
All that can presently (December 2022) be gleaned about
Nellie Hawthorne (née
Eleanor) from sheet music covers and by Internet searching is that she was an American actress/singer, born in Oakdale, Illinois. She was the eldest of the
The Hawthorne Sisters and has been separaely featured on 2 works published between 1896 and 1903.
Her portrait on the left is taken from
Ma Afro-Mexican Queen (1903) words & music by
Sidney L. Perrin, and published by
M. Witmark and Sons, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, USA.
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