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Welcome to our Nelson family tree.

These are the Nelson family names we are currently researching.  We have traced our Nelson roots to Scotland.   If you think here may be a link to your own Nelson name research and would to exchange details then please contact bain@alba-gen.co.uk.

Click on any of the names in the Index to jump quickly to name of interest.

For further information regarding  Nelson / Neilson / Aitken / Grant Families visit the website of:
 Isobel McWatts or email Isobel at themcwatts@sympatico.ca

 

 

1. Alexander Nelson
b. 4/11/1722 Bathgate, West Lothian.
m. Ann Gilmour
b. 22/7/1745 Bathgate, West Lothian
 

Children:

(i)  John Nelson b. 1750 Bathgate, W.Lothian

2. John Nelson or Neilson
b. 1/6/1750 Bathgate, West Lothian.
m. Elizabeth Gibson
b. 1/8/1751 Climpy, Forth, Lanarkshire.
 

Children:

(i)  Alexander Neilson b. 1795 Carnwath, Lanarkshire
   

3. Alexander Neilson
b.20/5/1795 Carnwath, Lanarkshire
m. abt 1818
Margaret Brown
b.about 1795
 

Children:

(i)  John Neilson b.1819 Linlithgow
(ii)  Elizabeth Neilson b.1821Carnwath
(iii) William Neilson b. 1823 d.1870Carnwath
(iv) Alexander Neilson b.1826 Carnwath
(v)  James Neilson b.1831 Carnwath
(vi) Margaret Neilson b.1836 Dunsyre
(vii)Johnston Neilson b.1840 Shotts
 
 

4. John Nelson or Neilson [Coalminer]
b. 12/6/1819 Linlithgow,West Lothian
m. 1/12/1844 Shotts, Lanarkshire
Rachel McGuire
b. 28/9/1821 Shotts, Lanarkshire
d. 17/1/1904 Holytown, Lanarkshire
(Parents) Daniel McGuire & Ann Reid



(See 1851 Census & 1881 Census)

 Children:

(i)    Ann Neilson b. 1846 Shotts, Lanarkshire
(ii)   Alexander Neilson b. 1848 Shotts Lanarkshire
(iii)  Daniel Neilson b. 1850 Shotts, Lanarkshire
(iv)  Margaret Neilson b.1852 Shotts,
                                                    Lanarkshire
(v)   Barbara Neilson b.1855 Shotts, Lanarkshire
(vi)  Elizabeth Neilson b.1858
(vii) Elizabeth Neilson b. 1960
(viii)Rachael Neilson b.1863 Shotts, Lanarkshire
 
   

5. William Neilson
 [Coalminer]
b. 4/11/1823 in Carnwath, Lanarkshire
d. 24/4/1870 Cambusnethan
m. Jane Tweedie 14/3/1845,
Walston, Carnwath
b. 7/12/1821 Walston, Carnwath

Children:

(i)  Margaret Neilson b.1845 Walston, Lanarkshire.
(ii) John Neilson b.1848 in Shotts, Lanarkshire.
(iii) Alexander Neilson/Nelson
                                   b.1850 Carluke, Shotts
(iv) Janet Neilson b.1853 in Shotts, Lanarkshire.
(v) William Neilson b.1855 Shotts, Lanarkshire.
(vi) James Neilson b.1857 Morningside, Lanarksh.
(vii)Jane Neilson b.1860 Morningside, Lanarksh.
(viii) Ferguson Neilson b.1862 Morningside, Lanarksh.
 
 

6. Alexander Nelson
[Coalminer]
b. 1/7/1850 Carluke, Shotts
m. 9/6/1873 Shotts, Lanarkshire
Annie McGuire
(Farm Servant)
b.1854
(Parents) Wm. McGuire & Catherine Shiels
 

 Children:

(i) Alexander Nelson b.1873 Shotts, Lanarkshire
 

7. Margaret Neilson
[Domestic Servant]
b.1852 Shotts, Lanarkshire
m. 10/2/1871 Glasgow
James McCallum
[Steamboat Stoker]
b.1851
(Parents)Hugh McCallum & Elizabeth McCulloch

 Children:

(i)    Gilbert McCallum b.1871 Glasgow
(ii)   John McCallum b. 1876 Glasgow
(iii)  Anne McCallum b. 1878 Glasgow

 

8. Alexander Nelson [Neilson]
[Colliery Hillman]
b. 1848 Shotts, Lanarkshire
d. 26/5/1920 Muirbank House, Rutherglen
m. 12/7/1878 Bridgeton, Glasgow
Elizabeth Love
b. 1852 Campbeltown, Argyllshire
d. 3/4/1915 Muirbank House, Rutherglen
(Parents) ?Thomas Love & Mary (See Love Treeline)

(See 1881 Census 1891 & 1901 Census)
 

 Children:

(i)  John Nelson b. 1880 Glasgow
(ii) Thomas Nelson b. 1882 Glasgow
(iii) Herbert Nelson b. 1884 Glasgow
(iv) Daniel Nelson b. 1890 Glasgow
(v)  Rachel Nelson b. 1892 Glasgow

 

9. John Nelson [Joiner]
b.    1880 Glasgow
chr. 1880 Hood Memorial Church,
Bridgeton, Glasgow
m. 1st Wife name unknown
m. 2nd Wife = Marion
 

 Children:

(i)   Rebecca Nelson [by his 1st wife] - died at age of 6 or 7 months
(ii)  Carslaw Nelson [Either by  1st or 2nd marriage]

 

10. Thomas Nelson
[Colliery Mercantile Clerk]
b.  1882 Glasgow
d.  1956 Rutherglen
m. 17/2/1905 Hood Memorial Church,
Fairbairn St. Bridgeton, Glasgow
Margaret Blair Ross [Mill Worker]
b. 20/12/1880 Govanhill, Lanarkshire
d. 18/6/1979 Rutherglen

 (Parents) John Ross & Elizabeth Ann Sharp

For more information regarding this branch of the family contact bain@alba-gen.co.uk
 

 Children:

(i)   Alexander Nelson b. 1908 Glasgow
(ii)  John Ross Nelson b. 1916 Rutherglen

 

11. Alexander Nelson
b.   16/3/1908 Glasgow
chr. Hood Memorial Church, Bridgeton, Glasgow
d.   28/12/1989 Bankhead, Rutherglen
m.  16/4/1938 St. Bride Parish Church,
Stretford, Lancaster
Grace Neaves Meek
b.  17/9/1911 York, England
d.  29/7/1983 Glasgow
 (Parents) Frank Meek (1889-1938) & Marjory Emma Meek
(born 1889)
(Sibling)  Sister = Vera Meek

For more information regarding this branch of the family contact bain@alba-gen.co.uk
 

 Children:

(i)   Sheelagh Margaret Nelson [birth name Marjorie]
                                 -living-

 

12.  John Ross Nelson
b.  7/5/1916  Rutherglen
chr. Hood Memorial Church, Glasgow
d.  11/6/1981 Glasgow
m. 1939 Glasgow
Jeannie Cruickshanks Delaney
                -living-
 (Parents) Cornelius Delaney (1888-1961)
& Annie Cruickshanks (1893-1980)
[See Delaney Treeline]

For more information regarding this branch of the family contact bain@alba-gen.co.uk
 

 		Children:

(i)   Ann Nelson b. Rutherglen d. 1962 Campsie
(ii)  Thomas Nelson b. Rutherglen   -living-               
(iii)  Neil Nelson b. Glasgow   -living-                      
(iv)  Margot Nelson b. Rutherglen  -living-
     
                      
 

 

13. Daniel Nelson [Coal Miner]
b. 1850 Shotts, Lanarkshire
m. 24/9/1875 Calderhead, Glasgow
Rachael Brunton
b. 1856 Shotts, Lanarkshire

 Children:

(i)   John Nelson b. 1877 Shotts, Lanarkshire
(ii)  James Nelson b.1879 Shotts, Lanarkshire
(iii)  Mary Nelson b. 1881 Shotts, Lanarkshire
 

 

14. Herbert Nelson
b. 1884 Shotts, Lanarkshire
m. 24/9/1875 Calderhead, Glasgow
Mary McWalter
b. 1856 Shotts, Lanarkshire

 For more information regarding this branch of the family contact bain@alba-gen.co.uk
 

Children:

(i)  Elizabeth Nelson 
 (ii) May Nelson 

 

 

15. Daniel Nelson 
b. 1890 Glasgow
m. Maggie

 

 Children:

(i)   Margaret Nelson died after 1955
 (ii)  Helen Nelson died after 1955
(iii) Sandra Nelson             -living-
               
 

 

16. Rachel Nelson
b. abt.1892 Glasgow
d. abt. 1967
m. 24/9/1875 Calderhead, Glasgow
Baxter [Given name Unknown]
b. 1856 Shotts, Lanarkshire
 

 Children:

(i)  Ian
(ii) Son [name unknown]

 This site was last updated 11/12/2002