Nellie was born in Dubbo on 07/07/1926.

​She married in Adelaide SA on 24/07/1946 to Wally Graves.

​They had 1 son:

• Dean Graves.

 Nellie remarried to James Stephen and they had the following children:

• Carl Stephen

• Michelle Stephen

• Randle Stephen

• Shaun Stephen

​Nellie died in Adelaide on 18/04/1979.