Brief Life History of Isabella
When Isabella Nelson was born on 12 May 1856, in Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, James Neilson, was 37 and her mother, Helen Archibald, was 33. She died on 13 January 1857, in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 0, and was buried in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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- Isabella Nelson, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
Parents and Siblings
1818–1891 Male
1823–1892 Female
Siblings (10)
1848–1907 Female
1850–1893 Male
1852–1936 Male
1854–1928 Female
1856–1857 Female
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World Events (1)
1857 · Police (Scotland) Act 1857
Age 1
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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