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Family: Alfred Nelson/Emily Fairlie Ogden (F2110)
m. 21 Aug 1860

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• Father | Male Alfred Nelson, ^

  
  

  Born	21 Dec 1837	New York, New York, NY
  Died	25 Mar 1922	{Flushing, Queens, NY}
  Buried	29 Mar 1922	Brooklyn (Green-Wood Cemetery), Kings, NY
  Married	21 Aug 1860  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]	Ravenswood, Long Island City, Queens, NY  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Father	William Nelson, Sr. > | F6210 Group Sheet
  Mother	Helena Anne Desmond, > | F6210 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Emily Fairlie Ogden, >

  
  

  Born	1 Oct 1838	Philadelphia, PA
  Died	3 Aug 1923	Flushing, Queens, NY
  Buried		Brooklyn (Green-Wood Cemetery), Kings, NY
  Father	Samuel Gouverneur Ogden, > | F2112 Group Sheet
  Mother	Julia Fairlie, > | F2112 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Male Norman Fairlie Nelson, Sr. [i] ^

  
  

  Born	22 Jun 1862	Ravenswood, Long Island City, Queens, NY
  Died	13 Jul 1954	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY
  Buried	10 Aug 1954	Brooklyn (Green-Wood Cemetery), Kings, NY
  Spouse	Matilda Mitchel Von Faas, ^ | F2111
  Married	4 Aug 1898	New York, NY

  
  

  Child 2 | Male Alfred Gouverneur Nelson

  
  

  Born	24 Dec 1864	Brooklyn, Kings, NY
  Died	1 Nov 1885	Astoria, Queens, NY
  Buried	3 Nov 1885	Brooklyn (Green-Wood Cemetery), Kings, NY

  
  

  Child 3 | Male Horatio Ogden Nelson

  
  

  Born	7 Sep 1866	Brooklyn, Kings, NY
  Died	8 May 1945	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY
  Buried	10 Jun 1945	Brooklyn (Green-Wood Cemetery), Kings, NY
  Spouse	Charlotte Amelia Southgate | F2114
  Married	20 Jun 1895	Long Island City, Queens, NY

  
  

  Child 4 | Male Desmond Nelson, ^

  
  

  Born	21 Nov 1869	4th Ave
  Died	28 Feb 1958	East Patchogue (Brookhaven Memorial Hospital), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY
  Buried		Bellport (Woodland Cemetery), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY
  Spouse	Ethel Morris, ^ | F2117
  Married	Abt 1917

  
  

  Child 5 | Female Francis Nelson

  
  

  Born	Abt 1870	NY
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 6 | Male Allen Campbell Nelson

  
  

  Born	23 Feb 1872	New York, New York, NY
  Died	10 Feb 1947	FL
  Buried	1947	St. Augustine, St. Johns, FL

  
  

  Child 7 | Male Robert Burns Nelson

  
  

  Born	12 Apr 1878	Astoria, Queens, NY
  Died	23 Apr 1882	Ravenswood, Long Island City, Queens, NY
  Buried	24 Apr 1882	Brooklyn (Green-Wood Cemetery), Kings, NY

  
  

• Documents

  Ketcham/Nelson farmstead "Middlebrook" ..The original house was probable built about 1793 by Isaac and Scudder Ketcham. Purchased by Alfred Nelson in 1906. This document is Site Datasheet Br06A, and includes both historical and modern pictures.

  
  

• Notes

  Married: In the 1900 census recorded, they were recorded as have nine children, of whom eight were still living. Census: In their household were children Norman, Alfred, H. Ogden, Desmond, Allan, and Robert; Virginia Ogden, Emily's sister; and two servants. His occupation was recorded as "chemicals."

  
  

• Sources

  [S201] Death Notice: Norman Fairlie Nelson. [S191] 1900 Census, Census Place: Queens Ward 3, Queens, New York; Roll: T623 1149; Page: 19A; Enumeration District: 661.. [S978] Ogden Family in America, http://books.google.com/books?id=L3JVAAAAMAAJ&prin., p. 277. [S19] Ancestry.com: Genealogy Trees, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10891741/person/-562086790. [S1050] Nelson Family Group Sheets, 2013. Alfred and Emily were married 21 August 1860 at St. Thomas Church, Ravenswood, Queens, Long Island by the Rev S.W, Sayres. Witness: William Nelson, father of Alfred. The Holy Bible, London ca. 1856, was a wedding present given to Emily by her God-mother, Mary Grace Raoul, daughter of Mary Fairlie (her aunt) and Thomas Abthorpe Cooper.