Nellie went with her sister Eliza
to Rocky Mountain House, after Eliza's marriage to Richard Hardisty, but
then the following year went with her sisters to the Wesleyan College in
Hamilton, Ontario. She rejoined her family in 1872, which would mean
that she was away during the Smallpox epidemic. Her family was living in
Edmonton at the time, and she was put in charge of the school. Two years
later she married William Leslie Wood, and moved to Edmonton, and then
to High River, back to Edmonton, then Calgary, and then Athabasca
Landing. Her husband became ill in 1910 and so they returned to
Edmonton. He died in 1911.
Nellie remained in Edmonton until
her death in 1941. She had no children.
Unpublished draft from the Sally Swenson box.
Goresky, Isidore. "The Beginning and growth of the
Alberta School System". Thesis.