Horatio Ogden Nelson

1866 - 1945  (78 years)

• Name	Horatio Ogden Nelson  [1, 2]
  Baptism	PRHPS 1866	Brooklyn, Kings, NY   [3]
  Birth	7 Sep 1866	Brooklyn, Kings, NY   [1, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Ogden
  Death	8 May 1945	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [1, 7]
  	Cause: CAUS: at his home
  Burial	10 Jun 1945	Brooklyn (Green-Wood Cemetery), Kings, NY   [1, 7, 8]
  Person ID	I5643	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, 6, 9, 10, 11]
  Family ID	F2710	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Charlotte Amelia Willey,   b. 21 Mar 1870, Brooklyn, Kings, New York d. 11 Dec 1956, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	20 Jun 1895	Long Island City, Queens, NY   [1, 6, 12]
  Children	1. Emily Nelson, <,   b. 1 Feb 1897   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Beatrice Beirean Nelson, <,   b. 12 Mar 1901, Flushing, Queens, NY d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F2715	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. [S773] Obituary: Mrs. Alfred Nelson (Emily Ogden) (New York Times. 4 Aug 1923.). [S546] Lucia Nelson, , Nelson Family Group Sheets; supplied by Nelson, [address for private use], Easthampton, MA 01027., 2013. Horatio was Babtized at 129 Willow Street by the Rev. John P. Appleton. Sponsors: Florence Ogden and Horatio Nelson. Rev. John P. Appleton was the husband of Anna Jones Appleton, youngest child of William and Helena Nelson. [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. [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. [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. [S49] Long Island Advance (Long Island Advance, 20 Medford Ave, Patchogue, NY), 10 May 1945, p. 4. Horatio Ogden Nelson, aged 78, died Tuesday at his home on Beaver Dam road Brookhaven. Born in Brooklyn, he had lived in Brookhaven for 13 years. Mr. Nelson, who operated a collection agency in Brookhaven in recent years, formerly was associated for nearly 50 years with the Wall Rope works of New York, which he served as secretary. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Charlotte A. Nelson of Brookhaven; two daughters, Mrs Emily N. Maxwell of Philadelphia, Pa., and Mrs. Beatrice B. Rosenquest of South Orange, N.J.; three brothers, Norman F. Nelson, Desmond Nelson, both of Brookhaven, and Allan Nelson of Florida, and five grandchildren. The funeral service was held at 12:30 p.m. today in the St. James Episcopal church, Brookhaven, the Rev. Howard Clark, rector, officiating. Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn. [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. [S782] Marriage Announcement: Nelson - Southgate (New York Times. 21 June 1895).