Nelson
John
Alvord
Born in Frankfort, New York, United States of America
Ancestors 
Son of Joseph Alvord
and Nancy (Campbell) Alvord
Brother of
Lucina Maria (Alvord) Tuthill, Roxanna (Alvord) Bishop, Henry Alvord, Manville Delos Alvord and George Wallace Alvord
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 69
in Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Jul 2021
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Biography
Nelson J. Alvord, born 11 Jul 1829 at Frankfort, New York, was the sixth child of Joseph Alvord and Nancy Campbell.
He married 26 Jul 1863 @ Frankville, Iowa, Hannah Catharine Casad [b. 15 Oct 1845 in Delaware, Morrow County, Ohio; d. 18 Dec 1888, Maplewood, Illinois]. They had 8 children:
- Charles Ellsworth Alvord, b. 29 Jul 1865 @ Decorah, Iowa
- Carrie May Alvord (28 Aug 1867 - 12 Mar 1896)
- Annie Florence Alvord (26 Jun 1871 - 24 Jul 1871)
- Minnie Florence Alvord, b. 14 Jan 1873 @ Chicago, Illinois
- Edward Clarence Alvord, b. 4 Jan 1875 @ Chicago, Illinois
- Louis Arthur Alvord, b. 4 Jan 1882 @ Chicago, Illinois; served in Spanish-American War, 3rd Mississippi Vols.
- Cora Alice Alvord, b. 18 Oct 1884 @ Chicago, Illinois
- Nellie Ethel Alvord
This family was counted in the census records of Davenport, Iowa [1], then Chicago, Illinois [2].
According to the Alvord genealogy, Nelson J. Alvord went from his home at Eagle, Wis., to Waukesha, Wis., and later to Iowa. He was a painter by trade.
Nelson John Alvord passed away in Chicago, 14 Feb 1899.
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDVY-DMG : 29 May 2021), Nelson Alvord, 1870.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXNT-YR7 : 13 January 2022), N. J. Alvord, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
- A Genealogy of the Descendants of Alexander Alvord an Early Settler of Windsor, Conn. and Northampton, Mass. (1908), no. 1216: https://archive.org/details/genealogyofdesce00alvo/page/230/mode/1up; https://archive.org/details/genealogyofdesce00alvo/page/428/mode/1up
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nelson by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Nelson:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nelson by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Nelson:
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~1.56%
Edward Bishop
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch QQ7886795 [compare], FTDNA kit #936253
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~0.39%
Jacquelyn Alvord :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member jacquee_A
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