Name |
Hannah Elizabeth WATKINS |
Nickname |
Hattie |
Birth |
30 Mar 1869 |
Auglaize County, Ohio, United States [2] |
Gender |
Female |
Residence |
8 Jul 1870 |
Jefferson Township, Logan, Ohio, United States [3] |
Residence |
12 Jun 1880 |
Jackson Township, Shelby, Ohio, United States [4] |
Attended school |
- Living with her mother, Celma, and her step-father, John B. Corson
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Residence |
4 Apr 1930 |
Decatur, Adams, Indiana, United States [5] |
Seamstress in glove factory |
Death |
16 Dec 1946 |
Decatur, Adams, Indiana, United States [6] |
- Mrs. Hattie Nelson Is Taken By Death - Funeral Services Thursday Afternoon.
Mrs. Hattie Elizabeth Nelson, 78, resident of Decatur for more than half a century, died suddenly at 5 o'clock Monday evening at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Homer Bittner, 122 South Fourth street . Death was caused by a cerebral hemorrhage.
She was born in Auglaize county, O., March 30, 1868, the daughter of Nathan and Thelma Parr-Watkins. Her husband, Isaac Nelson, former Decatur lumberman, died February 27, 1926.
She was a member of the Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Bittner and Mrs. Ralph E. Roop, both of Decatur ; one son, Tracy Nelson of Fort Wayne ; one sister, Mrs. Martin Thrush of St. John's , O.; a half-brother, Ralph Corson of Valparaiso and 11 grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the Zwick funeral home and at 2 p.m. at the Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church with the Rev. Charles White officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. The body may be viewed at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Wednesday.
Original Source: Decatur Daily Democrat, Adams Co, IN; Tuesday, December 17, 1946
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Burial |
Aft 16 Dec 1946 |
Decatur, Adams, Indiana, United States [6] |
Person ID |
I11028 |
Watkins |
Last Modified |
5 Sep 2012 |
Father |
Nathan W WATKINS, b. 4 Feb 1842, Jefferson Township, Logan, Ohio, United States d. 28 Mar 1869, Jefferson Township, Logan, Ohio, United States (Age 27 years) |
Mother |
Celma PARR, b. 1846, Logan County, Ohio, United States d. Bef 1887 (Age < 40 years) |
Marriage |
26 May 1865 |
Logan County, Ohio, United States [1] |
Family ID |
F2567 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Isaac C. NELSON, b. Apr 1860, Wabash, Adams County, Indiana d. 8 Feb 1925, Adams County, Indiana, United States (Age ~ 64 years) |
Marriage |
7 Mar 1885 |
Adams County, Indiana, United States [7, 8] |
Residence |
7 Jun 1900 |
Decatur, Adams, Indiana, United States [7] |
Day laborer |
- Listed as Issac C. and Hattie E. Nelson. They had been married for 15 years and three of four children were still living.
|
Residence |
16 Apr 1910 |
Decatur, Adams, Indiana, United States [9] |
Laborer in saw mill |
Address: 261 Madison |
- Listed as Isaac and Hattie Nelson, they had been married for 25 years and four of five children were still living.
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Residence |
22 Jan 1920 |
Decatur, Adams, Indiana, United States [10] |
Laborer in lumber yard |
- Listed as Isaac and Hattie Nelson
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Children |
| 1. Gaylie C. NELSON, b. Feb 1888, Indiana, United States d. 11 Apr 1988, Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States (Age ~ 100 years) |
| 2. Percy Ivan NELSON, b. 16 Apr 1890, Decatur, Adams, Indiana, United States d. 20 Oct 1918, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States (Age 28 years) |
| 3. John Tracy NELSON, b. 6 Feb 1892, Indiana, United States d. Jan 1973, Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, United States (Age 80 years) |
| 4. Zelma Ireta NELSON, b. 30 Dec 1901, Adams County, Indiana, United States d. 2 Feb 1981, Bluffton, Wells, Indiana, United States (Age 79 years) |
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Family ID |
F2608 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
10 Oct 2023 |