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Ethel Morris, ^^{[1, 2]}
1877 - 1966

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  Birth	1877	Newark, Essex, NJ   [3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Misc	1914	Bellport, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [5]
  	operated the Farm Tea house
  	Address: Bellport Lane
  	The tea room was said to be the social center of Bellport during summer afternoons.
  Residence	Bef 1960	Daytona Beach, Volusia, Fl   [6]
  	This was a winter residence. References to their summer residence occurs for many years before the 1960 reference.
  Living	Bef 1966	Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY
  	Address: old Ketcham Farm
  	She was living at the old Ketcham Farm (Historic Site ID Br06A) to around her death in 1966. The farm was known as 'Middlebrook Farm'. It originally had about 60 acres. The heirs sold the house, the remaining 4 acres and the 'red barn' to Fred Allardt.
  Died	7 May 1966	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [3, 4, 7]
  Buried	Bellport (Woodland Cemetery), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [3, 4]
  Person ID	I5964	Brookhaven & South Haven Hamlets
  Last Modified	13 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	[f.\ Ethel] Morris
  Mother	[m.\ Ethel] [Morris]
  Family ID	F4867	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Desmond Nelson, ^,   b. 21 Nov 1869, 4th Ave ,   d. 28 Feb 1958, East Patchogue (Brookhaven Memorial Hospital), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY
  Married	Abt 1917  [2, 8]
  Census	1930	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [8]
  	They valued their home at $20,000. No occupation was recorded.
  Headstones		028.Nelson: Desmond and Ethel Nelson gravestone Status: Located Plot: Nelson
  Family ID	F2117	Group Sheet

  
  

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  [S186] Email: Lucia Nelson, 4 Jul 2004. [S1050] Nelson Family Group Sheets, 2013. [S325] Cemetery: Woodland. [S127] Advance, Long Island, 12 May 1966, p. 10. Mrs. Ethel M. Nelson, 88, of South Country Road, Brookhaven, died Saturday at Brookhaven Memorial Hospital. Born in Newark, N.J., she had lived in Brookhaven 46 years, and was the widow of Desmond Nelson. She is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Ruth M. Smith and Mrs. Adele M. Wylie, both of Florida, and Miss Louise Revere Morris of Madison, N.J., and two nephews, Norman Nelson Riverhead and Alfred Nelson of Brookhaven. Funeral services were held Monday at St. James Episcopal Church, Brookhaven, the Rev. Richard Gray, Rector officiating. Interment was in Woodland Cemetery, Bellport. Funeral arrangements were made by the Ruland Funeral Home. [S127] Advance, Long Island, 18 sep 1952, p. 9. [S127] Advance, Long Island, 16 June 1960, p. 12. [S542] New York Times, Death notice. 8 May 1966. p. 83. NELSON--Ethel M., of Brookhaven, L.I. on May 7, 1966, widow of Desmond Nelson, sister of Mrs. Ruth M. SDmith, Mrs. Adele M Wylie and Miss Louise Revere Morriss; also survived by two nephews, Norman and Alfred. Services 2:30 P.M. Monday at St. James Episcopal Church, Brookhaven L.I. Interment Woodlawn Cemetery, Bellport, L.I. [S129] 1930 Census, Census Place: Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York; Roll: 1650; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 39; Image: 422.0; FHL microfilm: 2341384..