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Harriet A. <I>Nellis</I> Biggs

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Harriet A. Nellis Biggs

Birth
Stone Arabia, Montgomery County, New York, USA
Death
15 Jul 1896 (aged 76)
Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA
Burial
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
7241
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Daughter of Jonathan Phillip Nellis and Gertrude Armstrong, wife of Isaac A. Biggs, whom she married on May 30, 1839 in New York City, NY, and mother of Saunders A., Sarah, Isaac Leslie, Eugene Charles R., Aberdeen C., and Ida A. Biggs.

Baptism - Nellis, Harriot, born May 13, 1820, in Stone Arabia, Palatine, Montgomery, New York, daughter of Jonathan P. Nellis and Gertrude, was christened on July 9, 1820 the Reformed Church, Stone Arabia, Palatine, Montgomery, New York.

Marriage announcement, New York Evening Post, Saturday, June, 1839 - Thursday, 30th Inst., by the Rev. George Benedict, Isaac A. Biggs, to Harriet A. Nellis, all of this city.

In 1850, Harriet A. Biggs, aged 29, was living in New York, NY, with Francis A. (Adelaide) Biggs, aged 10, (daughter of Abel and Mehitable Biggs), Saunders Biggs, aged 8, Isaac Leslie Biggs, aged 6, Eugene E. Biggs, aged 3, and Aberdeen C. Biggs, aged 1 and Harriet O. (Ophelia) Biggs, aged 7 (daughter of Abel and Mehitable Biggs). Living next door were Abel R. Biggs, aged 28, a grocer, and his wife, Mehetable Biggs, aged 26. Her husband was serving a three-year sentence in Sing Sing prison.

In 1865, Harriet Biggs, aged 42, was living in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband, Isaac A. Biggs, aged 46, a real estate broker, and children, Saunders Biggs, aged 23, a real estate broker, Isaac A. Biggs, aged 21, a clerk, Eugene Biggs, aged 18, Abberdine G. Biggs, aged 16, and Ida Biggs, aged 10. Her mother, Gertrude Nellis, aged 76, was living in Brooklyn, New York, in the home of Orville P. Rowe, aged 59, night watchman at a custom house, and Lavinia Rowe, aged 48, and their children, Thomas C. Rowe, aged 16, Clarence Rowe, aged 13, with James M. Brown, aged 25, a bookkeeper, Harriet Brown, aged 22, Lavinia Brown, aged 4, Harriet Brown, aged 1, Frank Jones, a lithograph artist, and Agnes Jones, aged 21.

In 1870, Harriet Biggs, aged 50, was living at 30 Laight Street, New York, New York, with her husband, Isaac Biggs, aged 55, real estate agent, Saunders Biggs, aged 29, real estate agent, Grace Biggs, bookkeeper, Eugene Biggs, aged 23, Aberdeen Biggs, aged 22, Ida Biggs, aged 16, and Estella Biggs, aged 20. Her mother, Gertrude A. Nellis, aged 82, was living in Brooklyn, New York, in the home of James Brown, aged 30, and Harriet Brown, aged 37, with Lavinia Brown, aged 9, Harriet R. Brown, aged 6, and Emma A. Brown, aged 2, and William Champman, aged 22, and Harriet Champman, aged 18.

Death Record - Harriet A. Biggs, aged 71, widowed, residing at 67 W. 100, born about 1825, the daughter of John Nellis and Gertrude Nellis, both of the U.S., died on July 15, 1896 in Manhattan, New York, and was buried on July 17, 1896 in Greenwood Cemetery.

(U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989 for Harriot Nellis, New York, Stone Arabia, Stone Arabia Church, Baptisms, Members, Deaths, 1739-1987, Digital Folder Number 007767899, Image Number 00186, Record Number 8; Isaac A. Biggs in the New York City, Marriages, 1600s-1800s; 1865 New York State Census; 1850, 1870 US Federal Census; New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949, GS Film Number 1322915, Digital Folder Number 004006121, Image Number 01949, Indexing Project (Batch) Number B04260-5, Record Number 97, Certificate Number: cn 23897)
Daughter of Jonathan Phillip Nellis and Gertrude Armstrong, wife of Isaac A. Biggs, whom she married on May 30, 1839 in New York City, NY, and mother of Saunders A., Sarah, Isaac Leslie, Eugene Charles R., Aberdeen C., and Ida A. Biggs.

Baptism - Nellis, Harriot, born May 13, 1820, in Stone Arabia, Palatine, Montgomery, New York, daughter of Jonathan P. Nellis and Gertrude, was christened on July 9, 1820 the Reformed Church, Stone Arabia, Palatine, Montgomery, New York.

Marriage announcement, New York Evening Post, Saturday, June, 1839 - Thursday, 30th Inst., by the Rev. George Benedict, Isaac A. Biggs, to Harriet A. Nellis, all of this city.

In 1850, Harriet A. Biggs, aged 29, was living in New York, NY, with Francis A. (Adelaide) Biggs, aged 10, (daughter of Abel and Mehitable Biggs), Saunders Biggs, aged 8, Isaac Leslie Biggs, aged 6, Eugene E. Biggs, aged 3, and Aberdeen C. Biggs, aged 1 and Harriet O. (Ophelia) Biggs, aged 7 (daughter of Abel and Mehitable Biggs). Living next door were Abel R. Biggs, aged 28, a grocer, and his wife, Mehetable Biggs, aged 26. Her husband was serving a three-year sentence in Sing Sing prison.

In 1865, Harriet Biggs, aged 42, was living in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband, Isaac A. Biggs, aged 46, a real estate broker, and children, Saunders Biggs, aged 23, a real estate broker, Isaac A. Biggs, aged 21, a clerk, Eugene Biggs, aged 18, Abberdine G. Biggs, aged 16, and Ida Biggs, aged 10. Her mother, Gertrude Nellis, aged 76, was living in Brooklyn, New York, in the home of Orville P. Rowe, aged 59, night watchman at a custom house, and Lavinia Rowe, aged 48, and their children, Thomas C. Rowe, aged 16, Clarence Rowe, aged 13, with James M. Brown, aged 25, a bookkeeper, Harriet Brown, aged 22, Lavinia Brown, aged 4, Harriet Brown, aged 1, Frank Jones, a lithograph artist, and Agnes Jones, aged 21.

In 1870, Harriet Biggs, aged 50, was living at 30 Laight Street, New York, New York, with her husband, Isaac Biggs, aged 55, real estate agent, Saunders Biggs, aged 29, real estate agent, Grace Biggs, bookkeeper, Eugene Biggs, aged 23, Aberdeen Biggs, aged 22, Ida Biggs, aged 16, and Estella Biggs, aged 20. Her mother, Gertrude A. Nellis, aged 82, was living in Brooklyn, New York, in the home of James Brown, aged 30, and Harriet Brown, aged 37, with Lavinia Brown, aged 9, Harriet R. Brown, aged 6, and Emma A. Brown, aged 2, and William Champman, aged 22, and Harriet Champman, aged 18.

Death Record - Harriet A. Biggs, aged 71, widowed, residing at 67 W. 100, born about 1825, the daughter of John Nellis and Gertrude Nellis, both of the U.S., died on July 15, 1896 in Manhattan, New York, and was buried on July 17, 1896 in Greenwood Cemetery.

(U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989 for Harriot Nellis, New York, Stone Arabia, Stone Arabia Church, Baptisms, Members, Deaths, 1739-1987, Digital Folder Number 007767899, Image Number 00186, Record Number 8; Isaac A. Biggs in the New York City, Marriages, 1600s-1800s; 1865 New York State Census; 1850, 1870 US Federal Census; New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949, GS Film Number 1322915, Digital Folder Number 004006121, Image Number 01949, Indexing Project (Batch) Number B04260-5, Record Number 97, Certificate Number: cn 23897)


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