Martha Nelson

Martha Nelson was the wife of Charlie Nelson and close friend of Annie Sugden. At age 16, Martha married Charlie, who was 20 years her senior, and gave birth to their son, Fred, in 1933. Martha fell ill with tuberculosis in 1938 and died at home within a year when Charlie refused to take her to hospital, wanting to treat her himself due to erroneously thinking he had his late mother's gift, and Charlie turned away any help from other villagers - a decision Annie would resent him for. Annie felt if Charlie had got Martha to hospital and she had been given proper medical care, she may have lived.
Fred Nelson mentioned that when he was 5 years old, he was sent off to live with a aunt when his mother died. It is unknown if that was Martha's sister or Charlie's sister.
Category:Unseen characters
Category:1938 deaths
Category:1916 births
Category:1932 marriages