Nelson France (1818 - abt. 1870)

Born 8 Dec 1818 in Sharon, Schoharie, New York, USA

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Died about 1870 at about age 51 in Scriba, Oswego, New York, USA

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Biography

Nelson France was born in Schoharie County, New York in 1818. He lived in Otsego County with his parents and five brothers until he was about 22 years old. Around this time, he married Elvira Nicholas. Their known children were: Wilson (1841-1910), Catherine (1845-1922), Alvira (1854-unknown), Harvey (1856-before 1860), Henry (1856-1906), Martha (1858-1943), Evangeline (1861-1939), and Marietta (1866-1931).

They lived in Scriba, New York in 1850, and then in Volney in 1855 and 1860. He was employed as a farmer.

Nelson France's name doesn't appear in any records beyond 1870, suggesting he died some time between then and 1866, when his last daughter was born.

Interestingly, Henry France's obituary states that Wilson and Catherine France were his half siblings, suggesting that Nelson may have had them with another woman.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC13-CJ6 : 12 April 2016), Nelson France, Scriba, Oswego, New York, United States; citing family 1928, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "New York State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6S6-4W6 : 10 March 2018), Nelson France, Fulton City, Volney, Oswego, New York, United States; citing p. , line #12, family #983, county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 857,437.

• "New York State Census, 1865", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2BF-M7HF : 17 March 2018), Nelson France, 1865.