Parents of Alice Jennie Gurley Nelson
1900 U.S. Census, Ten Mile, Macon County, Missouri, Population Schedule, enumeration district (ED) 87, Page 8, Column 3, Line 36, dwelling 168, family 168, Alles Nelson; digital mage, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 April 2014); citing NARA microfilm 1240873, roll 873.
Phyllis E. Mears, Mears Obituaries: Volume 2 - Macon County, Missouri Obituaries 1889-1903; Copyright 1987 (Decorah, Iowa: The Anundsen Publishing Company, 1989), page 207, James D. Gurley.
Missouri State Board of Health Bureau of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate 24427 (15 August 1910), Alice Jennie Nelson; Missouri Digital Heritage, www.sos.mo.gov/archives.
Alice Gurley was first seen in the 1870 US Census at the age of 9 in the household of J D Gurley and Jane Gurley. The census does not list her relationship to J D and Jane. She does not show up again with either J D or Jane until the 1900 US Census where she is shown in the household of Mark Nelson and listed as his wife with several children. James D Gurley is also listed in the household and is listed as her uncle. James D Gurley's obituary mentions that he had been living with Mrs. Mark Nelson, his niece, at the time of his death. Alice's death certificate states that she was the daughter of James Gurley and Marie Gurley.
In conclusion we find that Alice Gurley was raised by her uncle James Gurley. Her mother was possibly Marie Gurley who was James' sister. Marie was living in Norwalk, Huron, Ohio at the time of Alice's birth and was unmarried. James was living in Toledo, Lucas, Ohio at that time. It is possible that Marie gave birth to Alice and gave her to James and Jane to raise. At this time, no documents have been found that prove the parentage of Alice Jennie Gurley Nelson.
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