Robert Nelson

Robert Nelson
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1822 – 1898 75 years

Born 25 August 1822 in Hawstead, SuffolkDied 21 July 1898 in West Kempsey, New South Wales, aged 75

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WN William Nelson 1797–1847 father SB Sarah Billaman 1796–1888 mother

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Elizabeth Debenham 1819–1908 m. 1 February 1845

Children with Elizabeth Debenham

WN William John Nelson 1855–1947 GN George Robert Nelson 1845–1926 CN Caroline Elizabeth Nelson 1847–1908 CN Catherine Ann Nelson 1849–1938 JN John Nelson 1851–1853 FN Fanny Mary Ann Nelson 1857–1932 SN Sarah Ann Nelson 1860–1933 DN David Henry Nelson 1861–1951

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1820s
Born 25 August 1822

Hawstead, Suffolk, England

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1840s
Residence 1841 aged 19

Rougham, Suffolk, England

In farm service at How Farm, Rougham, aged 15, in the household of Thomas Evred - about four miles from Hawstead

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Birth of son George Robert Nelson 1845 aged 23

Hawstead, Suffolk, England
Married to Elizabeth Debenham 1 February 1845 aged 22

Hawstead, Suffolk, England

Married at Hawstead, Suffolk, England; registered in Thingoe district, January-March quarter 1845, volume 13 page 790

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Birth of daughter Caroline Elizabeth Nelson 1847 aged 25

Hawstead, Suffolk, England
Death of father William Nelson 13 February 1847 aged 24

Hawstead, Suffolk, Englandaged 50
Birth of daughter Catherine Ann Nelson 1849 aged 27

Hawstead, Suffolk, England
1850s
Residence 1851 aged 29

Hawstead, Suffolk, England

Living at Old Park Lane, Hawstead, Suffolk, England, with Elizabeth and their children George, Caroline and Catherine (1851 census of England)

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Birth of son John Nelson 1851 aged 29

Hawstead, Suffolk, England
Death of son John Nelson 1853 aged 31

aged 2
Immigrated 24 April 1853 aged 30

Arrived at Sydney from Gravesend on the immigrant ship Java with Elizabeth and their English-born children George, Caroline and Catherine; a fourth child, John, died on the voyage

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Birth of son William John Nelson 5 January 1855 aged 32

Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia
Birth of daughter Fanny Mary Ann Nelson 1857 aged 35

Macleay River, New South Wales, Australia
1860s
Birth of daughter Sarah Ann Nelson 1860 aged 38

Macleay River, New South Wales, Australia
Birth of son David Henry Nelson 1861 aged 39

Macleay River, New South Wales, Australia
1880s
Death of mother Sarah Billaman 31 January 1888 aged 65

Hawstead, Suffolk, Englandaged 92
1890s
Died 21 July 1898 aged 75

West Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia

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Buried 23 July 1898 aged 75

West Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia

Buried at the West Kempsey cemetery (Methodist portion, row E, plot 28), the funeral leaving Tozer Street at 2 p.m.

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