Hiram Lewis NELSON & Olive McDONALD

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Hiram Lewis NELSON
Olive McDONALD

Husband: Hiram Lewis / Louis NELSON
Birth: Nov 1832 or 11 Sep 1835, Washington Co., IL
Death: 5 Apr 1927, Kerr Co., TX
Occupation: farmer
Father: Hiram / Hyrum NELSON (1797-1862) of TN
Mother: Mary "Polly" Anna ROUNDTREE / ROUNTREE (1804-1868) of KY

Marriage: 9 Aug 1855, Gillespie Co., TX

Wife: Olive McDONALD
Birth: Dec 1835, TX
Death apparently: 1910-1920, Kerr Co., TX
Occupation: homemaker
Father: born in IL
Mother: born in KY

Children:

1. Mary Elizabeth NELSON, b. 1856/7, TX — probably Gillespie Co., TX
2. Allen Sherman NELSON, b. Dec 1864 or 19 Dec 1865, Mexico

— born in Kerr Co., TX:
3. William H. NELSON, b. 1866/7
4. Lee Ward NELSON, b. Apr 1869
5. Silas M. B. NELSON, b. Oct 1871
6. Frank H. NELSON, b. 1873/4
7. Nellie NELSON, b. 1875/6
8. Rosa / Rose Itaska NELSON, b. Jan 1879

Keywords for search engines: genealogy; USA, US, United States, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Texas

Sources:

1. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: IGI - International Genealogical Index (online at FamilySearch.org).

Hiram L. NELSON
Spouse: Olive Mc DONALD
Marriage: 09 Aug 1855, Gillespie, Texas
Source: Marriage Records, 1850-1946. Gillespie County (Texas). County Clerk

2. 1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): can't find (in Mexico?).

3. 1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #5 of 7): Kerrsville P.O., Precinct No. 4, Kerr Co., TX, Roll M593_1594, p. 149A, PN 1, 8/8, enumerated 14 Jul 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Nelson H L 34 M W Farmer 600 900 Illinois

______ Alliva 30 F W House Keeping Arkansas

______ Mary E 13 F W At home Texas

______ Allen S 8 M W Mexico

______ William 3 M W Texas

______ Lee Ward 1 M W Texas

Perim A Wm 32 M W Photographer 250 New York

4. 1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #6 of 17): Precincts 3 & 4, Kerr Co., TX, Roll T9_1315, p. 257B, PN 6, SD 6, ED 91, enumerated 8/9 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1880: for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 13 24 25 26

47 49 Nelson H L W M 45 / Farmer Ill Tenn Ky

______ Olive W F 43 Wife / Keeping house Ark Ill "

______ A S W M 15 Son / At home Mexico " Ark

______ W H W M 13 " / " Texas " "

______ L W W M 11 " / " " " "

______ S M B W M 9 " / " " " "

______ Frank W M 6 " / " " " "

______ Nellie W F 4 Dau / " " " "

______ Rosa W F 1 " / " " " "

5. 1890 Census: the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

6. 1900 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #2 of 9): Justice Precinct No. 4, Kerr Co., TX, Roll T623_1651, p. 97B, SN 16, SD 5, ED 44, enumerated 1/2 Jun 1900, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1900 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1900: for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

99 100 Nelson H Lewis Head W M Nov 1832 67 M 45 IL TN Un Farmer 0 Y Y Y O F F 71

______ Olive Wife W F Dec 1835 64 M 45 10 8 AR Un Un Keeping House Y Y Y

______ Lee W Son W M Apr 1869 31 Wd TX IL AR Farm laborer 0 Y Y Y

______ Frank Son W M May 1874 26 S TX IL AR Merchant 0 Y Y Y

Listed next to married son, Silas M. NELSON (b. Oct 1871, TX/IL/AR).

7. 1910 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): Louis H. NELSON is living in Kimble Co., TX (p. 295A), with his married daughter, Nellie. Olive NELSON is living in Kerr Co., TX, with her married son, Frank H. NELSON.

8. 1920 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): Lewis H. NELSON is living in Kerr Co., TX, with his married son, William H. NELSON. Olive not found.

9. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: AF - Ancestral File (online at FamilySearch.org).

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