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Benjamin Nelson

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Bathurst, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Death: November 26, 1886 (60)
Chalumna, Division of East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Place of Burial: St Andrew's Church Cementry, Chalumna, Division of East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Immediate Family:

Son of Thomas (1820 Settler) Nelson, Sr. and Mary Ann Nelson, SM/PROG
Brother of William (1820 Settler) Nelson; Matilda Ann (1820 Settler) Hayward; Joseph Nelson; Thomas Nelson; John Burrell Nelson and 4 others

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About Benjamin Nelson

Benjamin, a son of Thomas and Mary Nelson, born: 19 August 1826, baptised 25 March 1827 by Thomas Ireland - Chaplain. Residence: Thomas and Mary Nelson - Albany. Occupation: Farmer. Source: "South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004." Images. FamilySearch. https://Familysearch.org/das/v2/TH-1951-23580-53727-34/$dist?ctx=Cr...: accessed 2014. Citing William Cullum Library, Wits University, Johannesburg. (Grahamstown - St George's Cathedral (Anglican) register), 1826-1836, page 48, entry number 397.

"South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-23580-53727-34?cc=146... : accessed 11 Aug 2014), South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Grahamstown Cathedral, St George > Baptisms 1826-1836 > image 10 of 80; citing William Cullen Library, Wits University, Johannesburg.


Benjamin Nelson died aged 60 years, 3 months and 11 days. (see burial register entry)

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Benjamin Nelson's Timeline

1826
August 19, 1826
Bathurst, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1827
March 25, 1827
St George, Bathurst, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1886
November 26, 1886
Age 60
Chalumna, Division of East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa
November 28, 1886
Age 60
St Andrew's Church Cementry, Chalumna, Division of East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa