Nora Nelson

Nora Ethel Wilcox (nee Nelson) was the daughter of Samuel and Jane Nelson, sister of Tommy and Sally and wife of Jim Wilcox.

Childhood
Nora was born in 1860 as one of six daughters of Samuel and Jane Nelson. She grown in Summerside along with her siblings and Jim Wilcox. They've been friend ever since they were kids. When she put a light up in the little window in the attic, Jim sailed across at once. They went everywhere together.

Wedding of Sally Nelson and Gordon Hill
Aunt Mouser was invited for Sally's wedding and she reminded to Nora that she is still single. When Jud Taylor reminded that to her, she went to him and slapped him, first on one side of his face and then on the other.

In the evening she told Anne about her relationship with Jim.

"I love Jim... and I want to get married."

- Nora Nelson to Anne Shirley.

Nora, as Sally's sister, should be her bridesmaid, but she refused and Anne Shirley took her position. She helped in the kitchen with cooking and played the wedding march because Vera Johnson had terrible headache.

After the wedding, Anne set light in the window and forgot it. In the night all in the house woke up because they heard a noise. There were Nora and Jim Wilcox in the library and he tried to stop bleeding.

"I wasn't asleep... I was sitting at my window... I hadn't undressed... and I saw a man coming up from the shore. When he got near the house I knew it was Jim, so I ran down. And I... I ran into the library door and made my nose bleed. He's just been trying to stop it."

- Nora Nelson

Grace told him that he must married her. Jim proposed her and she agreed.

"And yet I was fool enough to tear over here in the dead of night because I thought you'd put our old signal in the window and wanted me! Ask you to marry me! Well, I'll ask you now and have done with it and you can have the fun of turning me down before all this gang. Nora Edith Nelson, will you marry me?"

- Jim Wilcox proposed Nora.

Marriage
Nora and Jim were married in September 1888. They had a small wedding and didn't invited Aunt Mouser.

Physical appearance
"In direct contrast with Sally, who was a cool, snowy blonde, Nora Nelson had magnificent black hair, dusky eyes, heavy black brows and velvety red cheeks. Her nose was beginning to look a trifle hawk-like and she had never been accounted pretty..."

- Anne's description of Nora.

Appearance

 * Anne of Windy Poplars (mentioned only)