When Nellie Helms was born on 10 September 1807, in Orange, New York, United States, her father, Brewster Helms, was 27 and her mother, Mary Howell Vance, was 22. She died on 31 July 1808, at the age of 0.
English (Northamptonshire): variant of Helm from the plural or, in some cases, a post-medieval variant, with excrescent -s.
North German and Dutch: patronymic from Helm 3-4.
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