William John Nelson

William John Nelson
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1855 – 1947

Born5 January 1855 in Kempsey, New South Wales, AustraliaDied14 July 1947 in Nambucca Heads, New South Wales, Australia, aged 92

Sawmiller, farmer and builder: fireman and engine driver at a Kempsey sawmill (1877), manager of Hennessy's mill, Kempsey, then building contractor; farms at Clybucca and Warrell Creek; built his Nambucca Heads home in 1917

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Parents

Robert Nelson 1822–1898 father

Elizabeth Debenham 1819–1908 mother

Spouse

HB Harriett Rebecca Barber 1860–1950 m. September 1877

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1850s
Born 5 January 1855

Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia

Fifth of seven children of Robert Nelson jnr and Elizabeth, who arrived from England in 1852 and farmed at Christmas Creek, Macleay River

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1870s
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Married to Harriett Rebecca Barber September 1877

Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia

Married at Kempsey by the Rev. Samuel Gilroy; the couple then spent a year at Tinonee on the Manning before returning to the Macleay

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1890s
43
Death of father Robert Nelson 21 July 1898

West Kempsey, New South Wales, Australiaaged 75
1900s
53
Death of mother Elizabeth Debenham 6 August 1908

West Kempsey, New South Wales, Australiaaged 88
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Sawmiller, farmer and builder: fireman and engine driver at a Kempsey sawmill (1877), manager of Hennessy's mill, Kempsey, then building contractor; farms at Clybucca and Warrell Creek; built his Nambucca Heads home in 1917

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1940s
92
Died 14 July 1947

Nambucca Heads, New South Wales, Australia

Died suddenly at his home, Nambucca Heads, after a three-day illness, aged 92

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Buried 16 July 1947

Nambucca Heads, New South Wales, Australia

Nambucca Heads cemetery, after a service at St Stephen's Church; a Methodist lay preacher for over 30 years

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