Thomas NELSON [16798]

  General Notes:

SAGHS Biographical database
NELSON Thomas Birth 17.7.1834. Death 15.4.1896. Burial WTC. 1834:
Surname: NELSON
Given Names: Thomas
Life Information: Birth 17.7.1834. Death 15.4.1896. Burial WTC.
Occupation: Baker
Residence: Clarendon, Adelaide, Kensington.
Spouse(s): Eliza BIDDELL (9.6.1857 O'Halloran Hill SA)
Children: With Eliza BIDDELL: Thos. (1858-1936), Geo. (1860-), Louisa (1862-), John Henry (1864-1885), Wm. Jas. (1866-), Chas. (1868-), Whma. (1870-), Albt. Alexr. (1873-), Eliz. (1874-), Elsie Hannah (1876-), Lily Edith Selina (1878-), Emily Eliza (1880-), Agness Hilda May (1882-).

SAGHS Death Index
NELSON Thomas 15-Apr-1896 62 M Norwood 234/257:
Surname: NELSON
First Names: Thomas
Death Date: 15-Apr-1896
Age: 62
Gender: M
Marital Status: N
Place of Death: North Kensington
Residence: North Kensington
District: Norwood
Book/Page: 234/257

  Research Notes:

Ancestry.com unassisted Immigrant Passenger Lists 1826-1922
1839 Parents: Thomas & Hannah & son Thomas NELSON Hero of Malown Immigrants NSW 1839 arr 234 Apr 1839 (Thomas Snr born Twickenham, Hannah born Hampshire).

South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) Thu 16 Apr 1896
Death Notice:
NELSON.- On the 15th April, at his residence, Kensington-terrace, Kensington, Thomas Nelson, the beloved husband of Eliza and eldest son of Mr. T. Nelson, of Norwood, leaving five sons, five daughters, and 28 grandchildren to mourn their loss, aged 62 years. Arrived in the colony April, 1840.

The Express and Telegraph (Adelaide, SA : 1867 - 1922) Wed 15 Apr 1896
Funeral Notice:
THE FRIENDS of the late Mr. THOMAS NELSON are informed that his Funeral will leave his late residence, Kensington-terrace, Kensington, TO-MORROW (Thursday), at 2.30 p.m., for the West terrace Cemetery. P. GANNONI, Undertaker, Parade, Norwood, and High-street, Kensington.

  Other Records

• Immigration: Hero of Malown, 1839, NSW, Australia.
(Image courtesy Ancestry.com)

• Cemetery: Headstone, 1896, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia.
(Image courtesy findagrave.com)
PLOT Road 5, Path 25, Site E9

Thomas married Eliza BIDDELL [16799] [MRIN: 6194], daughter of William BIDDELL [16801] and Maria POLLARD [16845], on 9 Jul 1857 in Christ Church, O'Halloran Hill, South Australia. (Eliza BIDDELL [16799] was born on 4 Sep 1841 in Gloucestershire, England, died on 6 Oct 1903 in Alberton, Port Adelaide, South Australia and was buried on 7 Oct 1903 in West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia.)

  Marriage Notes:

SAGHS Marriage Index
NELSON Thomas BIDDELL Eliza 09-Jul-1857 Thomas NELSON William BIDDELL Adelaide 30/72:
Groom Surname: NELSON
Groom Given Names: Thomas
Bride Surname: BIDDELL
Bride Given Names: Eliza
Marriage Date: 09-Jul-1857
Marriage Place: Christ Church OHalloran Hill
Groom Age: FL
Groom Marital Status: N
Groom Father: Thomas NELSON
Bride Age: MI
Bride Marital Status: N
Bride Father: William BIDDELL
District: Adelaide
Book/Page: 30/72
Notes: Symbol=A.