Raymond Harry NELSON

Notes:

In the 1920 census, he and his family lived in Red Wing.

In the 1930 census, he and his family were still in Red Wing. He worked in a stoneware factory.

In the 1940 census, he and his family were still in Red Wing. He worked at Red Wing Pottery. Also living with him and Jessie were their daughter Catherine Krules, their grandson Charles Krules, 2, and their granddaughter Marion Kenitz, 11.

Harry married Jessie Isabelle ROSS on 24 Feb 1910 in Wabasha County, Minnesota. Jessie (daughter of Robert ROSS and Mary Elizabeth YOUNG) was born on 22 Aug 1889 in Minnesota; died on 12 Nov 1971 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Jessie is recorded as single and living at home in the 1910 taken in April.

A Jessie Isabelle Nelson, mother’s maiden name Young, b. 22 Aug 1889, died 12 Nov 1971 in Goodhue County.

Birth:
Aug 1888 according to the 1900 census.

Notes:

Of Scottish descent, supposedly (according to one of the censuses). May have been born in Nova Scotia or Maine.

In the 1895 Minnesota census, Robert and Mary Ross and family lived in Wabasha. Robert, 37, is an engineer. His birth location is shown as N.B. which probably means New Brunswick, Canada. He had been in Minnesota for 20 years. Mary, 29, is a dressmaker. The children are Caroline A, 9, Jessie, 6, Corrina, 3, and Hellen D, 2. Caroline was born in North Dakota, the other children in Minnesota.

In the 1900 census, there was a Robert Ross, 39 and married, who was a prisoner living with the sheriff in Wabasha next door to the Dunns.

A Robert Ross died in Pine County, Minnesota, on 12 Apr 1910 (1910-MN-009950).

Robert married Mary Elizabeth YOUNG on 22 Mar 1883 in Pepin County, Wisconsin, and was divorced. Mary (daughter of Frederick YOUNG and Eliza Ann FLEMING) was born on 16 Jan 1866 in Wisconsin; died on 19 Dec 1955 in Nicollet County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1900 census, she is Marie E Ross, 34, living with her children in Wabasha. She is shown as married and had been for 17 years. She owned her house, free of mortgage. She had had 6 children, 5 still living.

In the 1910 census, she is Mary E, 42, divorced, still living in Wabasha. She works as a waitress in a restaurant. Carrie has left home but the other children are living with her.

In the 1920 census, she and William live in Minneapolis. Mary, a 53 year-old widow, is a machine operator in a factory. William is a laborer for a railroad.

In the 1930 census, she is a 64 year-old widow living with her son in Bloomington Twp, Hennepin County.

In the 1940 census, she lives with her daughter Helen and her family in Minneapolis.

Notes:

Can’t find them in Pepin County in the 1870 census.

Find A Grave notes that there are two unidentified graves in spaces 3 and 4 of plot 161b in Oakwood that are listed for Fred. Those two graves are probably for the two children who died in the 1870s. Alternatively, they may have been saved for his sons by his first marriage.

Frederick married Eliza Ann FLEMING on 4 Oct 1863 in Pepin County, Wisconsin. Eliza (daughter of James Clinton FLEMING and Susannah PENCE) was born on 19 Jun 1847 in Pennsylvania; died on 25 Nov 1923 in Wabasha County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1923-MN-016150

Notes:

Eliza Young was a 32 year-old new widow, and pregnant, heading up her household in Pepin in the 1880 census. She and her family lived a few houses away from, and very near, the August Engel family. Living with her were her children Mary E., 14, Albert C., 11, Caroline S., 9, Anna R., 7, Frederick W., 5, Clara B., 3, and Julietta 1. Also living with her were her step-sons George Young, 19, and John Young, 18. The father of all of her children and step-children was born in Bremen. The mother of John and George was also born in Bremen.

In the 1900 census, she and Frank and family are living in Wabasha. She is shown to have had 15 children, 12 still living. Living with her and Frank are Etta, 16, James, 13, Jessie, 12, Archie, 11, and Cathy, 7.

In the 1910 census, she is shown to have had 15 children, 12 still living. Archie and Kate are still living at home.

By September of 1918, she was living with her son James in Chisholm.

In the 1920 census, she was living with her son James and his wife in Chisholm, Minnesota.

It seems likely that Eliza is buried at Oakwood Cemetery. However, Find A Grave’s listing of the burials in that cemetery do not include her.

Notes:

Married:
Find A Grave’s entry for Fred says 21 Oct.