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Re: Major David Nelson VC
« Reply #18 on: Saturday 30 April 16 18:32 BST (UK) »
I have finally got round to ordering the certificate for the first marriage of Major Nelson's father:

14 December 1865 at 1st Presbyterian [I think] Meetinghouse
George Nelsen, Full Age, Bachelor, Farmer
Resident at Deraghland
Father: Robert Nelsen, Farmer
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Jane Brown, 18 years, Spinster
Resident at Drumaclan
Father: John Brown, Farmer
Witnesses: Robert Nelsen & Thomas Brown

And the death certificate for the wife:

13 August 1875 at Drumaclan
Jane Nelson, Married, Aged 26 years, Farmer's Wife
Cause of Death: Diabetes for 2 years
Informant: George Nelson of Darraghland

The ages don't quite seem to tally between the two certificates.  At least one seems to be a year or two out.

David

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Re: Major David Nelson VC
« Reply #19 on: Sunday 27 January 19 21:53 GMT (UK) »
Give a man a record and you feed him for a day.
Teach a man to research, and you feed him for a lifetime.

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Re: Major David Nelson VC
« Reply #20 on: Sunday 17 January 21 03:46 GMT (UK) »
Hi ,
I ' m a decendant of George Nelson and his first marriage too Jane Brown .
They had two boys and two girls .
Rebecca 19  yrs and Mary 17 yrs left Ireland for Australia.
Mary is my Ggrandmother , she married a George Thompson( Thomson) Scots Aus. and resided in Sydney N.S.W.
Mary would be Major David Nelson VC half sister ?

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Re: Major David Nelson VC
« Reply #21 on: Sunday 17 January 21 13:27 GMT (UK) »
Researching: Cuthbertson – Co. Derry, Scotland & Australia; Hunter – Co. Derry; Jackson – Co. Derry, Scotland & Canada; Scott – Co. Derry; Neilly – Co. Antrim & USA; McCurdy – Co. Antrim; Nixon – Co. Cavan, Co. Donegal, Canada & USA; Ryan & Noble – Co. Sligo

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Re: Major David Nelson VC
« Reply #22 on: Sunday 17 January 21 17:28 GMT (UK) »

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From familysearch.org, Major David Nelson's father George Nelson seems to have died in January or February 1897, aged 53 years (ie born circa 1844), with probate granted in favour of Mary A Nelson on 13 February 1897.

Death of George Nelson - 13th February 1897
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1897/05872/4664976.pdf

Administration (not Probate) of his estate on 27th April 1897 to his widow, Mary A Nelson.
http://www.willcalendars.nationalarchives.ie/reels/cwa/005014910/005014910_00190.pdf

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Researching: Cuthbertson – Co. Derry, Scotland & Australia; Hunter – Co. Derry; Jackson – Co. Derry, Scotland & Canada; Scott – Co. Derry; Neilly – Co. Antrim & USA; McCurdy – Co. Antrim; Nixon – Co. Cavan, Co. Donegal, Canada & USA; Ryan & Noble – Co. Sligo

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Re: Major David Nelson VC
« Reply #23 on: Sunday 17 January 21 19:06 GMT (UK) »
Thany you  :)

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Re: Major David Nelson VC
« Reply #24 on: Sunday 01 October 23 05:45 BST (UK) »
Hi,

I thought you may be interested in this newspaper clipping which my dad passed down to me, titled '"How David Nelson Won the V.C".

My dad wrote beside it,
"Nephew of Thomas & James Brown & cousin of Samuel J Brown,  his mother was Jane Brown, sister of Thomas & Jane".

Samuel J Brown was my grandfather who died in 1933, his father was Thomas and he had 2 brothers, James & Robert.

My grandfather was aged 5 in the 1901 Census,
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Monaghan/Monaghan_Rural/Leagh/1638288

As for his mother, Jane Browne/Nelson I haven't got her on my family tree but in the clipping it does say they live in Derryvally, near Ballybay.

Hope you find it interesting, Bev
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