Nelson Vail
ID # 1834, (1810-1870)
| Baptism | Nelson Vail was baptized in 1810. |
| Marriage | He married Mary Vrooman, daughter of Solomon Secord Vrooman and Mary Brown, on 4 February 1833 at London District. See The Marriage Registers of Upper Canada/Canada West Volume 4: Part 1, London District, 1795-1841, compiled by Dan Walker & Fawne Stratford-Devai, Global Heritage Press, 2000, pages 25 and 26: Marriages by George Jos. Ryerse, Regular Baptist Church, Charlotteville, #127 (p. 188 & 189) Nelson Vail, of Woodhouse, to Mary Vrooman, of Niagara. 4 Feb 1833, by banns. Rev. Ryerse. Wit. Robert Hamp & Tho's Vrooman. The marriage record does not tell us where the marriage was performed. Witness Robert Hamp is probably Robert Kemp. |
| Death | He died on 5 March 1870. |
| Burial | He was buried at Culver Cemetery, Townsend Twp., Norfolk Co.. |
| Note | After Mary Vrooman's death in 1863, Nelson Vail married again on 11 June, 1864, in Lincoln County, to Adaline McCarter. He is shown as age 54 and she as 29. He is shown as being born and residing in 'Woodtown' (Woodhouse). She is shown as being born in Nelson Township and as residing in Grimsby Township. His parents are shown as Isaac Vail and Elizabeth Caldwell. Her parents are shown as John McCarter and Marg Fleweling. Death reg. 009243-70 Woodhouse Twp., Norfolk Co. Nelson Vail died 23 March, 1870. age 58, farmer. born Canada. Informant Mrs. Abraham Austin, on lot 7, 5th concession, Woodhouse. |
| Last Edited | 1 Jan 2018 |