Individual Details

Census (family)-shared

Harry Osborn M 30
Hannah Osborn Wife F 32
Ellen Osborn Daughter F 1

Living next to Cyrus Baldwin.
There was also a Wm Osborne, 43, from NY, living in Elkhorn at the 1885 census who owned farmland, pasture, cattle, pigs, poultry, corn, oats, rye and wheat. (NO RELATION) See https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3X2-Y95

Adoption

I will share with you some information about Dr. Cyrus A. Baldwin and his “adopted” daughter, my grandmother, some of which may not be available from vital records. Dr. Cyrus A. Baldwin and his wife Lois Whitcomb never had any children of their own. John Henry Osborne and Hannah Bushby, who had immigrated to the USA from England, were employed by the Baldwins as house servants in Elkhorn, Douglas County, Nebraska. Sarah Ellen Osborne was born there on 23 Mar 1884, the first of six children born to the Osbornes. The Baldwins were fond of the young girl, whom they called “Nellie,” which is presumably a nickname derived from her middle name, Ellen.
When the Osbornes returned to England in 1905, they left Nellie with the Baldwins. In the 1885 Nebraska State census "Ellen" is 1 year old and living with her birth parents. In the 1910 US census "Nellie" is 16 and living with Dr. and Mrs. Baldwin, who stated that she was their adopted daughter. I do not know if there was a legal adoption. Years later, two of Nellie’s sisters immigrated back to the US and visited her. There were comments made that Nellie felt hurt about being left by her birth family.
She used the name "Nellie Baldwin" when she married her first husband, Walter Amner Dole, on 23 May 1901, and after she divorced him on 8 Jun 1911, she went back to live with Mrs. Baldwin, who was by then a widow. It seems that she abandoned her two sons, Harlan Baldwin Dole, age 8, and Arthur Josiah Dole, age 6, though they visited her in California in later years.
On 27 Aug 1914 she married Ivan Rex Wilson in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska. This couple had one son, Ivory El Dean Wilson (my father), born 20 Jun 1919 in Arlington, Nebraska. They moved from Arlington to Los Angeles, California, in 1923. Nellie died 9 Dec 1942 in Los Angeles. Her Death Certificate gives her name as Nellie Baldwin Wilson. She is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, Los Angeles County, California.

Census (family)-shared

Cyrus Baldwin Head M 81 Vermont, Years Married: 47
Lois Baldwin Wife F 67 New York
Nellie Baldwin Adopted daughter M 16 Nebraska - at school

Marriage

Walter A. Dole
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 23 May 1901
Event Place: Lancaster, Nebraska, United States
Event Place (Original): Lancaster, Nebraska, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 29
Birth Year (Estimated): 1872
Father's Name: J. G. Dole
Mother's Name: Sophia Hooker
Spouse's Name: Nellie Baldwin
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 17
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1884
Spouse's Father's Name: C. Baldwin
Spouse's Mother's Name: Louis Whitcomb

Census (family)

W A Dole M38 Nebraska - Florist
Wife Nellie Dole F26 Nebraska
Son Harland Dole M7 Nebraska
Son Arthur Dole M6 Nebraska
Mother Mrs. S H Dole F73 New York

Census (family)

Rex I Wilson Head M 31 Nebraska
Nellie Wilson Wife F 35 Nebraska
*Sry E Wilson Son M 0 Nebraska

Census (family)

I Rex Wilson Head M 42 Nebraska - Poultryman, own ranch
Nellie Wilson Wife F 45 Nebraska - Proprietor, art store
Ivory E Wilson Son M 10 Nebraska
Ella A Wilson Mother F 72 Michigan

Census (family)

Rex Wilson Head M 52 Nebraska - Sign painter, own business
Nellie Wilson Wife F 56 Nebraska - Seamstress (sewer machine operator). garment factory
Ella Wilson Mother F 82 Michigan

Burial

Liberty Section, Lot 447, Space 2