Relationship Record 275

Male/Husband}   Rushworth, Orlando Nelson (Nelson)		Family History} Olson
Female/Wife}   Detwiller, Isabella (Bell)		Relationship Type} Marriage
Marriage: Date} Exa  2 Apr 1903	Place} Avonbank Presbyterian Church, Downie, Perth, Ontario
Ended:   On Date} Exa 29 Nov 1941                         By} Death of husband		Source 1}   71 = Family notes Source 2} 353 = Family notes Source 3} 362 = Letter Source 4} 499 = Letter Source 5} 1298=City directy Source 6} 319 = Marriage rec Source 7} 905 = Marriage rec Source 8} 366 = 1910 USA cen Source 9} 950 = 1920 USA cen Source 10} 380 = City directy Source 11} 1389=1925 NY cen Source 12} 951 = 1930 USA cen Source 13} 1355=1940 USA cen Source 14} 197 = Photograph Source 15} 198 = Photograph Source 16} 408 = Obituary Source 17} 410 = Obituary Source 18} 379 = Cemetery rec Source 19} 409 = Cemetery rec Source 20} 963 = Cemetery rec
1st Household No.} 117 = Jamestown, Chataugua, New York
Photos} Isabella Rushworth O. Nelson Rushworth
Last Updated         by} Karen Hancock Date Updated} 24 May 2014 Date Created}    5 Jun 1993
Notes:  O. Nelson Rushworth and Isabella Detwiller were married on 2 Apr 1903 in the Avonbank Presbyterian Church, Downie Twp., Perth, Ontario.  Bell listed her residence as Mitchell, Ontario, and Nelson listed his as Jamestown, New York, USA.  Nelson and Bell had evidently met in Jamestown, which was Nelson's hometown.  Bell had moved to Jamestown about 1890, living with her older brothers and sisters.
In Jamestown, Nelson and Bell settled into their long time family residence at 12 Lakeview Avneue.  Their first daughter, Ruth Elizabeth, was born 7 Sep 1906.  Grace Marion was born 6 Jan 1908.  They are shown with their father in the photograph at right.  In the 1910 U.S. census, Marion Detwiller, Bell's older sister was living with the family.  Marion was a private nurse.  Also, living with them was Bell's nephew, Harry Lorne McNaught, who was working in a metal furniture factory. Nelson and Bell's only son, Elverton Crissey, was born 17 Nov 1910, followed by Isabelle on 12 Nov 1916.  The family was now complete.  In 1919, Bell's sister Marion, who had never married, died and was buried back in Ontario in the Avonbank Presbyterian Cemetery.  In the 1920 U.S. census, the entire family was living at 12 Lakeview Avenue, in Jamestown.  Now, Elizabeth D. Wilson, a widowed sister of Bell was living with the family.  In the 1925 New York State census, only the immediate family was living in the household. In the 1930 U.S. census, only Nelson and Bell's two younger children were living in the household.  O. Nelson was now the President of the Farmers & Mechanics' Bank.  Nelson and Bell were both active members of the First Presbyterian Church of Jamestown.  Nelson served from time to time as a deacon, an elder, and a trustee, also serving as Sunday School superintendent.  Bell was a member of the Parks Bible Class, and the Women's Missionary Society.  She was also a member of the Needlework Guild, and an honorary member of the Visiting Nurses Association.  Nelson was very active in the YMCA and in Masonic matters.  When the Farmers & Mechanic's Bank merged with the Bank of Jamestown, Nelson became engaged in the insurance business with New York Life. In 1940, only Isabelle remained at home.  She was an assistant manager for a retail advertising agency.  Nelson was an insurance agent. Nelson evidently suffered a heart attack while on a motor trip up the lake with his wife Bell, and upon returning entered the W.C.A. Hospital in Jamestown, where he died the following day, Saturday, 29 Nov 1941.  His funeral was held the following Monday at the First Presbyterian Church, with a Masonic ritual.  He was buried in the Lakeview Cemetery, Jamestown, New York. Isabelle lived another 18 years, and died Saturday, 26 Dec 1959, in the W.C.A. Hospital, Jamestown.  At the time of her death she was living at 75 Barrett Avenue.  Her funeral services were held Tuesday, 29 Dec 1959 in the Henderson-Lincoln Chapel.  Rev. Gilbert F. van Bever, minister of the First Presbyterian Church presided.  She is buried with her husband in the Lakeview Cemetery, Jamestown, New York.  She was survived by her four children and nine (of ten) grandchildren.
Children:	Total # of Children} 4	Seq. # of Primary}
1st Child} Rushworth, Ruth Elizabeth   2nd Child} Rushworth, Grace Marion   3rd Child} Rushworth, Elverton Crissey   4th Child} Rushworth, Isabelle
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