Brief Life History of Richard
When Richard Nelson was born from 1797 to 1801, in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Nelson, was 20 and his mother, Rachel Gissop, was 18. He married Charlotte Webster on 1 August 1827, in Bishop Burton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He lived in Bishop Burton, Yorkshire East Riding, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years and Bishop Burton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1871.
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- Richard Nelson, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Richard Nelson, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Richard Nelson, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
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1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1821 · New Ouse Bridge Completed
The original Ouse Bridge collapsed in 1154 under the weight of a crowd that was on it. In 1367, after the bridge had been replaced with stone and became the site of the first public toilets. In 1564-1565 the bridge was finally done being repaired. In 1810 and 1818 the bridge was dismantled to make way for a new Ouse Bridge design and completed in 1821.
1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
Name Meaning
English: patronymic from the personal name Nell or Nele, either of which might be a pet form of Elias or less commonly of Niel (from Latin Nigellus). See also Neal .
Americanized form of Swedish Nilsson and also of the Danish, Norwegian, and North German cognates Nielsen and Nilsen (compare Nelsen ). Compare also Neilson and Nielson .
History: The Nelson name was an important one in 18th-century VA, starting with Thomas ‘Scotch Tom’ Nelson, who emigrated to VA at the close of the 17th century from Penrith, Cumbria, where the Nelsons were numerous. Scotch Tom settled c. 1700 at Yorktown, VA, where he became a successful merchant and landholder. His son was sheriff and a member of the VA Council, and his grandson, Thomas Nelson (1738–89), a signer of the Declaration of Independence, was governor of VA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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