID	I15893	My Genealogy
Last Modified	17 Sep 2023

Father	John Nelson, b. 1767, Ireland d. May 1846, Ravenswood, Queens, New York (Age 79 years)
Mother	Catherine Nelson(), b. Abt 1770 d. Yes, date unknown
Family ID	F13623	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Helena Anne Desmond, >, b. 1800, Cork, Ireland d. 9 Jan 1882, New York, New York, NY (Age 82 years)

Marriage 9 Jul 1823 Dublin, Ireland [2, 5]

Children

	1. Horatio Nelson, b. 19 Apr 1824, Dublin, Ireland d. 12 Feb 1891, Hackney, London, England (Age 66 years)
	2. Helen Desmond Nelson, b. Abt 1828, Ireland d. 18 May 1916, New York, New York, NY (Age 88 years)
	3. William Nelson, [ii], b. 1830, {NY} d. 1905 (Age 75 years)
	4. Catherine Sheils Nelson, b. 1833, NY d. 11 Jun 1902 (Age 69 years)
	5. Charles Sheils Nelson, b. 1833, New York, New York, NY d. 1838, New York, New York, NY (Age 5 years)
	6. Alfred Nelson, ^, b. 21 Dec 1837, New York, New York, NY d. 25 Mar 1922, {Flushing, Queens, NY} (Age 84 years)
	7. Emily Nelson, b. 1839 d. Yes, date unknown
	8. Virginia Nelson, b. Abt 1844, NY d. 26 Jul 1918 (Age 74 years)
	9. Anna Jones Nelson, b. 1846, Ravenswood, Long Island City, Queens, NY d. Abt 1922 (Age 76 years)
	10. Catherine Nelson, b. 1855 d. 1903 (Age 48 years)

Family ID F6789 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 27 May 2025

[S546] Lucia Nelson, , Nelson Family Group Sheets; supplied by Nelson, [address for private use], Easthampton, MA 01027., 2013.
[S41] Ancestry.com, Genealogy Trees, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10891741/person/-562086795.
[S24] article, New York Times, New York, NY, 5 Jan 1871, p. 1, Obituary.
William Nelson, for many years the head of the firm of William Nelson & Sons, shipping merchants, of this City, died suddenly at Ravenswood, Long Island, on Tuesday last. He was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1799 and in his early life was a cotton merchant at Liverpool. In 1835 he met with reversals, and becoming involved beyond recovery, emigrated to this country, where he entered the house of Silas Holms & Co., of Old-slip. He time he became the principal owner of the Holms line of packets to New Orleans. In 1861 he retiged from business with an ample fortune, having faithfully paid all his debts incurred in England. He was a man of upright character and was highly esteemed in the business circles of the city.,
[S1509] , Andrews Nelson 18 June 05.000.FBC (N.p.: n.p., n.d.)., William Nelson.
[S16] Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003. Original data: 1870. United States. Ninth Census of the United States, 1870. Washington, D.C. National Archives and Records Admini, Census Place: Ravenswood, Queens, New York; Roll: M593_1080; Page: 220A; Image: 444; Family History Library Film: 552579.

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