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Family: NELSON James Alfred / ASHMAN Harriet Canopus (F806)

• Father | Male NELSON James Alfred

  
  

  Born	3 Sep 1840	,Dorchester,Dorsetshire,England
  Died	9 Oct 1915	Melbourne Hospital,South Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
  Buried	12 Oct 1915	Melbourne General Cemetery,,Victoria,Australia
  Married	30 Jan 1864  [1, 2, 3, 4]	St Marks Church of England,Fitzroy,Victoria,Australia  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Divorced	5 Apr 1894  [5, 6]	,,Victoria,Australia  [5, 6]
  Father	NELSON Frederick William | F40 Group Sheet
  Mother	LOCKETT Elizabeth Wright | F40 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female ASHMAN Harriet Canopus

  
  

  Born	Bef 16 May 1846	HM Ship Canopus,,,At sea
  Died	1918	,,Victoria,Australia
  Buried
  Father	ASHMAN George | F807 Group Sheet
  Mother	HUGHES Eliza | F807 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Female NELSON Emily Florence Harriet

  
  

  Born	1865	,,Victoria,Australia
  Died	18 Dec 1906	,,Victoria,Australia
  Buried	21 Dec 1906	Melbourne General Cemetery,,Victoria,Australia
  Spouse	MEEHAN Henry Walton | F811
  Married	Yes, date unknown
  Spouse	Living | F812
  Married

  
  

  Child 2 | Male NELSON James Alfred

  
  

  Born	1 May 1867	Little Palmerston St,South Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
  Died	1950	,,Victoria,Australia
  Buried
  Spouse	CAMERON Catherine | F816
  Married	12 Oct 1887	The Manse Clarendon Street,South Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
  Spouse	Living | F817
  Married

  
  

  Child 3 | Female NELSON Elizabeth Mary

  
  

  Born	1869	,,Victoria,Australia
  Died	1942	,,Victoria,Australia
  Buried
  Spouse	SWANNIE John Edward | F810
  Married	1909	,,Victoria,Australia

  
  

  Child 4 | Male NELSON Frederick William

  
  

  Born	1871	,,Victoria,Australia
  Died	1939	,,Victoria,Australia
  Buried

  
  

  Child 5 | Male NELSON George Augustus

  
  

  Born	1873	,,Victoria,Australia
  Died	18 Nov 1938	,Albert Park,Victoria,Australia
  Buried	21 Nov 1938	Melbourne General Cemetery,,Victoria,Australia
  Spouse	SWAN Minnie Agnes | F814
  Married	Bef 1898

  
  

  Child 6 | Female NELSON Edith Ada

  
  

  Born	1875	,,Victoria,Australia
  Died	1951	,,Victoria,Australia
  Buried
  Spouse	MCCLEMENT John Walker | F818
  Married	1920	,,Victoria,Australia

  
  

  Child 7 | Male NELSON William Henry

  
  

  Born	1877	,,Victoria,Australia
  Died
  Buried

  
  

  Child 8 | Male NELSON Henry Carlton

  
  

  Born	1879	,,Victoria,Australia
  Died	1943	,,Victoria,Australia
  Buried
  Spouse	Living | F815
  Married

  
  

  Child 9 | Female NELSON Alice Ethel

  
  

  Born	1881	,,Victoria,Australia
  Died	Bef 23 Oct 1893	,,Victoria,Australia
  Buried	23 Oct 1893	Melbourne General Cemetery,,Victoria,Australia

  
  

  Child 10 | Male NELSON James Arthur

  
  

  Born	1883	,,Victoria,Australia
  Died
  Buried

  
  

  Child 11 | Male NELSON Ernest Albert

  
  

  Born	1885	,South Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
  Died	19 Mar 1944	99 Beaconsfield Pde, Albert Park, Victoria,Australia
  Buried	22 Mar 1944	Fawkner Cemetery,Fawkner,Victoria,Australia
  Spouse	LEWIS Jean | F813
  Married	6 Apr 1910	Congregational Church,South Melbourne,Victoria,Australia

  
  

  Child 12 | Female NELSON Amy

  
  

  Born	14 Mar 1887	Yarra Place,South Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
  Died	1929	,,Victoria,Australia
  Buried
  Spouse	Living | F808
  Married

  
  

• Notes

  Married: or was it 20 June?

  
  

• Sources

  [S57] Victorian BDMs, Reg 1864 99. First name(s) Harriet Canopus Last name Ashman Sex Female Marriage year 1864 Spouse's first name(s) James Spouse's last name Nelson State Victoria Country Australia Registration number 99 Record set Victoria Marriages 1836-1942 [S19] Marriage Certificate. [S23] Birth Certificate. Amy Nelson [S60] The Argus (Melboourne), 3 Feb 1864. MARRIAGE. NELSON—ASHMAN.—On the 30th ult., at St. Mark's Church, Fitzroy, by the Rev. R. B. Barlow, James, son of the late Frederick William Nelson, builder, of Dorchester, England, to Harriett Canopus, second daughter of Mr. George Ashman, of Colling- wood, Victoria. [S57] Victorian BDMs, 1893/20. [S60] The Argus (Melboourne), Wed 14 Jun 1893. NELSON V. NELSON. Harriet Canopus Nelson, of Cassell-street, South Melbourne, petitioned for a dissolution of her marriage with James Nelson, of Yarra plane, South Melbourne, stamper, on the grounds of drunkenness, cruelty, and neglect. The marriage took place at St. Mark's Church of England, Fitz roy, on June 30, 1864, and four children are living. The respondent filed an answer, in which he denied his wife's allegations. Mr. Woolf appeared for the petitioner, and the respondent appeared in person. A decree nisi was granted, with costs, the petitioner to have the custody of three children under the age of 16 years.. The Court adjourned till to-day. Funding for digitisation contributed by State Library