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James Nelson

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Dale

Dale Report 27 Jun 2015 06:14

James Nelson..born Shankill Belfast Ireland..1841 ..father James Nelson..mother unknown at this stage..
He joined the 3rd Regiment of Kent ..2nd div...1857 ..age 17..at Limerick Ireland..sent to Malta in 1858..
I have been unable to find this man, or his birth record..or parents /siblings...
He came to Australia in 1869..married and moved to Adelaide South Australia, where he stayed till his death in 1924....

The only two James Nelsons I have found are..1 James Mitchell Neilson..b `1841, Rosemary Street Presbyterain Church..Belfast..father James Neilson..mother Agnes Nesbit...
2 James Pippard Nelson..b 1841 Belfast Ireland..father James Nelson..mother Agnes Pippard...
what is confusing here is on FMP James Mitchell is registered with mother Agnes Pippard...
both these James Nelson (1841) are within the Shankill area of Belfast...Help please...

:-D :-D

Gee

Gee Report 27 Jun 2015 09:00

Hi Dale

This information comes from a tree, I've searched some records to try and verify it and here is the 1851 census



Name:James Nelson

Age:33

Estimated birth year:abt 1818

Relation:Head

Spouse's Name:Agnes Nelson

Gender:Male

Where born:Ireland

Civil Parish:Camberwell

Ecclesiastical parish:Christchurch

Town:Peckham

County/Island:Surrey

Registration district:Camberwell

Sub-registration district:Peckham

ED, institution, or vessel:2
Household schedule number:76
Piece:1581
Folio:37
Page Number:18

James Nelson 33 <<Accountant
Agnes Nelson 34
James Nelson 10
John Nelson 8
Mary J Nelson 6
Agnes C Nelson 5

Gee

Gee Report 27 Jun 2015 10:26

I think his death certificate will give you his parents names



Name:James Nelson

Death Place:South Australia

Registration Year:1916-1925

Registration Place:South Australia

Page Number:30

Volume Number:472


1924 472/30 NELSON James Adelaide


http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=767


You can search here for his birth

http://ifhf.rootsireland.ie



alviegal

alviegal Report 27 Jun 2015 21:03

This is a bit more detail from a tree on ancestry.

James Nelson: James Nelson..born 1840-1 Shankill Belfast..was the son of James Nelson..Publican of Belfast, Ireland...James Jnr. joined the 3rd Regiment of Kent (The Buffs) at the age of 18..and was stationed in Malta 1859..where he was courtmartialed for shooting at his superior officer, and sentenced to 10 years transportation to Western Australia in 1861..He was released in 1869 for good behaviour, and met and married Mary Jane Donovan, daughter of a Bristol House Painter.they moved to Adelaide South Australia in 1877, where they raised a family of 2m..and 5 F..James died in 1924, Mary in 1930..and both are buried at West Terrace Cemetery..Adelaide South Australia..


Another tree has this for his father.


James Nelson
Birth 1818 in Ireland
Death 25 Apr 1853 in Camberwell, London, England

and his grandfather.



John Nelson
Birth 1783 in Lisbellaw,Fermanagh,Ireland
Death 20 May 1877 in Drogheda, Louth, Ireland


and his mother



Agnes Nelson
Birth 1817 in Ireland

Marriage to James Nelson
1838 15 May


There is no proof for any of this though.

alviegal

alviegal Report 27 Jun 2015 21:24

This is Mary J, from the 1851 census above. She was born Woodside, Cheshire.


Cheshire Non-conformist & Roman Catholic Registers (Baptism) 17th Century-1910 Transcription

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First name(s) MARY JANE MARKS
Last name NELSON
Gender Female
Birth year 1845
Baptism year 1845
Baptism date 16 Apr 1845
Chapel Birkenhead, Brunswick Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
Father's first name James M
Father's last name Nelson
Mother's first name Agnes
Mother's last name Pippard
Place BIRKENHEAD
County Cheshire
Country England

alviegal

alviegal Report 27 Jun 2015 21:34

James P Nelson died in Belfast. This may be a different person though?

Name: James Pippard Nelson
Estimated birth year: abt 1844
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1912
Death Age: 68
Registration district: Belfast
Volume: 1
Page: 160
FHL Film Number: 0101605
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Cynthia

Cynthia Report 28 Jun 2015 20:02

Welcome to the Community Boards Dale.



(I'll let Dale know how to find his replies) :-)