Nancy Reed Russell

  Noted events in her life were:

• source. Kerry Gamble (nee Botten)

• known as. Nanny

• fact. Nanny Reed RUSSELL / James GLASSON Marriage was witnessed by John GLASSON and Thomas RUSSELL. Nancy's husband James died in 1894. 1901 Census Shows - Nancy Reed GLASSON [Noted as 'Mary Read'] (Widow - Living on Own Means - age 82) living at 25 Godolphin Road, Helston, Cornwall with her son James Russell (Head - Widow - Retired Farmer - age 53), James' daughter Mary 'Catherine' [Should read 'Carvolth'] GLASSON (age 7), his sister 'Winie' GLASSON (Single - House Keeper Domestic - age 47) and nurse Elizabeth Ellen WILLS (Single - Nurse Domestic - age 60 of Sithney, Cornwall). RG13 / 2233 62 14. Nanny Reed RUSSELL died aged 85. She is buried at Sithney graveyard where she shares a grave with her husband James. Her inscription on their headstone reads - Also Nenny Reed his wife Who died Aug 18th 1904 Aged 85 years Gone to be with Christ Which is far better.

Nancy married James Glasson, son of Joseph Glasson and Bathsheba Reed, on 6 Oct 1845 in Sithney, Cornwall England. (James Glasson was born on 5 Nov 1816 in Sithney, Cornwall England, christened on 27 Dec 1816 in Sithney, Cornwall England and died on 22 Feb 1894 in Helston, Cornwall England.)