When Nelson Lindsay Tousant was born on 9 November 1860, in Matilda Township, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada, his father, John Nelson Tousaint, was 30 and his mother, Hannah Rebecca Perrin, was 21. He married Mary Ellen Beckstead on 31 August 1898, in Williamsburgh Township, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years. He died in 1942, at the age of 82, and was buried in Black River Cemetery, Black River, Jefferson, New York, United States.
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