Elizabeth McClellan

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth McClellan was born on 11 November 1780, in Cumberland, England, United Kingdom, her father, Samuel McClellan Jr, was 21 and her mother, Elizabeth Marlin, was 35. She married James Nelson on 7 May 1808, in St Nicholas, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Colton, Lancashire, England in 1841 and Liverpool, Lancashire, England in 1851. In 1851, at the age of 71, her occupation is listed as seamstress. She died in 1858, at the age of 78.

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Family Time Line

James Nelson
1777–1851
Elizabeth McClellan
1780–1858
Marriage: 7 May 1808
Ann Nelson
1819–
Robert Nelson
1822–
Jane Nelson
1822–
Ann Nelson
1824–

Sources (13)

  • Elizabeth Nelson in household of James Nelson, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
  • Elizabeth Mc Clellan, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Elizabeth Clellan, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"

World Events (8)

1787 · English Convicts Sail to Australia

The first fleet of convicts sailed from England to Australia on May 13, 1787. By 1868, over 150,000 felons had been exiled to New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, and Western Australia.

1789 · The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano

"Former slave Olaudah Equiano settled in London and published his autobiography titled ""The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano."" Equiano learned to read and write and converted to Christianity. His autobiography is one of the oldest published works by an African-American writer."

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

Name Meaning

Scottish and northern Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Gille Fhaolain (Scottish) and Mac Giolla Fhaoláin (Irish) ‘son of the servant (i.e. devotee) of (Saint) Faolán’, a personal name representing a diminutive of faol ‘wolf’. See also McLellan , compare Whelan .

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

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