Born in Upper Canada
Daughter of [father unknown] and Lorinda (Barber) Humphrey
Sister of
Lois (Humphrey) Fearman
Wife of
James Cummings Nelles
— married
6 Oct 1861 in Haldimand, Canada West
Descendants 
Mother of
Laura Sophia Nelles, Caroline Lois (Nelles) Bouslog, Ada Elizabeth Nelles, Eva Loretta (Nelles) Brownlow, William James Nelles and Harriet Maude (Nelles) Brownlow
Died
at age 81
in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Apr 2019
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Biography
Mary, born about 1839 in Upper Canada (Ontario), was the daughter of Hiram Humphrey and Lorinda Barber. In the 1851 Census of Canada West, she was recorded living with her mother and two older siblings in Oneida Township, Haldimand County.[1]
She married James C. Nelles in 1861.[2] She passed away in 1921.[3]
Sources
- ↑ Census of Canada West, 1851, Oneida, Haldimand
- ↑ "Ontario, County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2YM-SPHK : 17 March 2018), James C Nelles and Mary J Humphrey, 06 Oct 1861; citing Haldimand, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,030,057.
- ↑ "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JK7F-8QN : 27 April 2019), H. Humphrey in entry for Mary Jane Nelles, 08 Dec 1921; citing York, Ontario, Canada, yr 1921 cn 7152, Registrar General. Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,863,414.
- Nellis-Nelles Immigrants From the Palatinate 1710, Vol. 1 published in 1997 by The Nellis and Nelles Family Associations and the Herkimer County Historical Society #1553 pages 271-2
- Find A Grave: Memorial #75891679
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