Norman Fairlie Nelson, Sr. [i] ^

1862 - 1954  (92 years)

• Name	Norman Fairlie Nelson  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Suffix	Sr. [i] ^
  Baptism	PRHPS 1862	Ravenswood, Long Island City, Queens, NY   [5]
  Birth	22 Jun 1862	Ravenswood, Long Island City, Queens, NY   [4, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Gender	Male
  Death	13 Jul 1954	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [1, 10, 11]
  Burial	10 Aug 1954	Brooklyn (Green-Wood Cemetery), Kings, NY   [12]
  Person ID	I5632	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	Alfred Nelson, ^,   b. 21 Dec 1837, New York, New York, NY d. 25 Mar 1922, {Flushing, Queens, NY} (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Emily Fairlie Ogden, >,   b. 1 Oct 1838, Philadelphia, PA d. 3 Aug 1923, Flushing, Queens, NY (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	21 Aug 1860	Ravenswood, Long Island City, Queens, NY   [4, 7, 13, 14, 15]
  Family ID	F2710	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Matilda Mitchel Von Faas, ^,   b. 21 Oct 1875, Sweden d. 22 Mar 1959, Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	4 Aug 1898	New York, NY   [4, 7, 14, 16, 17]
  Children	1. Norman Fairlie Nelson, Jr. [ii] ^,   b. 30 Jul 1899, Flushing, Queens, NY d. 1 Aug 1990, Peconic Bay, Long Island, NY (Age 91 years)   2. Alfred Nelson, ^,   b. 23 Mar 1903, Flushing, Queens, NY d. 13 Oct 1988, Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F2709	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S546] Lucia Nelson, , Nelson Family Group Sheets; supplied by Nelson, [address for private use], Easthampton, MA 01027., 2013. [S772] Death Notice: Norman Fairlie Nelson (New York Times. 14 Jul 1954), 14 Jul 1954. [S773] Obituary: Mrs. Alfred Nelson (Emily Ogden) (New York Times. 4 Aug 1923.). [S774] William Ogden Wheeler, The Ogden Family in America, Elizabethtown branch, and their English Ancestry (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippicott Co. (private circulation), 1907)., p. 277. [S546] Lucia Nelson, , Nelson Family Group Sheets; supplied by Nelson, [address for private use], Easthampton, MA 01027., 2013. His baptism was officiated by the Rev S.W. Sayres. Sponsors were Mrs. Samuel G. Ogden and Miss Virginia Nelson. [S546] Lucia Nelson, , Nelson Family Group Sheets; supplied by Nelson, [address for private use], Easthampton, MA 01027., 2013. This source indicated his birth date to be 22 Jun 1861. [S31] Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D., Census Place: Queens Ward 3, Queens, New York; Roll: T623 1149; Page: 19A; Enumeration District: 661. [S772] Death Notice: Norman Fairlie Nelson (New York Times. 14 Jul 1954), Age 93. 14 Jul 1954. [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: New York Ward 19 District 9, New York, New York; Roll: M593_1003; Page: 286; Image: 573. [S49] Long Island Advance (Long Island Advance, 20 Medford Ave, Patchogue, NY), 15 July 1954, p. 9. Norman Nelson of Brookhaven Dies at Age 93 Brookhaven—Norman Nelson, 93, died Tuesday at his home on Mott lane here after an extended illness. Mr. Nelson was born in Ravenswood and lived in Astoria and later, in Flushing. In 1906, Mr. Nelson's parents bought the farm on South Country road which is now the home of his brother, Desmond Nelson. The Norman Nelson family spent 21 summers there and in 1928, when Mr. Nelson retired as auditor of the New York city Water department, they moved to a new home on Beaver Dam road, and then, a few years ago, to Mott lane. Mr Nelson also was associated for many years with Childs & Humphries, New York city mortgage brokers. Mr. Nelson was graduated from Columbia college in 1884 and received a law degree at Columbia in 1891. He was one of the last three survivors of the class of 1884. He wrote considerable poetry and was often called upon as "class poet" to read his verse at reunions. He was also greatly interested in music and started the first orchestra at Columbia college. He played the cello until just a few years ago. As a young man, he rowed in crew races and was always a sailboat enthusiast. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Matilda M. Nelson; one brother, Desmond, two sons, Norman F. Nelson, Jr., and Alfred Nelson, and three grandchildren, all of Brookhaven. Services will be held at 2 p.m. today in St. James Episcopal church, where Mr. Nelson had long been a member, with the Rev. Frederick Chapman, officiating. Cremation will be at Washington Memorial park, and interment will be in the family plot at Green Wood cemetery in Brooklyn at a later date. [S772] Death Notice: Norman Fairlie Nelson (New York Times. 14 Jul 1954), 14 Jul 1954. NELSON--Norman Fairlie, age 93, on July 13, 1954, at Brookhaven, N.Y., son of the late Alfred and Emily Ogden Nelson. Husband of Matilda M. Nelson, father of Norman Jr. and Alfred Nelson, brother of Desmond Nelson. Services 2:30 P.M. Thursday, at St. James Episcopal Church, Brookhaven, N.Y. Please omit flowers. [S775] Green Wood cemetery, "Burial search," database, Green Wood Cemetery, (http://www.green-wood.com/burial_results/index.php: accessed ), ., Accessed; 28 October 2012. [S41] Ancestry.com, Genealogy Trees, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10891741/person/-562086790. [S772] Death Notice: Norman Fairlie Nelson (New York Times. 14 Jul 1954). [S546] Lucia Nelson, , Nelson Family Group Sheets; supplied by Nelson, [address for private use], Easthampton, MA 01027., 2013. Alfred and Emily were married 21 August 1860 at St. Thomas Church, Ravenswood, Queens, Long Island by the Rev S.W, Sayres. Witness: William Nelson, father of Alfred. The Holy Bible, London ca. 1856, was a wedding present given to Emily by her God-mother, Mary Grace Raoul, daughter of Mary Fairlie (her aunt) and Thomas Abthorpe Cooper. [S546] Lucia Nelson, , Nelson Family Group Sheets; supplied by Nelson, [address for private use], Easthampton, MA 01027., 2013. Samuel W. Sayres, Rector of St. John's Church in Far Rockaway, performed the Episcopal Rites. Witnesses were: Thomas Rainey and Grace Priscilla Ogden Rainey. Grace was a sister of Emily Fairlie Ogden Nelson, mother of Norman. [S115] Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington,, Census Place: Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York; Roll: 1650; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 39; Image: 420.0.