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Re: Charles Nelson born 1904, Bentham UK.
« Reply #18 on: Saturday 19 October 19 21:30 BST (UK) »
Hello again.

PM recieved. Will look up Johns file when next at the Archive.

I see 5 Bracken Street is occupied with an original 1920 style home, I wonder how many years they were there. [electoral Rolls ?] Also that a C NELSON of the Leamington Club, was regularly reported as a competitor at bowls fixtures.

Alan.
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Re: Charles Nelson born 1904, Bentham UK.
« Reply #19 on: Sunday 20 October 19 03:27 BST (UK) »
Just to tidy up a couple of loose ends. The marriage date for Charles Nelson & Agnes Maude Stockton was:

12.12.1929.

This may be the arrival of Agnes in New Zealand......

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-X9GF-XK?i=16&cc=1609792&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AKLBN-JKK


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Re: Charles Nelson born 1904, Bentham UK.
« Reply #20 on: Saturday 02 November 19 09:41 GMT (UK) »
Hi again.

Getting late again so another day will pass before I can make time to sort out the better photos for you, taken at the Auckland branch of Archives NZ on Tuesday 29th.  Been on the road.

John Raymond NELSON, born Cantsfield England. Eleven years in NZ. Died on the Leamington Bowling Green December 19th 1986. Father Alan Edwin NELSON [Farmer] and Mother Eleanor NELSON, nee NELSON.

Letters of Administration [no will to be found] applied for by his sister Eileen GARLICK of Burton-in-Kendal, England.

Only sister / sibling of John Raymond NELSON.

Testomy that no knowledge of, nor Civil registration of issue.

With a bit of luck tomorrow night I will forward the photos taken.

Alan.

PS Yet to contact Cambridge locals with connections to the Bowling Club, and the Museum, for local newspaper account look-ups.
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Re: Charles Nelson born 1904, Bentham UK.
« Reply #21 on: Saturday 02 November 19 18:36 GMT (UK) »
Thank you -all very helpful!

I'm very much in your debt. 
Nelson, 2 lines. WR Yorkshire & Westmorland
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Re: Charles Nelson born 1904, Bentham UK.
« Reply #22 on: Sunday 03 November 19 08:31 GMT (UK) »
Hi yet again.

Just phoned a retired printer, who grew up in Cambridge. His parents were keen bowlers, and while he was not aware of NELSON'S of Braken St, he went to school with two NELSON boys who would be in their 70's now.

Alan.

PS.  13 photos taken at the Auckland Archives NZ branch, now sent.

PPS. Since the post below, have forwarded several supplied phone numbers, that will get to living relatives of the Nelsons of Cambridge. Yet to discover the actual links. The family links might be a bit like mine, where cousins married same name cousins, or 2nd cousins. I noted the NELSON nee NELSON on the certificate, and that John was a nephew of Charles.
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Re: Charles Nelson born 1904, Bentham UK.
« Reply #23 on: Sunday 03 November 19 18:04 GMT (UK) »
Re the 2 Nelson school colleagues of the 2 printers, that is interesting.  However it would appear that Charles and Agnes did not have children, -his will leaves everything to her and her will bequeaths everything to nieces and nephews.  John Raymond Nelson presumably was also childless and unmarried as his sister was the executrix.   

There may be other Nelson ancestors - I, for instance have 2 lines of Nelsons, my father's parents had the same Nelson surname but were unrelated prior to marriage.  It is always possible these 2 are distantly connected. 

Thank you for the photographs, -something else to look at for me.  Today we have been visiting 3 cemeteries attached to Churches around the area where Charles Nelson & his extended family lived.  I have several names/dates of birth and death to check against my tree -it'll keep me busy for a while.

Thank you again for all your help.

All good wishes
Kath
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