Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NameEleanor Hamilton NELSON
Birth9 Jan 1793, County Down, Northern Ireland1704, date only,1705, p 1
Deathaft 19 Sep 1879, Iona, Elgin, Ontario, Canada1705, p 1 Age: 86
BurialIona Cemetery, Iona, Elgin, Ontario, Canada
BurialSt. Thomas, Elgin, Ontario, Canada1706, p 3
FatherDavid NELSON (<1768-1814)
MotherElizabeth HAMILTON (1774-1839)
Individual Notes
• Eleanor Lumley (Nelson) was born in County Down, Ireland, January 9th, 1792; married James Lumley May 11th, 1820, and came to Ontario and settled in Dunwich, south of Iona; they had seven children. Mr. Lumley died September 21st, 1851, aged 56 years and 6 months, and she now lives with her son Ephraim in the enjoyment of good health.1707
Census
• 1842 Census: Dunwich twp., Elgin, Ontario.1708
• 1861 Census: Dunwich twp., Elgin, Ontario. Age 69, b Ireland, Baptist, widow.1709,1710
• 1871 Census: Dunwich, Elgin West, Ontario: age 78, Ireland, F W Baptist, widow. Living in a house by herself.1709,1711
Spouses
Birth22 Mar 1795, Southampton, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada669, p 1,1712, p 27; date only,1704, date only,1713, p 5; date only,1714, p 46; date only
Death21 Sep 1851, Iona, Elgin, Ontario, Canada1704,1714, p 24,1705, p 1 Age: 56
BurialLumley Cemetery, Iona, Elgin, Ontario, Canada1704,1715
BurialSt. Thomas, Elgin, Ontario, Canada1706, p 3
FatherJohn LUMLEY (1766-1842)
MotherAnn HARRISON (1766-1837)
Individual Notes
• The James Lumley who your history says died in 1881 is undoubtedly the James Lumley, son of John and Ann Lumley, who was born March 22, 1795. He married Eleanor Nelson, and died September 21, 1851, (as your genealogical chart also states). He and his wife are buried in the Old Iona Cemetery near the village of Iona, Ontario, Canada.1716
Census
• 1842 Census: Dunwich twp., Elgin, Ontario.1708
Marriage11 May 1820, Nova Scotia, Canada680, p 4; marriage only,1704,1717, p 3,1714, p 46,1718
Marriage Notes
• They settled on a farm north of his brother, Joseph. They had seven children.1714

• Eleanor Nelson, married in Nova Scotia to James Lumley, who moved shortly after to Iona, near St. Thomas, Ontario, where they settled on a farm, lived and died there.1719, p 1
ChildrenHance H. (1821-1875)
 Elizabeth H. (1822-1847)
 James (1824-1881)
 Enoch (1826-1859)
 Ephraim (1828->1879)
 Eleanor H. (1830-1858)
 Joseph (1832-1847)
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