Hattie May Nelson

5 April 1881–9 December 1945 (Age 64)
Harkers Island, Carteret, North Carolina, United States

The Life Summary of Hattie May

When Hattie May Nelson was born on 5 April 1881, in Harkers Island, Carteret, North Carolina, United States, her father, Amariah Nelson, was 35 and her mother, Mary Styron, was 33. She married Charles Davis Hamilton on 5 July 1899, in Diamond City, Carteret, North Carolina, United States. She lived in Harkers Island Township, Carteret, North Carolina, United States in 1940 and Harkers Island, Carteret, North Carolina, British Colonial America in 1945. She died on 9 December 1945, in Harkers Island, Carteret, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Harkers Island, Carteret, North Carolina, United States.

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Charles Davis Hamilton
1871–1918
Hattie May Nelson
1881–1945
Marriage: 5 July 1899

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World Events (8)

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
Age 1
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1897 · First Bill for Women Suffrage
Age 16
In 1897, Senator J.L. Hyatt introduced the woman suffrage bill in North Carolina. The bill did not make it past the committee.
1898 · War with the Spanish
Age 17
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

Name Meaning

1 English and Scottish: patronymic from the medieval personal name Nel or Neal, Anglo-Scandinavian forms of the Gaelic name Niall ( see Neill ). This was adopted by the Scandinavians in the form Njal and was introduced into northern England and East Anglia by them, rather than being taken directly from Gaelic.2 Americanized spelling of the like-sounding Scandinavian names Nilsen , Nielsen , and Nilsson .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Possible Related Names

Neill
Nilsen
Nielsen
Nilsson
Niles

Sources (16)

  • Hattie May Rose in household of John W Rose, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Hattie Rose in household of John W Rose, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Hattie Rose in household of John W Rose, "United States Census, 1930"

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