Thompson Nelson: Robin's Roots Test

1811 - 1884 (73 years)

TNG Descendant Charts

Please note that you don't have to depend on these descriptions; you can quickly try out each of the chart types.

Graphical formats

"Standard" charts have a marvelous graphical format and show a fair amount of data for each person, but they generate so much whitespace that they tend to be wider than the screen (or a printed page) They tend to be hard to read and almost impossible to print if you generate more than three or four generations of data.
"Compact" charts have similar graphical layout, and are easier to read and print, but don't display any data other than each person's name.
Note that if you want to print a "Compact" chart with more than three or four generations of data, you should probably specify "Landscape" orientation when you print.
The "PDF chart" is kind of a cross between the standard and compact formats, generated as a PDF. On most computers, any web page can be printed as a PDF, but this PDF format handles page breaks for specific paper sizes, wheras PDF printouts of web pages just run the text through the page breaks

(The graphical charts' connecting lines sometimes disappear at certain zoom level. When they are missing, you can use you mouse scroll whell or hit control-plus or control-minus to change the zoom level.)

Text formats

"Text" charts follow a standard outline-style format that provides more (i.e. denser) data than the graphical charts do.
"Text+" charts are kind of a cross between the graphical and text formats. They can display much more data in less space than graphical charts or the "Text" chart. (That's good news and bad news). In particular, they requires much less horizontal scrolling, and can accommodate large charts in one printed page width (albeit sometimes with legal-sized paper in landscape mode). They are also much more flexible than the other formats, with several (perhaps too many) run-time options.
However,
- The process of printing a Text+ chart can be a bit daunting, and
- When you are looking at just a few generations, and when enough data is visible on the screen, the graphical charts tend to be easier to read.
"Register" charts are detailed descriptive reports. They contain almost all of the data that I have for each person, including free-form notes. But they aren't really 'charts' in the normal sense, and don't give this kind of overview of the family tree that the other charts give.
"Count" charts don't list descendants at all; they just show how many descendants a person has, broken out by generation.

Less detail

Generation: 1

Thompson Nelson was born on 12 Jan 1811; died on 17 Sep 1884.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1834, Emporia, Madison County, Indiana, USA; Parents John and Polly Arbuckle Nelson and their 14 children (some adult) moved to a 127-acre tract near the present community of Emporia
Residence: 1840, Lagro, Wabash County, Indiana, USA
Residence: 1850, Lagro, Wabash County, Indiana, USA
Residence: 1860, Somerset, St Croix County, Wisconsin, USA
Residence: 1870, Somerset, St Croix County, Wisconsin, USA
Residence: 1880, Somerset, St Croix County, Wisconsin, USA

Notes:

Birth:
Twin of Eliza Jane

Buried:
GRid=74409755; no obit. Inground marker

Family/Spouse: Mary Ann Greenlee. Mary was born in 1814; died on 30 Apr 1898. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

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2. Catharine Nelson was born on 10 May 1850; died on 15 Apr 1869.
3. James Craig Nelson was born on 22 Jun 1834; died on 15 Oct 1923.
4. Mary Frances Nelson was born in Jul 1840; died in 1906.
5. John Griffin Nelson was born in Jun 1839; died on 28 Dec 1936.

Generation: 2

Catharine Nelson

(1.Thompson¹) was born on 10 May 1850; died on 15 Apr 1869.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1850, Lagro, Wabash County, Indiana, USA
Residence: 1860, Somerset, St Croix County, Wisconsin, USA

Notes:

Buried:
GRid=74409801; Inscription: "Wife of Wm J Wright Aged 19 Years"

Family/Spouse: William James Wright. William was born in Sep 1842; died after 1905. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James Craig Nelson

(1.Thompson¹) was born on 22 Jun 1834; died on 15 Oct 1923.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1850, Lagro, Wabash County, Indiana, USA
Residence: 1860, Somerset, St Croix County, Wisconsin, USA
Residence: 1870, Black Brook, Polk County, Wisconsin, USA; Post Office: Black Brook
Residence: 1880, Farmington, Polk County, Wisconsin, USA
Residence: 1900, Irwin County, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1920, Johnston, Carter County, Missouri, USA; Widowed

James married Caroline Matilda Danforth on 20 May 1860. Caroline was born on 18 Sep 1844; died on 17 Feb 1906. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

6. Emily Jane Nelson was born on 24 Aug 1873; died on 13 Jun 1936.
7. Edna Louise Nelson was born on 5 Oct 1880; died on 4 Apr 1933.
8. Effie Louise Nelson was born on 12 Jan 1864; died in 1864.
9. Marshall James Nelson was born on 1 Jan 1861; died on 18 Sep 1862.
10. William Francis Nelson was born on 20 Mar 1865; died on 3 Sep 1867.
11. Addie Grace Nelson was born on 1 Jul 1867; died on 10 Nov 1868.
12. Matilda 'Isabel' Nelson was born on 29 Nov 1869; died in 1934.

Mary Frances Nelson

(1.Thompson¹) was born in Jul 1840; died in 1906.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1860, Farmington, Polk County, Wisconsin, USA
Residence: 1870, Farmington, Polk County, Wisconsin, USA; Widowed
Residence: 1880, Farmington, Polk County, Wisconsin, USA
Residence: 1900, Spooner, Washburn County, Wisconsin, USA

Mary married William Armstrong Mack on 19 Sep 1871. William was born in Jul 1845; died on 21 Aug 1916. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Oliver Campbell on 19 Apr 1860. Oliver was born on 17 Nov 1832; died on 14 Apr 1869. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John Griffin Nelson

(1.Thompson¹) was born in Jun 1839; died on 28 Dec 1936.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1850, Lagro, Wabash County, Indiana, USA
Residence: 1880, Farmington, Polk County, Wisconsin, USA
Residence: 1900, Farmington, Polk County, Wisconsin, USA
Residence: 1 Jun 1905, Farmington, Polk County, Wisconsin, USA
Residence: 1920, Courtland, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA

John married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

13. Living
14. Living
15. Living
16. Living
17. Living

Generation: 3

Emily Jane Nelson

(3.James², 1.Thompson¹) was born on 24 Aug 1873; died on 13 Jun 1936.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1880, Farmington, Polk County, Wisconsin, USA
Residence: 1900, Irwin County, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1910, Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1930, Johnson, Carter County, Missouri, USA; Widowed

Notes:

Died:
D.C. at www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1936/1936_00023054.PDF

Emily married Lafayette M Buck on 24 Feb 1904. Lafayette was born in Jan 1877. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edna Louise Nelson

(3.James², 1.Thompson¹) was born on 5 Oct 1880; died on 4 Apr 1933.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1900, Irwin County, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1910, Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1930, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, USA

Notes:

Buried:
GRid=55478562; shares in-ground stone with husband Frank L Louks

Died:
Gravestone only shows years of birth and death. Birth date in FindAGrave record doesn't match other records of birth.

Edna married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

18. Living
19. Living

8.	Effie Louise Nelson (3.James², 1.Thompson¹) was born on 12 Jan 1864; died in 1864. Notes: Birth: One source say 1861, another says 1864 Buried: GRid=74409765; Obelisk shared by 4 Nelson children. Her inscription says "Aged 16 ds". (Can't read the year clearly)

9. Marshall James Nelson (3.James², 1.Thompson¹) was born on 1 Jan 1861; died on 18 Sep 1862.
Notes:
Buried:
GRid=744097665; Obelisk shared by 4 Nelson children. Can't read his inscription

10.	William Francis Nelson (3.James², 1.Thompson¹) was born on 20 Mar 1865; died on 3 Sep 1867. Notes: Buried: GRid=74409767; Obelisk marking graves of 4 siblings. Can't read his dates and inscription.

11.	Addie Grace Nelson (3.James², 1.Thompson¹) was born on 1 Jul 1867; died on 10 Nov 1868. Notes: Buried: GRid=7440976; An obelisk marks the graves of 4 Nelson siblings. Her inscription: "Age 1 yr 1 mo". Inscription on base (just on her side): "Children of JC & CM Nelson"

12.

Matilda 'Isabel' Nelson

(3.James², 1.Thompson¹) was born on 29 Nov 1869; died in 1934.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1870, Black Brook, Polk County, Wisconsin, USA
Residence: 1880, Farmington, Polk County, Wisconsin, USA
Residence: 1900, Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1920, Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana, USA
Residence: 1930, Swan Creek Twp, Fulton County, Ohio, USA

Notes:

Buried:
GRid=7977851; stone shared with husband Nels

Matilda married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

13.
Living (5.John², 1.Thompson¹)
Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

20. Living

21. Living

14.

Living

(5.John², 1.Thompson¹)

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

22. Living
23. Harriet R Nelson was born about 1911.
24. Living

15. Living (5.John², 1.Thompson¹)

16.

Living

(5.John², 1.Thompson¹)

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

25. Living
26. Griffin G Nelson was born about 1917.
27. Living
28. Living
29. Living
30. Living
31. Living

17.
Living (5.John², 1.Thompson¹)
Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

32. Living

Generation: 4

18. Living (7.Edna³, 3.James², 1.Thompson¹)
Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
19. Living (7.Edna³, 3.James², 1.Thompson¹)
20. Living (13.Living³, 5.John², 1.Thompson¹)
Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
21. Living (13.Living³, 5.John², 1.Thompson¹)
Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
22.
Living (14.Living³, 5.John², 1.Thompson¹)
Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

33. Living

23.

Harriet R Nelson

(14.Living³, 5.John², 1.Thompson¹) was born about 1911.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1920, San Fernando, Los Angeles County, California, USA

Notes:

Birth:
If she was born on 28 Sep 1910 in Olancha, Inyo Co, CA, then she married Ray S Carnes, and died on 10 Sep 1999, probably in Palm Springs

24. Living (14.Living³, 5.John², 1.Thompson¹)
Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
25. Living (16.Living³, 5.John², 1.Thompson¹)
Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

26.	Griffin G Nelson (16.Living³, 5.John², 1.Thompson¹) was born about 1917. Other Events and Attributes: Residence: 1920, Copake, Columbia County, New York, USA Residence: 1930, Copake, Columbia County, New York, USA

27. Living (16.Living³, 5.John², 1.Thompson¹)
28. Living (16.Living³, 5.John², 1.Thompson¹)
29. Living (16.Living³, 5.John², 1.Thompson¹)
30. Living (16.Living³, 5.John², 1.Thompson¹)
Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
31. Living (16.Living³, 5.John², 1.Thompson¹)
32. Living (17.Living³, 5.John², 1.Thompson¹)
Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Generation: 5

33. Living (22.Living⁴, 14.Living³, 5.John², 1.Thompson¹)