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Name	Samuel Nelson
Born	9 September, 1827 Market End, Bicester, Oxfordshire, England
Died	26 January, 1865 (aged 37) Collector, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	shot
Related Entries	[View as tree] Rayner, Matilda Parsee (daughter) Nelson, Mary Ellen (daughter-in-law) Rayner, Edmund Carr (son-in-law) Collett, Zillah Bernice E. (granddaughter) Fuller, Myra Frances K. (granddaughter) Nelson, Thomas Wesley (grandson) Nelson, Newton Ingall E. (grandson) Nelson, Selby William L. (grandson) Nelson, William Leslie (grandson) Nelson, Henry Bramwell B. (grandson) Nelson, Lyle Samuel R. (grandson) Nelson, Sid Ira A. (grandson) Nelson, Clarence Selwyn (grandson)
Occupation or Descriptor *	police officer (1850-1857) Queensland, Australia police officer (1857-1865) New South Wales, Australia
Groups *	Ben Hall gang (police officer; killed by the gang)

* Dates are approximate

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