The Tree - Person Sheet
The Tree - Person Sheet
NameWilliam James Nelson
Birth1836, Seacombe, Cheshire, England
Death18 Sep 1900, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
MotherMary
Misc. Notes
Name, year and place of birth, place of marriage, date and place of death, place of burial, from Sarah Kay in an attachment to an email dated 4 January 2024.

Sarah’s document also notes:
Mother of William James Nelson
On the 1851 census Mary Nelson was a lodging house keeper and had two children, she was a widow age 46
Children:
Anne/Annie 19
William J 16 apprentice

See “Nelson Genealogy” PDF in William’s Media Section.

Sarah Kay is the x2 great-granddaughter of Mary Jane Heaps, who married William James Nelson. Their son Charles Nelson had a daughter Iness Nelson who, in turn had a son, Tony Kay. Tony's daughter is Sarah Kay. Interestingly, a brother of Mary Jane Heaps, Wilson Heaps, to emigrated to New Zealand, his son marrying into Brian of nzolivers Dodson family.
Spouses
BirthOct 1841, Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, England
Death13 Sep 1907, Wallasey, Cheshire, England
FatherThomas Heaps (1814-1889)
MotherJane Moore (1817-1894)
MarriageBirkenhead, Merseyside, England
ChildrenCharles Hewetson (1870-)
Last Modified 10 Jan 2024Created 6 Aug 2025 using Reunion for Macintosh