Copy of marriage registry entry of Janet Cockburne and John Nelson (see <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nelson_Family_Tree.pdf" title="File:Nelson Family Tree.pdf">'Nelson Family Tree'</a>) who were married in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Dundonald,_South_Ayrshire" class="extiw" title="w:en:Dundonald, South Ayrshire">Dundonald</a>, Ayrshire, on 16th November 1798. Alexander Neilson was born in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Colmonell" class="extiw" title="w:en:Colmonell">Colmonell</a> on 3 October 1872, father Robert was born in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Dunlop,_East_Ayrshire" class="extiw" title="w:en:Dunlop, East Ayrshire">Dunlop</a> on 31st May 1758 and mother Mary (née McKenna) was born in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Girvan" class="extiw" title="w:en:Girvan">Girvan</a> on 27th April 1757; they had six children, three sons and three daughters. Janet Cockburne was born on 26 October 1779 in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Dundonald,_South_Ayrshire" class="extiw" title="w:en:Dundonald, South Ayrshire">Dundonald</a>, father Laurence was born in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Stevenston" class="extiw" title="w:en:Stevenston">Stevenston</a> on 15th October 1856 and mother Margaret (née Allison) was born in Stevenston on 6th July 1753; they had ten children, five sons and five daughters.  Janet and Alexander had twelve children, six sons and six daughters, with Janet living to the age of 100 when she passed away in 1879. <br><span style="color:blue;"><i>The <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Scotch_Mist/People" title="User:Scotch Mist/People">Scotch Mist Gallery</a> contains photographs of historic buildings, monuments, memorials and people.</i></span>
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