On 15 May 1851 George Nelson married Mary Ann Barry, daughter of James Barry/Perrin & Sophia Fiehner, in Lunenburg, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia. Born on 27 Oct 1826 in Maitland, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia. Mary Ann died in May 1904; she was 77.
Nelson and Mary Eikle with two adult sons resided in the Blockhouse census district, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia according to the 1891 Canadian federal census. Their son and daughter-in-law Amos and Laliah Eikle with two children resided in the household. Nelson, Amos, Joshua, and Amos [Austin] Eikle were famers. The family were Anglicans. (RG 31-C-1, 1891, Nova Scotia, Lunenburg Co., ED 38-B2, Blockhouse, p. 60)