Desmond Nelson, ^^{[1, 2, 3]}

1869 - 1958  (88 years)

• Name	Desmond Nelson
  Suffix	^
  Nickname	Dem
  Born	21 Nov 1869	4th Ave   [3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	New York, New York, NY   [7]
  	Address: St. Thomas Church
  Census	1880	Long Island City, Queens, NY   [8]
  Census	1900	Queens Co., NY   [4]
  	He was living with his parents.
  Occupation	1900  [4]
  	banker
  Reference Number	Ogden 2430  [3]
  Residence	1907–1958	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [9, 10]
  Died	28 Feb 1958	East Patchogue (Brookhaven Memorial Hospital), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [9, 11, 12, 13]
  Buried	Bellport (Woodland Cemetery), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [11, 14]
  Person ID	I5953	Brookhaven & South Haven Hamlets
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2013

  
  

  Father	Alfred Nelson, ^,   b. 21 Dec 1837, New York, New York, NY ,   d. 25 Mar 1922, {Flushing, Queens, NY}  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Emily Fairlie Ogden, >,   b. 1 Oct 1838, Philadelphia, PA ,   d. 3 Aug 1923, Flushing, Queens, NY  (Age 84 years)
  Married	21 Aug 1860	Ravenswood, Long Island City, Queens, NY   [1, 3, 4, 15, 16]
  	Address: St. Thomas Church, Vernon and Freeman Avenue
  	In the 1900 census recorded, they were recorded as have nine children, of whom eight were still living.
  Census	1880	Long Island City, Queens, NY   [5]
  	Address: Vernon avenue
  	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."
  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.
  Family ID	F2110	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ethel Morris, ^,   b. 1877, Newark, Essex, NJ ,   d. 7 May 1966, Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY  (Age 89 years)
  Married	Abt 1917  [5, 14]
  Census	1930	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [5]
  	They valued their home at $20,000. No occupation was recorded.
  Headstones		028.Nelson: Desmond and Ethel Nelson gravestone Plot: Nelson
  Family ID	F2117	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S201] Death Notice: Norman Fairlie Nelson. [S202] Obituary: Emily Ogden. [S978] Ogden Family in America, http://books.google.com/books?id=L3JVAAAAMAAJ&prin., p. 277. [S191] 1900 Census, Census Place: Queens Ward 3, Queens, New York; Roll: T623 1149; Page: 19A; Enumeration District: 661. [S129] 1930 Census, Census Place: Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York; Roll: 1650; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 39; Image: 422.0; FHL microfilm: 2341384. [S1050] Nelson Family Group Sheets, 2013. Birth at house, west side of 4th Ave, second house north of 92nd Street, New York City. [S1050] Nelson Family Group Sheets, 2013. Sponsors: Allen Campbell and Blaize R. Harsell. [S42] 1880 Census, Census Place: Queens, Queens, New York; Roll: 918; Family History Film: 1254918; Page: 99C; Enumeration District: 282; Image: 0677. [S127] Advance, Long Island, 6 Mar 1958, p. 6. Desmond Nelson, 88, of South Country road, Brookhaven, died Friday at Brookhaven Memorial Hospital. Born in New York city, he lived in Brookhaven for 51 years. He was a retired farmer and member of St. James Episcopal church in Brookhaven. Formerly, for 18 years, he was trreasurer of St. James church. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Ethel Nelson of Brookhaven; two nephews, Norman F. Nelson and Alfred Nelson, both of Brookhaven; and two nieces. Services were held at 2 p.m. at St. James Episcopal church, Brookhaven, with theRev. Richard Gray, rector, officiating. Interment was in Woodland cemetery, Bellport. Funeral arrangements were made by C.W. Ruland Sons of Patchogue. [S443] Email: Norman Nelson. [S325] Cemetery: Woodland. [S127] Advance, Long Island, 20 Mar 1958, p. 31. Ethel M. Nelson of South Country road is designated as the sole legatee and executrix by the will of her husband, Desmond Nelson who died February 28, leaving less than $500 in personal and less that $15,000 in real property. [S1050] Nelson Family Group Sheets, 2013. His residence in 1958 was Brookhaven, NY. [S1050] Nelson Family Group Sheets, 2013. [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.