Widow of John Nelson, Minnie was the mother of five children: the famed blues singer Lucille (Nelson) Hegamin; twins Josephine and Joseph; daughters Gladys and Minnie M. Nelson.
Minnie appears on the 1900-1920 censuses at Macon, Georgia as head of household with her children whom she supported by taking in washing.
By 1930 Minnie and her four youngest children had followed her eldest daughter Lucille to New York City, and were enumerated there on that year's census in the household of Lucille's second husband, George Allen, at 231 W. 129th Street.
As of the 1940 census Minnie, Josephine, Joseph and Minnie M. were still at the same address with her daughter (now listed as Lucille Hegamin Allen), and were enumerated as lodgers in her household rather than her relatives.
She is interred at this cemetery and shares a double marker with her daughter Lucille Hegamin Allen (F/G 6657759).
Minnie appears on the 1900-1920 censuses at Macon, Georgia as head of household with her children whom she supported by taking in washing.
By 1930 Minnie and her four youngest children had followed her eldest daughter Lucille to New York City, and were enumerated there on that year's census in the household of Lucille's second husband, George Allen, at 231 W. 129th Street.
As of the 1940 census Minnie, Josephine, Joseph and Minnie M. were still at the same address with her daughter (now listed as Lucille Hegamin Allen), and were enumerated as lodgers in her household rather than her relatives.
She is interred at this cemetery and shares a double marker with her daughter Lucille Hegamin Allen (F/G 6657759).
Widow of John Nelson, Minnie was the mother of five children: the famed blues singer Lucille (Nelson) Hegamin; twins Josephine and Joseph; daughters Gladys and Minnie M. Nelson.
Minnie appears on the 1900-1920 censuses at Macon, Georgia as head of household with her children whom she supported by taking in washing.
By 1930 Minnie and her four youngest children had followed her eldest daughter Lucille to New York City, and were enumerated there on that year's census in the household of Lucille's second husband, George Allen, at 231 W. 129th Street.
As of the 1940 census Minnie, Josephine, Joseph and Minnie M. were still at the same address with her daughter (now listed as Lucille Hegamin Allen), and were enumerated as lodgers in her household rather than her relatives.
She is interred at this cemetery and shares a double marker with her daughter Lucille Hegamin Allen (F/G 6657759).
Minnie appears on the 1900-1920 censuses at Macon, Georgia as head of household with her children whom she supported by taking in washing.
By 1930 Minnie and her four youngest children had followed her eldest daughter Lucille to New York City, and were enumerated there on that year's census in the household of Lucille's second husband, George Allen, at 231 W. 129th Street.
As of the 1940 census Minnie, Josephine, Joseph and Minnie M. were still at the same address with her daughter (now listed as Lucille Hegamin Allen), and were enumerated as lodgers in her household rather than her relatives.
She is interred at this cemetery and shares a double marker with her daughter Lucille Hegamin Allen (F/G 6657759).
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Minnie L. Nelson / 1872 - 1958 / Lucille Hegamin Allen / 1894 - 1970 / Beloved Mother / and Daughter
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