One of England’s greatest heroes, Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson was responsible for numerous naval victories during the Napoleonic Wars, wounded several times, and finally killed during the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
I have attempted to find as many descendants as possible of Nelson, his parents and grandparents. However, this is a large family, and there are some gaps. If you find anything missing, please do let me know.
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Horatio Nelson was born at Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk on September 29th 1758, the son of the Reverend Edmund Nelson and his wife Catherine Nelson (nee Suckling). His grandfather was also Edmund Nelson, the son of William, the son of another Edmund, all clergymen. At this point the line gets a little dodgy. It is thought that this Edmund was born in about 1610, the son of a Thomas and Elizabeth, and the line may go back to 16th century London and 15th century Lancashire, but I have been unable to substantiate these earlier records.
If you are a descendant of Nelson (the only living descendants will be via his illegitimate daughter, Horatia), you are likely to already know about it as the name Nelson was carried though the generations in well documented families.
If you are wondering whether you are connected to Nelson via a less well known family link, then you will need to scroll down to see details of his siblings and his parents’ siblings.
If you are tracing your Nelson family name in Norfolk, great care needs to be taken, as there are several families with this name, so you should not assume a close link with the Admiral unless you can prove it without doubt using original sources
(Surnames that may have living descendants: WARD, SOMERSET, WEEKES, and JOHNSON)
Nelson married Frances Herbert WOOLWARD, the daughter of William WOOLWARD in 1787 at Montpelier in St. Nevis, but the marriage produced no surviving issue.
However, Nelson’s famous ongoing affair with Emma Hamilton (nee LYON) did produce a daughter, from whom there were descendants. This child was Horatia Nelson, and she married the Reverend Philip WARD in 1822. The WARD family is as follows:
Horatio Nelson WARD. Married Elizabeth Martha BLANDY in 1856 in Tooting, Surrey. Their children were:
Elizabeth Horatia Anne NELSON-WARD – Married Raglan Turberville Henry SOMERSET and had issue.
Horatio Nelson NELSON-WARD – No marriage.
Marmaduke Philip Blandy NELSON-WARD – No marriage found.
Hugh Herbert Edward NELSON-WARD – No marriage found
Admiral Philip NELSON-WARD – Married Hon. Dorothy CAULFIELD. No issue.
Rupert William NELSON-WARD – Died in infancy.
Eleanor Philippa WARD – did not marry. Died in 1872
Marmaduke Philip Smyth WARD – No marriage
John James Stephen WARD (died in childhood)
Nelson WARD – Married Jessie WARD. Their children were:
Nelson WARD – No marriage
Rose Nelson WARD – No marriage
Florence Nelson WARD – No marriage
Jessie Nelson WARD – Married Arthur WEEKES in 1888 and had issue in India and England.
Mary WARD – No marriage found
Kathleen Nelson WARD – No marriage
Agnes WARD – No marriage found
Maurice Suckling WARD – No marriage found
William George WARD – Married Toriana BLANCKLEY. Not sure if there was issue – please let me know if you have further information.
ADDENDUM – (Added 14th September 2016) – a descendant of William George Ward has very kindly emailed me with the following information:
“Lieutenant Colonel William George Ward married Catherine Parker Toriana Blanckley (the only daughter of Captain Edward Blanckley RN and Harriet Matcham, Lord Nelson’s niece) on 15 Nov 1864 •Clevedon, Somerset, England.
They had six daughters (great-granddaughters of Nelson & Emma Hamilton and Nelson’s sister, Catherine and George Matcham). Their first five daughters were born in India, where William Ward was stationed. The first five daughters were:
Ellen Catherine Ward 1865 – 1938
Ethel Mary Ward 1866 – 1946
Caroline Gertrude Ward 1868 – 1941
Evelyn Hervey Ward 1870 – 1961
Ada Blanche Ward 1871 – 1911
Their sixth daughter was born in Pinner, Middlesex in a house near William’s mother, Horatia. She was:
Alice Lilian Ward 1873 – 1911
William Ward died in Hastings on 10 Au 1878.
My 2nd great-grandmother, Tori, took her six daughters to live in Lutton House, a country house her father, Edward Blanckley had built near the village of South Brent in Dartmoor, Devon.
Of these six sisters, the only one to marry was the youngest, Alice. She married the village doctor, Frederick William Style on 24 Jun 1903 (please see attached Exeter and Plymouth Gazette announcement).
Alice and Dr Frederick Style had two children:
Professor Derrick William Style 1904 – 1979
Phyllis Horatia Style 1907 – 1987
Phyllis remained a spinster, but my grandfather, Derrick married:
1) Lilian Langford (1903 – 1946) in Sept 1940 in Westminster. They had one child: my mother, Ray Vanda Style (1942 – still living)
2) Hilde Frönwiesser (1918 – 1967) in Dec 1946 in Paddington. They had one child, Eric Frank Style (1948 – 1964)
3) Mary Whittaker (1923 – 2013) in Sep 1969 in Wandsworth, Surrey. They had no issue.”
(If anyone would like to see the copy of the marriage announcement in the Exeter & Plymouth Gazette, please email me at info@tracingancestors-uk.com).
Edmund Nelson WARD (died in infancy)
Horatia WARD – Married William JOHNSON in 1858. Their children were:
William Horatio JOHNSON – Married Mary Tress CURTEIS and had issue (Kent)
Margaret JOHNSON – No marriage found as far as I know.
Philip WARD – No marriage found
Caroline Mary WARD – No marriage.
Nelson’s Paternal Family – Surnames include NELSON, BLAND, ROLFE, GOULTY, HOOD, ROCHFORT, LAW, COOK, WILLIAMS, STILWELL, SHIRLEY, PURVIS, BENDYSHE, WALDY, CROWTHER, MASON, BOLTON, GIRDLESTONE and possibly the name CLAGUE and BUSSELL.
Nelson’s grandfather was Edmund NELSON. He was married to Mary BLAND (see below), and his other children were:
Thomas Bland NELSON (1719). No marriage found.
Martha NELSON (1726) Died in childhood.
Alice Bland NELSON (1730). Married Robert ROLFE. Their children were:
Ellen ROLFE(1761), Edmund ROLFE(1763) and Robert ROLFE (1767). If you can find links to these children you can claim to be a cousin of Nelson.
Thomasin NELSON (1732). Married John GOULTY. Their children (all born in Norwich) were:
Edmund GOULTY (1758) – No marriage found
Thomasin GOULTY (1759) – No marriage found.
William GOULTY (1763) – Married a Sarah WALLIS in 1785. Anyone tracing lineage back to this couple could claim to be cousins of Nelson.
John NELSON (1736). Possibly married Mary INANS in Hingham, 1758 – though needs further evidence.
Mary NELSON (date unknown). Several possible marriages – needs further research.
Nelson’s father Edmund married Catherine SUCKLING (see below). Nelson’s siblings were:
Maurice NELSON (1753). No marriage.
William NELSON (1757) – Married Sarah YONGE. Their children were:
Charlotte Mary NELSON – Married Samuel HOOD, 2nd Baron Bridport, in Marylebone in 1810, and became Duchess of Bronte. Her children were:
Frances Caroline HOOD – Married Sir John WALROND MP. Their children were:
William Hood WALROND (1st Baron Waleran) (1849)
Arthur Melville Hood WALROND.
Charlotte WALROND – Married Horace ROCHFORT in 1845 (probably in Ireland) and their children were:
Amy ROCHFORT – married Thomas P LAW and their living descendants may be found in Ireland and possibly in Northumberland.
William ROCHFORT – No information available.
Alexander Nelson ROCHFORT (Major General) – Did not marry.
Henry ROCHFORT – No information available.
Alexander ROCHFORT – married Mary Penelope, Viscount Bridport and they had the following children:
Mary ROCHFORT – No information at present.
Harriet ROCHFORT– No information found
Jane Sarah ROCHFORT – married Sir Charles HOTHAM KCB but there was no issue.
Arthur Wellington Alexander Nelson HOOD, 2nd Viscount Bridport – married Lady Maria Georgiana Julia Fox-Strangways and their descendants should be found in the London area. I do know that their daughter, Mary Nelson HOOD, married married Sir Herbert Frederick COOK, 3rd Baronet, and became Marchioness of Hertford. Their son was the artist, Sir Francis Ferdinand Maurice Cook, 4th Baronet, who married 7 times, with children still living.
Suckling NELSON (1764) Died without issue.
Edmund NELSON (1764). Died 1799 without issue.
Catherine NELSON – married George MATCHAM. Their children are as follows:
George MATCHAM – married Harriet EYRE in 1817. Their children were:
Horatio Nelson Eyre MATCHAM (died without issue)
Catherine Eyre MATCHAM – married Henry Blackstone WILLIAMS. They had 10 children and descendants will originate in Wiltshire and Dorset, and will include the surnames STILWELL and SHIRLEY.
George Simon Eyre MATCHAM (died young)
William Eyre MATCHAM – married Mary Elizabeth LONG. Their descendants can be found in Wiltshire and Oxfordshire.
Louisa Harriet Eyre MATCHAM – married Fortescue Richard PURVIS. Their descendants may be found in Essex, Hampshire, Shropshire and Wiltshire.
Henry Savage MATCHAM – I have no further information about him.
Catherine Anne MATCHAM – married John BENDYSHE and their children were:
John BENDYSHE (died without issue)
Richard BENDYSHE (died without issue)
Nelson BENDYSHE – married Charlotte BRODRICK. Their descendants may be found in Australia and Devon.
Caroline BENDYSHE – married John GIBSON (not sure if they had children)
Laura BENDYSHE – married Charles Richard William WALDY and their descendants may be found in Surrey and Essex.
Thomas BENDYSHE – no issue
Susannah BENDYSHE – married William CROWTHER Their children were born in Worcestershire.
Edward Nelson MATCHAM – I have no further information.
Elizabeth MATCHAM – I cannot find a definite marriage or death for her.
Francis Griffith MATCHAM – Died in 1808.
Horatio Nelson MATCHAM – Died in 1821 without issue.
Nelson MATCHAM – Did not marry. Died 1886.
Horatia MATCHAM – She married Henry William MASON. Their children were:
Mary Eliza MASON – no marriage or children
George Nelson Pomeroy MASON – married Marian ROUSE. Their children were born in Kent.
Susan MASON – I have no further information.
Horatia Nelson MASON – no marriage or children
Charlotte MASON – No further information
Augusta P MASON – No further information – probably did not marry.
Anne L MASON – no marriage or children
Frank MATCHAM – no further information
Harriet MATCHAM – No further information.
Anne NELSON – Possibly marriage William CLAGUE – but I have found no evidence. Please let me know if you have further information about this. (Added 04/01/2019 – See note in Comments below)
Susannah NELSON – married Thomas BOLTON. Descendants of this line also have the name NELSON, as their son Thomas took on the famous surname (see below). Their children were:
Catharine BOLTON – Did not marry, no issue.
Jemima Susanna BOLTON – Did not marry, no issue. Died 1864.
Anne Nelson BOLTON – As far as I know, she did not marry, and died in 1830.
Thomas BOLTON (NELSON) Esq. (later 2nd Earl Nelson) – Married Frances Elizabeth EYRE, and their children were:
Horatio NELSON (3rd Earl Nelson) – Married Lady Mary Jane Diana AGAR. Their children were born in Wiltshire. Their son Herbert was the Viscount Trafalgar.
Rev. John Horatio NELSON – Married Susan Spencer-Churchill. Their two children were born in Scottow, Norfolk.
Frances Catherine NELSON – Married Robert John BUSSELL – I have found no children for them and have no further information.
Susannah NELSON – Married Alexander Calvin BLUNT – but there seems to be no issue from this marriage.
Maurice Horatio NELSON – Married Emily BURRARD. Their children were born in Hampshire and Wiltshire.
Edward Foyle NELSON – Died young in 1859 without issue.
Henry NELSON – Died young in 1863.
Elizabeth Anne BOLTON – Married the Rev. Henry GIRDLESTONE. Their children, all bon in Earlham, Norfolk, were:
Henry GIRDLESTONE – Married (1) Caroline Warren PIGOT and (2) Eliza MASON. He emigrated to Australia in 1872, and their children were born in Queensland.
Elizabeth Ann GIRDLESTONE – Did not marry, no issue.
Horatio GIRDLESTONE – Married Ellen Catherine BOLTON. Their children were all born in Norfolk.
Charles GIRDLESTONE – Probably unmarried.
Nelson GIRDLESTONE – Married Caroline Warner (surname unknown) – probably in Nova Scotia. Their children were born in Norfolk, Gloucestershire and London.
Maurice Nelson GIRDLESTONE – Married Katherine Alice LINKLATER. They had just one son, Arthur Nelson, born in Streatham Hill, London.
Susanna Catharine GIRDLESTONE – no further information.
Eliza Nelson BOLTON – No further information.
George BOLTON – Died at sea in 1799. No issue.
Susannah BOLTON – Did not marry, no issue.
BLAND
Nelson’s paternal grandmother was Mary BLAND, the daughter of John (a baker) and Thomasin, born in 1698 in Cambridge. Her siblings may have been Thomazin (1706), Alice (1708) and Thomas (1711), though there may have been more, and they were probably non-conformists. If you have BLAND ancestors going back to these dates in Cambridge, then you may be able to find a connection.
Nelson’s Maternal Family – Surnames include SUCKLING, TURNER, WODEHOUSE and WALPOLE
SUCKLING
Nelson’s mother, Catherine Suckling, was the daughter of the Reverend Maurice Suckling and Mary Ann TURNER, and the sister of Captain Maurice Suckling who became Comptroller of the Navy in 1775. He was married to his cousin, Mary Walpole, the daughter of Robert Walpole, Earl of Oxford, but she died in 1766 and they had no children.
The only other sibling of Catherine’s who may have survived, was William, but I can find no marriage for him. There are therefore no descendants from Catherine’s generation. However, the father, Maurice had at least 13 siblings, most of whom seem to have survived to adulthood, so there may well be Suckling families who could be traced back to the parents, Robert Suckling and Ann WODEHOUSE of Norfolk in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
TURNER
Nelson’s maternal grandmother was Mary Ann TURNER, the daughter of Sir Charles TURNER, 1st Bt., and Mary WALPOLE. Her only sibling was John TURNER, who died without issue. There does not seem to be much information about Charles’s parentage, but possibly if you can trace a TURNER line to Norfolk of the late 17th century you may have a chance of finding a connection there.
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My mother Alice Whittaker was the first cousin of Dr. Mary Whittaker who married Derrick Style. They lived together in Lutton House in Devon until he died. Mary died in Guernsey in 2013 and my mother died in 2012. Mary gave me some possessions which belonged to the Nelson family. I would like to give these to Ray or her daughter. I would be grateful if they would contact me
My mother, Alice Whittaker was the first cousin of Dr. Mary Whittaker who married Professor Derrick Style. Mary gave to me a locket with a locket and some pieces of costume jewellery. I would like to give these back to the Nelson family if Ray or her daughter will contact me
I was always told I’m of direct lineage of Lord Nelson…….my grandfather’s mother was Elizabeth Nelson of Welch decent. I haven’t a clue other than verbal.
I know everyone thinks that they are related to some famous person or another, but my family lore is that an ancestor, Violet Nelson (born about 1790), a relation to Horatio, ran away with an Irish coachman named William Crooke. They settled in New York State and had several children. Among them Violet and Nancy. Nancy married William Metcalf who owned a ship named the “Admiral Nelson” which was sunk in the war of 1812 in Canada. The story goes that in the early/mid-1800’s Violet and Nancy were kidnapped and brought back to England. Far fetched? Who knows?
Hi Karen – thanks for this. Whether it’s true or not, it’s a great story! Have you ever tried to research this?
Ros
Very Interesting post
The biography of John Francis (Sculptor) in the Henry Moore collection suggests that his wife Mary Evetts (1780-1855), daughter of a local Miller, was a relation of Nelson, but I have been unable to substantiate this. As this is my direct line, I was keen to understand the link, so if you have any insights I’d be very interested
My last name is Nelson and now I am starting to wonder about it. I am considering doing Ancestry.com one day.
Hi Suzie. That’s a good idea. However, you won’t find easy answers – tracing ancestry is a long process – but extremely fascinating and rewarding. If you have not done any research before, can I suggest my recent eBook, which will take you through the process, step-by-step: Tracing Ancestors in the UK. Cheers, Ros.
I am trying to find out if your branch of the Ward family originated from the Wards of Capesthorne in Cheshire. My husband’s grandmother was Ernestine Ward whose grandfather owned Willey Place in Farnham. A second branch of the Wards from Capesthorne are the Wards of Castle Ward in Ireland and both these families descend from the Wards of Capesthorne. I understand there were 3 branches but have not yet been able to locate the third.
In a book published by my aunt she mentioned a “Mary Nelson, neice of Lord Nelson” who was married to my great great grandfather, William Nicholls. The name of the book, still available on sites like amazon, is The Candy Kid, James Calvin “Kid” Nichols. I am having a hard time finding proof of this
I am a sporle and belive I am related some how and would love to know if I am anyone help.
Amendment – Catherine Bolton, Horatio Nelson’s niece (daughter of Thomas & Susannah Bolton), did marry, her cousin William Bolton (Later Captain Sir William Bolton) on 18th May 1803. He was the son of Rev. William Bolton (brother to Thomas Bolton, Susannah’s husband) & his wife Mary (nee Woodthorpe). The Woodthorpe family were my ancestors and a prized family treasure was Horatio Nelson’s pap spoon.
My father James Robert Nelson Jr, said we might be related to Lord Horatio Nelson.
My great great grandfather was viscount lord horatio Nelson, viscount and baron of the nile, vice admiral and commander and chief of his majesty’s royal armada, who fought at Travalgar, Knight of the Order of Bath and Duke of Norfolk.
I’m looking at finding more of my family ties. I’ve got birth certificates and marriage certificates going back 3 generations since we’ve been in South Africa.
Hoping to hear from someone
Ashypooh555@gmail con
Hi
I am not sure you have this information. I am a churchwarden at St Swithuns Bathford Bath uk. We have the grave of Nelson’s sister Anne in our churchyard. Our website has all the details in the history section. There is also Matcham grave next to it.
http://www.stswithunsbathford.co.uk/pdfs/HistoryTARSleafletAnnNelson.pdf
Hi Mark – thanks very much for this. That’s very interesting!
Ros
I live in Australia and I have traced my lineage to John Horatio Nelson, whom was my Great, Great, Great, Grandfather. I have his Death Certificate and it lists his birthplace as Oxford, England. His parents are listed as Thomas Nelson and Hannah Johnston Nelson (nee Allen). Would be good to know how this ties in with Admiral Nelson (if at all).
Hi Carl
You’d probably have to do some genealogical research to find out if there was a link. Let me know if you need any professional help!
Ros
I was told all through my childhood that we were related to Lord Horatio Nelson, I’ve been working up my ancestry, which includes a Nelson line. Alas, there doesn’t seem to be a connection. Thanks so much for sharing your results. It should save me a lot of frustration and falls starts. (I guess that being a reincarnation of Cleopatra is out, too.)
Hello. My great,great,great grandparents were Catherine Nelson and Gibbs Murrell who lived in Surlingham Norfolk. Catherine was apparently Lord Nelson’s cousin and I am trying to find out more about her parents. If it is correct then her father (my g-g-g-g-grandfather) must be Lord Nelson’s uncle – possibly John. It would be interesting to find out more evidence and more about him.
Hi Hayley – that sounds very interesting. I have a six month waiting list, but if you’d like some professional help all the same, do contact me!
Ros
My grandmother was Maryanne Nelson (Married name, Patin) Via oral statements made by a late cousin in 1990 I was told I am related to Admiral Nelson. Does anyone know if any of the Nelson branch ever lived in what is now Northern Ireland, specifically County Londonderry?
If you have any clues, please drop me a line at pagedew@q.com or message me through Facebook. Regards, Mr. Page Dew
This was fabulous reading.!!! I am Rachel Julie Nelson born 08/03/67, my father is Anthony James Nelson born 01/07/1941, his father was James Christmas nelson, not sure of birth but died about 1982-86?. I dearly intrigued to try and find more and hoped someone can help please.
Thank you Rachel. Let me know if you would like professional help – though there is a 6 month waiting list at present.
Ros
In the 1881 census William Horatio WARD aged 1 year was shown living with Horatia Nelson WARD and her unmarried daughter Elanor Phillipa WARD in Harrow. Do we know what happened to him?
Karen Sanders I love the Story and In fact home close it is to my own Family story that I was told since I was a child . that in 1781 a niece of the Nelsons Left England ,to Ireland with and Irish coachmen . He left her and she then traveled to New York and settled with her son in what is now Auburn NY in 1782 . No record of marrage to the Irishman that I can find Nor his name . My Grand father use to say my family were all Bastards . LOl I didn’t know why till he was buried in 1972 at Ft Hill in Auburn.
Have you read: “the Nelsons of Burnham Thorpe” written by M. Eyre Matcham published by The Bodley Head in 1911?
I have a hard copy and a pdf which I could send you.
M. Eyre Matcham was a descendant of Charlotte Nelson. Inter Alia, the book describes Charlotte Nelson’s visit to Bath with her rich cousins John Freston Scrivener and his only surviving daughter Dorethea, my ancestors.
Thank you Charles. I’d be happy to recieve the pdf. You can send it to info@tracingancestors-uk.com.
Best wishes
Ros
I was told from childhood that i was related to Lord Nelson
I am Canadian but was told i was a relative to Lord Nelson
My great aunt last name Wilson always said we were related to Lord Horacio Nelson. My mother Mary Ellen Wilson married James Alfred Padgett. My name is Susan Marie Padgett.
I think you are wrong about the marriage Ann Nelson to William Clague. Ann is believed to have died unmarried in 1783 although there was a rumour that she eloped and married William Robinson in 1776 and a son was born ( my direct ancester) who was raised by his father and Ann returned to her family. You need to refer to John Sugden’s book Nelson a Dream of Glory for more information on this.
Hi Kathleen. Many thanks for this. I was very unsure about the Clague marriage, so I am glad you have been able to update me on this.
Cheers
Ros
Adela Nelson os my great grandmother, se married Carlo Olivero from Italy and made it to Panama and eventually Guatemala
My Family has a direct lineage, we’re mostly settled in Nova Scoatia, Canada now, parts are in Ontario as well! I’m a Peckford by marriage now but I am a Nelson!!
I have been proven actually that i am his cousin i had a ancestry test done
I found out today that I am a distant relative of Lord Nelson through my great grandmother whose last name is “Wood” so I am not too sure where that fits in exactly. But another family member did research and found this out so I’ll be looking for more information as well.
it has been told down the family, kind of a joke we thought, that we were all illegitimate children of lord nelson. whilst doing ancestry research of our family i see there is a tie with the bland family. bland was my mothers maiden name.There is only one bland left on our side and id love to be able to confirm this for him.
My wife recently did a DNA test with Ancestry and one of the cousin matches gave a common ancestor as Rev Edmund Nelson. The problem is that the cousin claims decent from Viscount Nelson through an illegitimate child (Horatio Nelson Rhees) with a Harriet Rhees of Bath in Somerset. Many genealogical sites (IGI, Ancestry etc.) claim this as true and all attempts to clarify Harriet’s genealogy bog down, as they all lead to Viscount Nelson. Also 3 other children of Harriet are attributed to Nelson, although their dates of birth are shown years after Nelsons death at Trafalgar. I would welcome any insights on this.
Further to my previous comment:
There is a tradition that Horatio Nelson Rhees (born 3 July 1802), is the illegitimate child of Lord Horatio Nelson and Harriet Rhees of Bath.
Charles Horatio Rhees, son of Horatio Nelson Rhees (born 1802), wrote in a letter to other family, dated May 24, 1887, from Hemel Hempstead. He talks of speaking to an Aunt Kifford, who told him: “He [Horation Nelson Rhees] was christened Horatio Nelson and that was his father’s name… He lived with my father [Charles Harper] and mother and they used to say how much he, your father, was like his father, Horatio Nelson, the Great Sea Captain”. Later in the same letter Charles Horation Rhees relates that his sister Jane “…spoke up and said that before her grandmother died [Harriet Rhees, supposed mistress of Lord Nelson] she told her that her father was the son of Lord Nelson, and if ever she had a son she wanted her to name him after his grandfather Horatio Nelson.” [A complete transcript of the letter is available if desired]
Another document written by Mildred Rhees Cragun (now deceased) says “My grandfather, Charles Horatio Rhees is said to have quoted his father, Horation Nelson Rhees, as saying as he and his mother [Harriet Rhees, supposed mistress of Lord Nelson] would walk past the mansion provided by the government for the hero, “That if right was right, you, my son, would be living in that beautiful home.”
Interesting as there is a DNA match between my wife and the cousin who claims descent through this line. There seem to be no other link between their respective family trees that any research can discover.
It’s very intriguing.
My aunt, Doreen Callaghan married into the de vere-Shaw family. I have several artefacts given by her from the Nelson family some with clear provenance. I was led to believe that her mother in law was a granddaughter of Nelson (not sure how many greats).
My English Grandmother was Anne Laura Nelson born in England, from the House of Admiral Nelson. She was kicked out of the Noble family because she married a commoner named Stephen Platton. They migrated to Ontario ,Canada. My English Grandmother had two brothers fighting in France in 1918, one got killed at the Battle of Verdun, three day latter the other brother got killed at the battle of Vimy Ridge, My English Grandmother Anne Laura Nelson Platton gave birth two twin girls in 1918, she named her twin girls after the Battles where she lost her brothers. My mother ‘s name is Verdun after the Battle of Verdun, and my Aunt’s name s Vimy, after the Battle of Vimy Ridge in France. Please contact me at fallbrook7477@yahoo.com or 760- 218 -6718 cell Thank you !
Hi, I have been told that my Grandmothers father was Nelson Ward (Born 1865, died 1948) All the facts as to where my G.Grandmother lived and where my Grandmother was born and at what date would match this, but there is no way I can be sure unless there is anyone that has had their DNA tested and they are positive they are related to Nelson Ward (Horatio Nelson’s Great Great Grandchild). I completed my DNA on Ancestry.com, just wondering if anyone could help me?
Hello, my paternal grandmother was Grace Emily Thorpe (nee Nelson, born 1899), daughter of Thomas William Horatio Nelson, for whom I don’t have a dob, but the family were ftom East Anglia. My dad always said there was a connection, but didn’t live to prove it. Would you know if there is a connection? Thank you.
Horatio Nelson’s Grandfather William Nelson, is my gt gt gt gt gt gt gt grandfather .
My name is Emily and I am a Nelson, (my grandmother was née Nelson). I am Canadian and reside here, and I notice many people also have this in common with me. I know my great-grandfather, Alexander Nelson was born in Scotland, but settled with my great-grandmother here in Canada. I have always been told that our family is related to the Admiral, and family names definitely check out, as well as time frame, and I just wanted to add this part, and maybe expand the family’s tree if I am related, and to figure out how.
I match the names ward,pomeroy,hood and young.My name is nelson and traced us back to kent!
have any horatio extended family ever done ancestry .com?
It would of great help
My maiden name is matcham ..have benn told Catherine’s husband is a relation ..my descendants originate in Dorset…very interesting
Hello, after reading the interesting information regarding the Nelson lineage I want to throw my two cents in: I was also told growing up that I am a direct descendant of Lord Nelson?! My father John Guerrier Nelson son of Robert Nelson of British decent, and I have yet to find my great grandfather, etc…