JAMES NELSON
Born : 9th December 1876
Father & Mother : James & Sarah Ann Nelson
Baptism : 11th March 1977 at St Silas Church, Liverpool.
Childhood homes : 28 & 10 Sandstone Road, West Derby, Liverpool.
Marriage : 6th November 1900 at the Registry office, West Derby, to Harriett Louisa Swinnerton. Witnesses were W R Burns and A E Clubbe. Moved into number 8 Sandstone Road, West Derby.
Occupation : Butcher & Slaughterman.
Children
Stanley Swinnerton (B.1900)
George (B. 28th April 1901)
William James (B.1902)
Edith Constance (B. 1904)
Francis (b. 1907)
Beatrice (B. 1909)
Lillian Norah (B. 1912)
Thomas Francis (B. 1915)
Lillie (B. 1916)
Adelaide (B. 1919)
John Stackhouse Albert (B. 16th June 1919)
Death : James died age 79 on the 16th March 1956 at 12 Merton Close, Huyton. Liverpool. Cause was Carcinoma of head of Pancreas.
Ruth Ashton writes,- I have come across some knowledge regarding my Great Grandfather James Nelson. Apparently he was considered a bad tempered and aggressive man, some members of the family actually feared him. I wonder if you know anything about what type of person John Nelson (His brother) was. My Father (Brian), John's grandson remembers his Grandfather John as a very nice and pleasant person who when they visited in Warrington was always very welcoming. His brothers and sisters he tells me used to cycle from Northwich to Warrington, what a journey for young children.
James Nelson and his wife Harriet were living separately at the time of the 1911 census. James is with his mother Sarah Nelson at 10 Sandstone Road, with four of his children. Two others are living elsewhere, one with maternal Grandparents Swinnerton and the other lives next door with an Uncle Stackhouse. James has only recorded 5 of 5 living children. He has not recognised the 6th child probably Stanley. there is suggestion that Harriet is under the name Louisa Nelson working as a domestic cook for the Slater family at Haymens Green , West Derby. Questions arise at the obvious name difference but also at the difference in number of years married and children. This Louisa states that she has been married for 12 years and has 6 living children and I deceased. The 12 years could obviously be a miscalculation but I have never come across the suggestion of a 7th child before 1911 for Harriet Louisa. Stanley the eldest was born under Swinnerton on the 13th April 1900, 7 months before his parents were married. There is no other Swinnerton child born in West Derby in 1900 so Stanley was not a twin. Was there another child....or just not the right Louisa...
HARRIET LOUISA SWINNERTON
THE SWINNERTON FAMILY
Birth:
17th March 1878.
Harriet Louisa Swinnerton was born at 15 Parron Street, West Derby.
Her father was George Swinnerton, engineer; her mother was Harriet Swinnerton, formerly Wheate.
The birth was registered on 27th April 1878.
Baptism:
St Peter, Liverpool.
3rd July 1878.
Harriet Louisa, daughter of George and Harriet Louisa Swinnerton of Edgehill. Father's occupation: Engineer.
Born on 17th March 1878.
Marriage:
6th November 1900.
Harriet Louisa Swinnerton married James Nelson at the Register Office, Liverpool, by licence.
Harriet, a spinster, age 22 years, was living at the Waterworks, Green Lane, Tuebrook.
James, a bachelor, age 23 years, a butcher, was living in Sandstone Road, West Derby.
Harriet's father was George Swinnerton, water engineer.
James's father was James Nelson, (deceased), Dairyman.
Witnesses were W. R. Burns and A.E. Clubbe.
Death
From Liz Farmer (Harriet Loisa's Grand daughter)
I wasn't sure about the names of the siblings so I looked to see if there were any death notices in the Liverpool Echo for Harriet Louisa's death on 26th May 1942. I found three. They don't scan very well as they are so small so these are the transcriptions;
NELSON - May 26 HARRIET L. the dearly loved wife of James and beloved mother of Ada - 12 Merton Close, Roby.
NELSON - May 26th at 12 Merton Close Roby HARRIET L. NELSON beloved mother of Norah, May, Beattie and sons-in-law Ted and Will. Funeral arrangements later.
NELSON - May 26, HARRIET L NELSONloving mother of George, Bill, Tom and Lill. (Good night Grandma from all her Granchildren.) Funeral at St Anne's Stanley tomorrow (Saturday) at 11am (late Highfield Rd).
The Family House
