Cornelia ‘Nelli’ Spaulding (Briggs) Burch 1865? - ?

Born: abt 1865 in Appleton, Wisconsin

Died:

Place of burial:

Spouse: John Henry Burch m. February 24, 1892 (*more below)

(John may have remarried someone with the last name Ashland, possibly indicating that Nelli passed before him.)

Children: Dr. Hobart Alexander Burch (m. Margaret Marshall, has 5 children.)

Mary Leona Burch

Carne Louis Burch

John Henry Burch, Jr.

Catherine Evelyn Burch

Father’s name: Theodore Wood Briggs Birth place: Ogdensburg, New York

Mother’s name: Leona Suberville (Dane) Briggs Birth place: Lockeport, Nova Scotia

Siblings: Jeremiah Briggs (aka: Jay)

Curtis Eugene Briggs

J. Fred Briggs

Mary Elizabeth (Briggs) Brooks

Caroline Hamilton Briggs

Ina Frances Briggs

Theodore L. Briggs

In 1887, Nellie is noted in the Appleton City Directory as being a clerk, presumably for her father’s insurance business.

*Outagamie County vital records (Where Appleton is) has a death record of a Mr. Aura H. Burch (b. January 2, 1825 and d. May 23, 1892. He was the son of Alfred G. Burch from New York State and his wife Cynthia who were farmers by trade. There is no corroboration that they are related to John Herny Burch, but the ages are appropriate for them to be his parents.

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