Emily Fairlie Ogden, >

1838 - 1923  (84 years)

• Name	Emily Fairlie Ogden  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Suffix	>
  Birth	1 Oct 1838	Philadelphia, PA   [4, 5, 6]
  Baptism	2 Nov 1838	New York, New York, NY   [7]
  Gender	Female
  Death	3 Aug 1923	Flushing, Queens, NY   [8, 9]
  	Her funeral service was conducted at her home by the Rev. H. Lewis Jones of St. George's Church, of which she was a member.
  Burial	Brooklyn (Green-Wood Cemetery), Kings, NY   [1, 3, 10]
  Person ID	I5634	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	Samuel Gouverneur Ogden, >,   b. 17 Oct 1779, Newark, Essex, New Jersey, United States d. 5 Apr 1860, Astoria, Queens, New York, United States (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Julia Fairlie, >,   b. 21 Dec 1807, Schenectady, New York, United States d. 27 Aug 1862, Ravenswood, Queens, New York, United States (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	21 Sep 1837	Trinity Church, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
  Family ID	F2713	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alfred Nelson, ^,   b. 21 Dec 1837, New York, New York, NY d. 25 Mar 1922, {Flushing, Queens, NY} (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	21 Aug 1860	Ravenswood, Long Island City, Queens, NY   [2, 4, 11, 12, 13]
  Children	1. Norman Fairlie Nelson, Sr. [i] ^,   b. 22 Jun 1862, Ravenswood, Long Island City, Queens, NY d. 13 Jul 1954, Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 92 years)   2. Alfred Gouverneur Nelson,   b. 24 Dec 1864, Brooklyn, Kings, NY d. 1 Nov 1885, Astoria, Queens, NY (Age 20 years)   3. Horatio Ogden Nelson,   b. 7 Sep 1866, Brooklyn, Kings, NY d. 8 May 1945, Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 78 years)   4. Desmond Nelson, ^,   b. 21 Nov 1869, 4th Ave d. 28 Feb 1958, East Patchogue (Brookhaven Memorial Hospital), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 88 years)   5. Francis Nelson,   b. Abt 1870, NY d. Yes, date unknown   6. Allen Campbell Nelson,   b. 23 Feb 1872, New York, New York, NY d. 10 Feb 1947, FL (Age 74 years)   7. Robert Burns Nelson,   b. 12 Apr 1878, Astoria, Queens, NY d. 23 Apr 1882, Ravenswood, Long Island City, Queens, NY (Age 4 years)
  Family ID	F2710	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). [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. Emily was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her mother, Julia Fairlie Ogden may have been on the way to or returning from a visit to Bristol to see her sister, Mary Fairlie Cooper. (Mary was married to Thomas Apthorpe/Abthorpe Cooper, the actor.) She was the first of four daughters born to Julia and Samuel Gouverneur Ogden. Her sisters were: Grace Priscilla, b. 1840; Florence b. 1849; Virginia b. 1850 (Aunt Ginny - she lived with her sister Emily). [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. [S546] Lucia Nelson, , Nelson Family Group Sheets; supplied by Nelson, [address for private use], Easthampton, MA 01027., 2013. The Rev. William Berrian, D.D. officiated. Her God-parents were: Frederick and Mary Grace Raoul (a daughter of Mary Fairlie Cooper, aunt of Emily) and Emma F. Mecke (daughter of and eleventh child of Emily's father, Samuel G. Ogden and his firs wife, Eliza Lewis. She was a half sister of Emily, b. 1821.). [S546] Lucia Nelson, , Nelson Family Group Sheets; supplied by Nelson, [address for private use], Easthampton, MA 01027., 2013. Indicated 3 August 1923. [S773] Obituary: Mrs. Alfred Nelson (Emily Ogden) (New York Times. 4 Aug 1923.). Indicated 2 August 1923. [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. [S41] Ancestry.com, Genealogy Trees, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10891741/person/-562086790. [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. [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.