JOHN NELSON
Born : 1818
Mother & Father : Mary & James Nelson
Baptised : 15th November 1818
Marriage : Married ELIZABETH JACKSON on 17th September 1844.
Lancaster Gazette, 21st September 1844
At Tunstall, on Tuesday last, by the Reverand Mr Sabbin, Mr John Nelson, Back Lane house, Tunstall, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Mr William Jackson, Fenwick Arms Inn, Tunstall.
Lancaster Gazette, 6th April 1850
The appointing of new churchwardens : Mr John Nelson for Arkholme with Cawood.
Lancaster Gazette, 22nd December 1855
HORNBY CHRISTMAS CATTLE SHOW
Best Fat Cow, 1st, Mr H. Morphett (Camp House), 2nd, Mr John Nelson (Broomfield Farm).
Kendal Mercury, 24th September 1859
LUNESDALE AGRICULTURAL SHOW
Class 4 White Faced Sheep
Best three gimmer lambs, First : John Nelson, Broomfield (15s), second Mr William Swindlehurst, selllett Hall (7/6).
Children
James : Born 10th April 1845 in Tunstall
Mary Ellen : Born 1847 in Tunstall
William : Born 1850 in Arkholme
Richard : Born 1851 in Arkholme
John : Born 1853 in Arkholme
Elizabeth Ann : Born 1855 in Arkholme
George : Born 1858 in Arkholme
Robert : Born 1860 in Arkholme
Lived : Childhood at Back Lane House, Tunstall
Farmed at Lower Broomfield Farm, Arkholme
Retired to Rose Cottage, Low street, Burton in Lonsdale.
Registration of the death of John, by his son George (1892)
Death : John died on the 3rd July 1892.
ELIZABETH JACKSON
Born : 1817 in Kirby Lonsdale
Father & Mother : William (B.1792) and Elizabeth (Proctor B. 1797) they were married in 1816. Elizabeth (Jackson) Nelson was the oldest of 10 children.
Lived out here retirement at Low Street, Burton in Lonsdale.
Elizabeth died in 1902 age 85
