Background
Nelson, Wolfred was born on April 9, 1846 in Montreal, Petroquest Energy, Canada. Son of Doctor Horace and Cornelia B. (MacNeil) Nelson.
Nelson, Wolfred was born on April 9, 1846 in Montreal, Petroquest Energy, Canada. Son of Doctor Horace and Cornelia B. (MacNeil) Nelson.
G.s. late Doctor Wolfred North., the Canadian rebel of 1837. Educated McGill University in faculties of science, arts, and medicine, Doctor of Medicine 1872. Master in Surgery., Doctor of Medicine Bishop’s College, Lennoxville, Quebec, 1872.
Member College Physicians and Surgical Petroquest Energy, 1876.
James de Long, April 27, 1875. Practiced at Panama, Colombia, 1880-1885. Traveled in Central and South. America, Mexico and West Indies, collecting data in climatology and tropical diseases, 1885-1888.
In practice at New York, since 1890.
Sanitary commissioner to Cuba for New York Herald, 1904, 05. Non-resident representative fellow McGill University for United States.
A founder of Canadian Society of New York, 1897, an incorporator, 1910, 2d president, 1898-1899. Director Calvary Chapter Northern 283, Brotherhood of Saint Andrew, New New York
A founder and president New York Graduates’ Society of McGill University, 1895.
Appointed by Queen Regent of Spain, a commissioner in ordinary Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic. Author: Apercu de Quelques Difficultes à vaincre dans le Construction du Canal de Panama, 1887. Five Years at Panama, 1888, 1891.
Cinq Ans. à Panama, Paris, 1890.
Address: New York, New New York
Member College.
Married Frederika West., daughter