James NEILSON

1873 - 1946  (73 years)

• Name	James NEILSON
  Birth	8 May 1873	Ross, Wesland, New Zealand
  	Family information. No records found in New Zealand to confirm. Searched by Neilson, Nelson, and Nelson.
  Gender	Male
  _FGRAVE	180461717
  Death	21 Nov 1946	Frederick Town, Riverview, Queensland, Australia
  	https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/ Death registration: James Neilson Birth year: 1873 Death date: 21/11/1946 Mother's name: Ellen Drysdale Father/parent's name: William Neilson Registration details: 1946/C/5138 Death in the district of Ipswich in the State Of Queensland. No 62916 21 Nov 1946, at Frederick Town, Riverview. James Nelson otherwise known as Neilson, male 73 years. Causes: Congestive cardiac failure, auricular fibrillation. Father: William Neilson, miner. Mother: Ellen Drysdale. Informant: David Neilson, son, of Frederick Town, Riverview. Burial 22 November 1946 at Ipswich Cemetery. Born Ross, New Zealand. Lived 60 years in Queensland. Married: Ipswich, Queensland aged 21 years to May Emma Nunn. Issue living: Violet Ellen, aged 50, David, aged 46, and Rose Isabella, aged 38. Deceased: Two males, one female.
  Burial	22 Nov 1946	General Cemetery, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
  	James Neilson was cremated and his ashes buried (ref A8914)
  Notes	James was the sixth of eight children born to William Neilson and Ellen Drysdale. William and Ellen both born in Scotland and later moved to New Zealand.
  Person ID	I345	Warren Nunn's family tree
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2022

  
  

  Family	May Emma NUNN,   b. 6 Nov 1876, Waterfield, Dinmore, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia d. 26 Oct 1931, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	22 Feb 1895	St Paul's Church, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
  	NELSON*-NUNN.-On the 22nd February, at St. Paul's Church, Ipswich, by the Rev. E. Meeres, James, third son of William Nelson, of Riverview, to Mary# Emma, second daughter of David and Rachel Nunn, of Dinmore. *Should be Neilson #Should be May Queensland historical index: 1895/C000956
  Children	1. Violet Ellen NEILSON,   b. 9 Feb 1896, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia d. 3 Aug 1983, Queensland, Australia (Age 87 years)   2. William Henry NEILSON,   b. 1898, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia d. 18 Dec 1912, Drowned in Brisbane River at Riverview, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia (Age 14 years)   3. David NEILSON,   b. 19 Apr 1900, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia d. 10 Dec 1969, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia (Age 69 years)   4. May Emma NEILSON,   b. 24 Aug 1902, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia d. 17 Jan 1930, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (Age 27 years)   5. Alexander James NEILSON,   b. 12 Jul 1905, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia d. 13 Mar 1911, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia (Age 5 years)   6. Rose Isabella NEILSON,   b. 21 Aug 1908, Riverview, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia d. 30 May 1973, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (Age 64 years)
  Family ID	F82	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2026

  
  

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