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Alfred Nelson, ^

Alfred Nelson, ^

Male 1837 - 1922  (84 years)


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  • Name Alfred Nelson  [1, 2, 3] 
    Suffix ^ 
    Birth 21 Dec 1837  New York, New York, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 7, 8] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 25 Mar 1922  {Flushing, Queens, NY} Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 9] 
    Burial 29 Mar 1922  Brooklyn (Green-Wood Cemetery), Kings, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11] 
    Person ID I5633  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 17 Sep 2023 

    Father William Nelson, Sr. >,   b. 1799, Dublin, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jan 1871, Ravenswood, Long Island City, Queens, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Helena Anne Desmond, >,   b. 1800, Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jan 1882, New York, New York, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage 9 Jul 1823  Dublin, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 13] 
    Family ID F6789  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Emily Fairlie Ogden, >,   b. 1 Oct 1838, Philadelphia, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Aug 1923, Flushing, Queens, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Marriage 21 Aug 1860  Ravenswood, Long Island City, Queens, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 6, 8, 14] 
    Children 
     1. Norman Fairlie Nelson, Sr. [i] ^,   b. 22 Jun 1862, Ravenswood, Long Island City, Queens, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jul 1954, Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)
     2. Alfred Gouverneur Nelson,   b. 24 Dec 1864, Brooklyn, Kings, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Nov 1885, Astoria, Queens, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 20 years)
     3. Horatio Ogden Nelson,   b. 7 Sep 1866, Brooklyn, Kings, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 May 1945, Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
     4. Desmond Nelson, ^,   b. 21 Nov 1869, 4th Ave Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Feb 1958, East Patchogue (Brookhaven Memorial Hospital), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
     5. Francis Nelson,   b. Abt 1870, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     6. Allen Campbell Nelson,   b. 23 Feb 1872, New York, New York, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Feb 1947, FL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     7. Robert Burns Nelson,   b. 12 Apr 1878, Astoria, Queens, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Apr 1882, Ravenswood, Long Island City, Queens, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 4 years)
    Family ID F2710  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 May 2025 

  • Sources 
    1. [S546] Lucia Nelson, , Nelson Family Group Sheets; supplied by Nelson, [address for private use], Easthampton, MA 01027., 2013.

    2. [S41] Ancestry.com, Genealogy Trees, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10891741/person/-562086790.

    3. [S772] Death Notice: Norman Fairlie Nelson (New York Times. 14 Jul 1954).

    4. [S546] Lucia Nelson, , Nelson Family Group Sheets; supplied by Nelson, [address for private use], Easthampton, MA 01027., 2013.
      Indicates 1 Jan 1837.

    5. [S41] Ancestry.com, Genealogy Trees, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10891741/person/-562086790.
      Indicated a birth date of 1 Jan 1837 instead of 21 Dec 1837.

    6. [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.

    7. [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.

    8. [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.

    9. [S773] Obituary: Mrs. Alfred Nelson (Emily Ogden) (New York Times. 4 Aug 1923.).

    10. [S546] Lucia Nelson, , Nelson Family Group Sheets; supplied by Nelson, [address for private use], Easthampton, MA 01027., 2013.
      Indicates 4 Aug 1922.

    11. [S776] Green-Wood Cemetery (Brooklyn, NY), Green-Wood Cemetery, , online databse (http://www.green-wood.com/burial_search/ : accessed ), ., http://www.green-wood.com/burial_results/index.php; November 2013.

    12. [S41] Ancestry.com, Genealogy Trees, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10891741/person/-562086795.

    13. [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.

    14. [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.


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