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WILLIAM NELSON's sister: MARY NELSON (1823- )
AGNES GIBB's other family: with JOHN MOORE (1829-bef1854)
AGNES GIBB's parents: ALEXANDER GIBB (1806- ) and SUSAN (1803- )

Family of WILLIAM NELSON and AGNES GIBB

Husband: WILLIAM NELSON (1827-1893)
Wife: AGNES GIBB (1831- )
Children: MARY AGNES NELSON (1860- )
WILLIAM NELSON (1866- )
ANN NELSON (1866- )
ELIZABETH NELSON (1868- )
MARGARET NELSON (1872- )
Marriage 25 Jun 1854 CHURCH OF ST JOHN, SEAHAM, DURHAM
Census (family) (1) 1861 38 FOUTH STREET, STANTON, DURHAM
Census (family) (2) 1871 8 PARK STREET, WESTOE, DURHAM

Additional Information

Marriage <i>Witness's were James Grant and Anthony Walker.
James was illiterate.
William and Agnes were both living in Seaham Harbour,Durham
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Husband: WILLIAM NELSON

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      WILLIAM NELSON    
 
Name: WILLIAM NELSON
Sex: Male
Father: JOHN NELSON (1791-1866)
Mother: MARY TAYLOR (chr.1789, d.1864)
Birth 23 Jun 1827 WHITBY, YORKSHIRE
Christening 28 Jun 1827 (age 0) WHITBY,NORTH YORKSHIRE
Occupation (1) 1841 (age 13-14) CABINET APPRENTICE; WHITBY,YORKSHIRE
Occupation (2) frm 1844 to 1871 (age 16-44) MARINER (MERCHANT SERVICE); STANTON, DURHAM
Occupation (3) 1844 (age 16-17) APPRENTICE SEAMAN; WHITBY,NORTH YORKSHIRE
Physical Description 23 Jul 1845 (age 18) DARK BROWN HAIR,HAZEL EYES, FAIR COMPLECTION, 5 FT 3 1/2 IN TALL; WHITBY,NORTH YORKSHIRE
Census (1) 1881 (age 53-54) on the CORNUCOPIA, KENT
Occupation (4) 1881 (age 53-54) MASTER'S MATE; CORNUCOPIA,
Census (2) 1891 (age 63-64) HARTON UNION WORKHOUSE, SOUTH SHEILDS, DURHAM
Occupation (5) 1891 (age 63-64) RETIRED MERCHANT SEAMAN; HARTON UNION WORKHOUSE, SOUTH SHEILDS, DURHAM
Death 1 Aug 1893 (age 66) UNION WORKHOUSE, HARTON, COUNTY OF DURHAM

Additional Information

Occupation (2) Number of Register Ticket is 139.429
Physical Description Seamans Ticket Number 139.429
Could Write.
Census (1) <i>Captain was William Ramsey, 39, born in Whitby, Yorkshire. </i>
Death Cause: Cirshosis of the liver

Wife: AGNES GIBB

Name: AGNES GIBB
Sex: Female
Father: ALEXANDER GIBB (1806- )
Mother: SUSAN (1803- )
Birth 1831 STOCTON, DURHAM
Census (1) 1881 (age 49-50) 22 NORTH STREET, WESTOE, DURHAM
Census (2) 1891 (age 59-60) 13 PERCY STREET, SOUTH SHEILDS, DURHAM
Occupation 1851 (age 19-20) HOUSE WIFE; JARTY GATE HOUSE, GOATHLAND, YORKSHIRE
Death

Additional Information

Census (1) <i>at home with the children</i>
Census (2) <i>down as a widow,? living on independent means.</i>

Child 1: MARY AGNES NELSON

Name: MARY AGNES NELSON
Sex: Female
Birth 29 Nov 1860 DURHAM STOCTON ON TEES
Census (1) 1871 (age 10-11) 8 PARK STREET, WESTOE, DURHAM
Census (2) 1881 (age 20-21) 22 NORTH STREET, WESTOE, DURHAM
Death

Additional Information

Census (1) <i>At home with her parents and rest of the Family</i>
Census (2) <i>At home with her Mother and rest of the Family- William at sea.</i>

Child 2: WILLIAM NELSON

Name: WILLIAM NELSON
Sex: Male
Spouse: MARIA HEPHZIBAH SCROGGINS (1864- )
Birth 1866 HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM
Census (1) 1871 (age 4-5) 9 PARK STREET, WESTOE, DURHAM
Occupation (1) btw 1871 and 1901 (age 4-35) BRASS FOUNDER; SOUTH SHEILDS, DURHAM, ENGLAND
Census (2) 1881 (age 14-15) 22 NORTH STREET, WESTOE, DURHAM
Occupation (2) 2 Apr 1911 (age 45) BRASS MOULDER; SOUTH SHEILDS, DURHAM, ENGLAND
Death

Additional Information

Census (1) <i>At home with his parents and rest of the Family</i>
Census (2) <i>At home with his Mother and rest of the Family- William at sea.</i>

Child 3: ANN NELSON

Name: ANN NELSON
Sex: Female
Birth 10 Jan 1866
Baptism 23 Dec 1868 (age 2) ST HILDAS, SOUTH SHEILDS, DURHAM
Census 1871 (age 4-5) 8 PARK STREET, WESTOE, DURHAM
Death

Additional Information

Census <i>At home with her parents and rest of the Family</i>

Child 4: ELIZABETH NELSON

Name: ELIZABETH NELSON
Sex: Female
Birth 1868 SOUTH SHEILDS, DURHAM, ENGLAND
Census (1) 1871 (age 2-3) 8 PARK STREET, WESTOE, DURHAM
Census (2) 1881 (age 12-13) 22 NORTH STREET, WESTOE, DURHAM
Death

Additional Information

Census (1) <i>At home with her parents and rest of the Family</i>
Census (2) <i>At home with her Mother and rest of the Family- William at sea.</i>

Child 5: MARGARET NELSON

Name: MARGARET NELSON
Sex: Female
Birth 1872 SOUTH SHEILDS, DURHAM, ENGLAND
Census 1881 (age 8-9) 22 NORTH STREET, WESTOE, DURHAM
Occupation GENTS DRESSER
Death

Additional Information

Census <i>At home with her Mother and rest of the Family- William at sea.</i>

Note on Husband: WILLIAM NELSON (1)

<i>Cornicopia was stranded and totally wrecked on the Kentish Knock in 1883. </i>

Note on Husband: WILLIAM NELSON (2)

William fisrt went to sea 1844, still serving his apprenticeship when ticketed.

Note on Wife: AGNES GIBB

LIVING WITH JOHN IN 1851 GOATHLAND LIVING IN TOP OF HOUSE AND HER PARENTS BELOW IN 1851 FOUND WITH FAMILY AT 22 NORTH STREET, WESTOE, DURHAM. 1881 CENSUS