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Family/Spouse: Katherine Williams. Katherine was born in 1797 in New York; died in 1833 in Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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!NOTE: Rodney Nelson moved to Michigan territory in 1825 and settled near Coopersville and Berlin (now Marne)

There is a Rodney Nelson in 1871 Census, Houghton, Norfolk, Canada neighbor of James & Matilda Sherman
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Rodney Nelson and Amy Ann Will
Rodney Nelson was born March 17, 1819 in Bay of Quinte, Prince Edward County, Ontario.
Amy Ann (also known as Mary Ann, Amanda, or Emma) Will was born June 8, 1828 in Oakville, Ontario.
The first Ontario census was not until 1852 , when Rodney was 31 and Emma was 25. By then they have moved to Houghton, Norfolk County. They have three young sons (David, 4, Daniel, 2, and a baby boy) and list their religion as Methodist. In 1871 they are still in Houghton, with their oldest son gone but eight more children (seven boys and a girl) still living at home. In 1881 their daughter and three youngest sons are still at home in Houghton. In the 1891 Farmer’s Directory for Houghton , Rodney is listed as a freeholder in Houghton, concession 3 lot 1, and Edward and Lawson as tenants. The 1877 atlas for Houghton shows the location of Rodney’s farm .
Amy Ann died on July 13, 1889 in Houghton. Rodney followed almost exactly a year later, on July 15, 1890. Both are buried in the Hemlock Cemetery in Houghton township.
Rodney’s parents: David Nelson and Katherine Williams .Amy Ann’s parents: Daniel William Will and Hope Hathaway .Children: David William (b. 1848), Daniel Henry (b. 1850), Ebenezer (b. about 1851, d. Apr 20, 1870 of typhoid), James (b. 1853), Rodney Miles (b. 1857), Celena Jane (b. 1859), John Wesley (b. 1861), Arnold W. (b. 1863), Edward Henry (b. 1866), Gordon Lawson (b. 1868).
Sources: family in 1871 and 1881 .Research notes: I have not found a good way to search or capture the 1861 census. I used FamilySearch.org and searched for any Nelson residing in “Houghton, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada” in the census. The family comes up in order, starting from Rodney and ending with John.

1871 Census of Canada about Rondey Nelson
Name: Rondey Nelson
Gender: Male
Age: 52
Birth Year: abt 1819
Birth Place: Ontario
Marital Status: Married
Religion: Weslyan Methodist
Origin: English
Province: Ontario
District: Norfolk South
District Number: 11
Division: 02
Subdistrict: Houghton
Subdistrict Number: a
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Rondey Nelson 52
Amanda Nelson 43
Daniel Nelson 21
James Nelson 18
Rodney Nelson 14
Calen Nelson 12
John Nelson 10
Aaron Nelson 8
Edward Nelson 5
Lawson Nelson 3

Rodney was a ships carpenter at Port Nelson, Burlington. David William was about 1 year old when Rodney and Amy moved to a homestead of 100 acres which was the west half of Lot 1, Concession 3, Houghton Township. The Norfolk County Register shows he received the patent from the crown for this on December 20, 1869. Walter Nelson of Brownsville, Ontario, a grandson of Rodney Nelson had some of his carpenter tools, a pine cupboard that was beside the fireplace in the log cabin, a picture of the frame house he built later and the family bible with full records of births and deaths of the twelve children. Also a copy of his last will dated April 14, 1890. Ninety acres of this homestead was cleared during his occupancy of this farm.
This was in the Nelson Family of New York manuscript that Cortez Nelson had privately printed in 1974.
(dalem 551 originally shared this story on Ancestry)

1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia about Rodney Nelson
Name: Rodney Nelson
Gender: Male
Age: 31
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1821
Birthplace: Canada
Province: Canada West (Ontario)
District: Norfolk County
District Number: 25
Sub-District: Houghton
Sub-District Number: 234
Household Members:
Name Age
Rodney Nelson 31 farmer methodist
Emma A Nelson 25 born Canada methodist
David Nelson 4
Daniel Nelson 2
baby Nelson 1

1861 Census of Canada about Rodney Nelson
Name: Rodney Nelson
Gender: Male
Age: 43
Birth Year: 1818
Birthplace: Canada West
Marital Status: Married
Home in 1861: Houghton, Norfolk, Canada West
Religion: Methodist
Film Number: C-1052
Page Number: 19
Household Members:
Name Age
Rodney Nelson 43
Ama A Nelson 39
David Nelson 13
Daniel Nelson 11
Ebinezer Nelson 9
James Nelson 7
Rodney M Nelson 5
Salina Nelson 3
John Nelson 1

1881 Census of Canada about Rodney Nelson
Name: Rodney Nelson
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Age: 61
Birth Year: 1820
Birthplace: Ontario
Religion: Methodist Church of Canada
Nationality: English
Occupation: Farmer
Province: Ontario
District Number: 157
District: Norfolk South
Sub-District Number: A
Subdistrict: Houghton
Division: 1
Household Members:
Name Age
Rodney Nelson 61
Amy Ann Nelson 54
Arno. W. Nelson 18
Edward Nelson 15
Gordon L. Nelson 13
Celena J. Nelson 22

Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1938 and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947 about Rodney Nelson
Name: Rodney Nelson
Death Date: 15 Jul 1890
Death County or District: Norfolk
Age: 71
Gender: Male
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1819
Birth Location: Prince Edward County, Ontario

Wills in Norfolk Land Reg office 1799-1900
Nelson, Rodney 26 Aug 1890 Instr # 74678

Family/Spouse: Amy Ann Will. Amy was born on 8 Jun 1828 in Oakville, Ontario, Canada; died on 13 Jul 1889 in Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]