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Submitted by: Carolyn G. STRONG
Email address: mom_strong@yahoo.com
 

Husband: George NIXON
Birthdate: 03 January 1853
Birthplace: East Hetton, Coxhoe, Durham, England
Death date: 25 November 1929
Place of death: Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa
Father: George NIXON
Mother: Sarah GITTINS

Marriage date: 29 June 1875
Marriage place: Parish Old Shildon, County Durham, England

Wife: Barbara COLLING
Birthdate: 7 April 1858
Birthplace: England
Death date: 6 December 1886
Place of death: Swan, Marion County, Iowa
Father: Robert COLLING
Mother: unknown

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Sarah NIXON
Sex: F
Birthdate: 25 May 1876
Birthplace: Riseburn Middridge, Durham, England
Death date: 12 June 1876
Place of death: Riseburn Middridge, Durham, England
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Child No. 2: Mary NIXON
Sex: F
Birthdate: 26 June 1877
Birthplace: Riseburn Middridge, Durham, England
Death date: March 1962
Place of death: Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa
Marriage date: December 1895
Marriage place: Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa
Spouse's name: Edward D. WELSHONS

Child No. 3: George NIXON
Sex: M
Birthdate: 16 December 1879
Birthplace: Old Aukland Park, Durham, England
Death date: 17 December 1879
Place of death: County Durham, England
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Child No. 4: Isabella NIXON
Sex: F
Birthdate: 16 May 1881
Birthplace: New Shildon, Durham, England
Death date: 24 April 1909
Place of death: Polk County, Iowa
Marriage date: 16 October 1905
Marriage place: Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa
Spouse's name: William Claude OSWALT

Child No. 5: Melissa Jane NIXON
Sex: F
Birthdate: 10 March 1884
Birthplace: Swan, Marion County, Iowa
Death date: February 1940
Place of death: Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place: Polk County, Iowa
Spouse's name: John MC CAULEY
 

Documentation:
1-George Nixon family Bible
2-Oakwood Cemetery Book, Pleasant Hill, Iowa
3-George Nixon birth record - County Durham, England
4-George Nixon death certificate-Polk County, Iowa
5-Census records for Marion County & Polk County, Iowa
6-Laurel Hill Cemetery Records - Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa
7-Polk County Iowa Marriage Records