HAROLD NELSON
Born : 1885, Tottenham, Middlesex
Father & Mother : Richard & Emma Louise Nelson
1891 Census
Living at the Golden Anchor Public house in Knaresborough, Yorks.
1901 Census
Age 15 with family at 4, Elmwood Street, Harrogate.
Occupation : Paper finisher
Marriage : Married on the 8th July 1908 to Mary Kenyon at Harrogate.
Harolds father Richard is deceased (died 1897), the wedding was witnessed by his younger sister Mary Eleanor Nelson who was 19 at the time.
1911 Census.
Living at 23 Danefield Terrace, Harrogate, younger brother leonard is staying with him.
Children
Clarence (Clare) Nelson ; Born 24th November 1909 in Harrogate.
John (Jack) Nelson ; Born 23rd November 1911 in Otley, Yorkshire
Death
Mary Nelson (nee Kenyon) passed away in 1914.
Second Marriage
Marriage: Married in June 1922 to Annie Knox (nee Collins)
1926
Departure to Canada.
Harold (Now 41) left England from Liverpool on the 19th Febuary 1926 on the Canadian Pacific liner 'Metagama', leaving behind his two sons who would follow their father in March of the same year.
Harold with son John (Jack) and Grandchildren Jim, John and Anne Marie
Deaths:
Annie passed away in 1951 at Sarnia, Ontario, Canada.
Harold passed away in 1966 at Sarnia, Ontario, Canada.
From John Nelson, London, Ontario, Canada
Harold emigrated to Canada in the early 20's with his second wife and stepdaughter Joan. His sons joined them through a work program that paid their passage a few years later. Eventually Joan married her stepbrother Jack. As I mentioned before, Joan is still alive and will turn 101 next month, July 28.
I am very excited to have discovered you and your website. I am frantically copying information from it in case I loose contact with it. Hopefully it will be available for a long time to come.
I will set up a share file and add all the information I can gather for you to use as you see fit.
Thanks again and I'm looking forward to hearing from you in the future.
Cousin John
London, Ontario, Canada
