Donald Horatio Nelson - Rame/Burnham

[Yorkslass]

There are a couple of trees on Ancestry that seem to have a link with Donald's family.

Going back, they have James Nelson's father as Edmund - which I believe was the name of Lord Nelson's father - perhaps that was how the story of Donald being related to Nelson came about.
However, none of them have found the marriage of James Nelson and Anna Fisher - and neither have I!

In the meantime, there are odd bits of detail online which goes towards proving what I've been able to uncover.  For instance, Sparham had a census in 1821, which shows James Nelson living there, with children Thomas, Frances and Elizabeth - ages all look right - http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/s/sparham/census1821.shtml

And this from the National Archives - http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=8582510&queryType=1&resultcount=1&p=true&DOLReturnURL=

Yorkslass

[sarah]

Oooh so much information you have found so quickly Yorkslass and Sharon, Margaret is going be so excited !!

I am going to print off a copy of all you have found and post it over to her, thank you very very much.

Sarah

[Yorkslass]

Hi again,

I couldn't resist delving into the "other" side of Donald's family a bit more.

The results are fascinating!

I looked at the 1841 census for Fanny Nelson, with a father Charles, and found them living in Limehouse, father Charles, a cooper, and mother Mary - neither of whom were born County.
Ref HP107/701 Folio 10/5 page 2

Found a baptism of Fanny Nelson, at Limehouse, 20 July 1824, by Charles Richard Nelson (a cooper) and Mary Anna.

Looking at the 1851 census, Charles R Nelson is shown now as a land and house proprietor, born Barking Essex.  His wife Mary Anna is shown as being born about 1794 Norfolk, Bawdeswell!!

Couldn't find a marriage in London or thereabouts, but found, would you believe, a marriage, by licence, in Sparham in 1815.  Charles Richard Nelson married .... wait for it ....  Mary Anna Nelson.  One of the witnesses a James Nelson.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-12318-189762-76?cc=1416598&wc=MMVP-4KD:1118851153

I was also lucky enough to find the Marriage Bond without too much searching -  https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-12127-162751-62?cc=1824690&wc=6893103
(there's a second page also)

Then checked the Bawdesell PR's, for a Mary Anna Nelson (as she says in 1851 that's where she was born) - and found, baptised 1793 - https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11781-14826-85?cc=1416598&wc=MMVP-SLT:1954951218

I couldn't believe it - Mary Anna's parents were James Nelson and Anna Fisher!!

So Donalds Great Grandparents on his father's side, and Great Great Grandparents on his mother's side are one and the same.

So no link to Lord Nelson, but a good story nevertheless!

Yorkslass

[Rosdelve]

Hi,

I have been reading with interesting the research that you all have done about Donald Nelson's connections.

I had a very quick search and found a very interesting Nelson family tree. Having had a very quick look, it could be that Donald is related to Lord Nelson. Scroll down the page or open the attachment.

I can confirm one marriage as being correct - that of William Nelson to Mary Newton.

Tree: Descendants of THOMAS NELSON

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NectonNelsons/message/20

[collier19]

I know this is a long time after the previous posts but it was Charles Rich Nelson - not Richard. Charles Rich Nelson b 1789 Barking d 1881 Dunmore House, Stanwell, Middlesex. He was the son of John Nelson 1761- and Sarah Rich 1765-1839 who was the daughter of Charles Rich Esq 1730-1808 and Sarah King 1741-1810.

Charles Rich Nelson m his cousin Mary Anna Nelson 1791-1875 in 1815 in Sparham, Norfolk. She was the daughter of James Nelson 1757-1837 and Anna Fisher d 1821.

Hope this helps!