Kathie Bezer
Frances Colquhoun Shannon (steam loom weaver) was born in Tyrone, Ireland 1833 to
Robert Shannon (Flax grower) (Ardstraw, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland) (and possibly Elizabeth Johnston, as eldest daughter's name is Elizabeth Johsnton Nelson).
Frances had a sister Mary, who would show up on the Scotland 1850 census with Frances at Stonehouse (a large boarding house near the Blantyre cotton mills), Blantyre, Scotland (also listed was William Cather and family, the name Cather would also turn up on Frances husband Jacob's death certificate).
Frances was married to Jacob Alexander Nelson 1853 in Blantyre, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Historian states this is unusual as there were no marriages in Blantyre at the time) (marriage bann marked as '3 days in province). (family name also listed as Neilson in Scottish census)
Jacob was born 1823 (Scotland census 1860, 1870) or 1825 (death certificate).
Jacob Nelson worked at the Quarter mine, The Quarter, Hamilton (address Darngaber Row (Scotland Census, was a place rented to local Quarter mine workers).
Jacob's father listed on death certificate as George Nelson and mother as Isabella (Cather?), both common names for several generations later in the family.
Jacob and Frances would have 13 children (Frances death certificate) at the time of Jacobs death in Darngaber Row, The Quarter (dysentery - 6 days), only 4 children survived - George Alexander (1854-1920), Elizabeth Johnston Brown (nee Nelson) (1857 - 1922), William (1863 - 1902) and Isabella Hogg nee Nelson (1869 - 1934).
Timeline:
1876 - George moved to Australia
1878 - Jacob Alexander died, Quarter, Hamilton, Scotland.
1884 - George marries Agnes Rowatt, daughter of James Rowatt and Mary McKinlay (descendent of a long line of Scottish war chiefs leading back to Robert the Bruce and the Caroligian kings).
1885 - George's daughter Mary McKinlay Nelson born Romsey, Vic
1886 - George's daughter Agnes Maude Nelson born, Romsey, Vic
1887 - George's son Jacob Alexander Nelson born, Romsey, Vic. (Jacob would die aged 15, 1902 at the Mount Kembla mine explosion)
1888 - Frances moved to Australia with William and Isabella. Elizabeth remained in Strathaven with husband William Brown and children. (Not sure what Frances did in the 10 years between Jacob's death and moving to Australia, could have lived with daughter Elizabeth).
1890 - George's son James Rowatt Nelson born, Romsey, Vic. (James would die at the Mount Kembla mine 18 years after the explosion in a mine fell accident).
1891 - George's son William John Nelson born Romsey, Vic. (William would start work in the Mount Kembla mine aged 15 (broke arm) and then become an ANZAC, fighting at Gallipoli and the Western Front from 1915 - 1919. He would come home and return to the mines until his death in 1962).
1893 - Frances, George, Agnes and children would follow George's brother William to Mount Kembla, it was thought this was because of lack of employment in Romsey. George worked as a blue stone mason and helped erect the then protestant church at Mount Kembla.
1894 - George's daughter Frances Shannon Nelson born.
1896 - George's daughter Isabella Nelson born.
1902 - Mount Kembla mine explosion George's brother William and George's son Jacob Alexander would both die. Jacob was at mine entrance and was killed by flying debris and was first body found. William was home having lunch, as the underground manager he raced to the mine to become part of the rescue party, he would die of gas inhalation and his autopsy would prove what the owners disputed, there was gas in the mine. Both are buried at the Windy Gully Mount Kembla's miners cemetery.
1903 - Frances Colquhoun Shannon Nelson death - Minmi, NSW.
1920 - James Rowatt Nelson death - coal fell, Mount Kembla mine.
1922 - George Alexander Nelson death - Wollongong, NSW. Brain Haemorrhage
Robert Shannon (Flax grower) (Ardstraw, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland) (and possibly Elizabeth Johnston, as eldest daughter's name is Elizabeth Johsnton Nelson).
Frances had a sister Mary, who would show up on the Scotland 1850 census with Frances at Stonehouse (a large boarding house near the Blantyre cotton mills), Blantyre, Scotland (also listed was William Cather and family, the name Cather would also turn up on Frances husband Jacob's death certificate).
Frances was married to Jacob Alexander Nelson 1853 in Blantyre, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Historian states this is unusual as there were no marriages in Blantyre at the time) (marriage bann marked as '3 days in province). (family name also listed as Neilson in Scottish census)
Jacob was born 1823 (Scotland census 1860, 1870) or 1825 (death certificate).
Jacob Nelson worked at the Quarter mine, The Quarter, Hamilton (address Darngaber Row (Scotland Census, was a place rented to local Quarter mine workers).
Jacob's father listed on death certificate as George Nelson and mother as Isabella (Cather?), both common names for several generations later in the family.
Jacob and Frances would have 13 children (Frances death certificate) at the time of Jacobs death in Darngaber Row, The Quarter (dysentery - 6 days), only 4 children survived - George Alexander (1854-1920), Elizabeth Johnston Brown (nee Nelson) (1857 - 1922), William (1863 - 1902) and Isabella Hogg nee Nelson (1869 - 1934).
Timeline:
1876 - George moved to Australia
1878 - Jacob Alexander died, Quarter, Hamilton, Scotland.
1884 - George marries Agnes Rowatt, daughter of James Rowatt and Mary McKinlay (descendent of a long line of Scottish war chiefs leading back to Robert the Bruce and the Caroligian kings).
1885 - George's daughter Mary McKinlay Nelson born Romsey, Vic
1886 - George's daughter Agnes Maude Nelson born, Romsey, Vic
1887 - George's son Jacob Alexander Nelson born, Romsey, Vic. (Jacob would die aged 15, 1902 at the Mount Kembla mine explosion)
1888 - Frances moved to Australia with William and Isabella. Elizabeth remained in Strathaven with husband William Brown and children. (Not sure what Frances did in the 10 years between Jacob's death and moving to Australia, could have lived with daughter Elizabeth).
1890 - George's son James Rowatt Nelson born, Romsey, Vic. (James would die at the Mount Kembla mine 18 years after the explosion in a mine fell accident).
1891 - George's son William John Nelson born Romsey, Vic. (William would start work in the Mount Kembla mine aged 15 (broke arm) and then become an ANZAC, fighting at Gallipoli and the Western Front from 1915 - 1919. He would come home and return to the mines until his death in 1962).
1893 - Frances, George, Agnes and children would follow George's brother William to Mount Kembla, it was thought this was because of lack of employment in Romsey. George worked as a blue stone mason and helped erect the then protestant church at Mount Kembla.
1894 - George's daughter Frances Shannon Nelson born.
1896 - George's daughter Isabella Nelson born.
1902 - Mount Kembla mine explosion George's brother William and George's son Jacob Alexander would both die. Jacob was at mine entrance and was killed by flying debris and was first body found. William was home having lunch, as the underground manager he raced to the mine to become part of the rescue party, he would die of gas inhalation and his autopsy would prove what the owners disputed, there was gas in the mine. Both are buried at the Windy Gully Mount Kembla's miners cemetery.
1903 - Frances Colquhoun Shannon Nelson death - Minmi, NSW.
1920 - James Rowatt Nelson death - coal fell, Mount Kembla mine.
1922 - George Alexander Nelson death - Wollongong, NSW. Brain Haemorrhage
