Nellie came to Illinois from England when she was about 4 years old.
Sources
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJQ5-THL : accessed 29 March 2016), Nellie Holden in household of John Holden, Chicago Ward 27, Cook (Chicago), Illinois, United States; citing sheet 13B, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,339.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4MQ-F2V : accessed 29 March 2016), Nellie Holden in household of Jack Holden, Ward 39, Chicago, Chicago City, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 103-2458, sheet 6B, family 135, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 999.
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