The son of Captain Joseph Field Nichols and Maud Evelyn Nichols (maiden name Nichols), and the the namesake of his mother's father, Captain Edward Payson Nichols, Edward was born 7 May 1914 at Brewer, Maine. His father was a sea captain, a Master Mariner, and his grandfathers & great-grandfathers were also Master Mariners. His mother, Maud, the daughter of a sea captain, was born at sea as her mother accompanied her father on his long sea voyages.
In 1938, Edward met the love of his life, Barbara, and they were married in 1940 in Alameda, CA. They shared 59 years of marriage together until Edward passed.
Maine Birth Records
Name: Edward Payson Nichols
Birth Date: 7 May 1914
Birth Place: Brewer, Penobscot, ME
Father: Joseph F Nichols
Mother: Maud E Nichols
Census
1920 Census, Bucksport, Hancock, Maine
-Joseph F Nichols 41, b. ME, parents ME, Captain merchant vessel, owns home.
-Maud E Nichols, wife, 43, b. at Sea, parents ME
-Joseph F Nichols, son 9, b. ME
-Edward P* Nichols, son 5, b. ME
1930 Census, Alameda, Alameda, California
-Joseph F Nichols 52, b. ME, parents ME, Marine Capt shipping, Veteran WW, owns home.
-Maud E Nichols, wife, 54, b. MT [at Sea], parents ME
-Joseph F Nichols, Jr, son, 19, b. ME
-Edward P* Nichols, son, 15, b. ME
1940 Census, Alameda, Alameda, California; 1424 San Jose
-Maud E Nichols, 64, widow, b. ME [at sea]
-Edward P* Nichols, son, 26, single, b. ME, Clerk steel industry
Death
Social Security Death Index
Name: Edward P. Nichols
Born: 7 May 1914
Died: 4 Oct 1999
Last Residence: San Pedro, Los Angeles, CA
SSN issued: California (Before 1951)
Obituary index
South Bay Daily Breeze, Torrance, CA
7 Oct 1999
Edward P Nichols; age 85; born Brewer ME; died San Pedro CA
Maternal Grandfather
Captain Edward Payson Nichols (1844-1899) wrote and published "The Ocean Chronicle" on board the Bark Clara and the Ship Frank Pendleton from 1878 to 1891. On each of his voyages Captain Nichols, assisted by his family, wrote and printed this small newspaper on his own press at sea, which he then distributed to his friends once back at port. His newspapers may be found at the Penobscot Marine Museum, Searsport, Maine.
The Nichol's newspaper was purportedly the only one published at sea on a sailing vessel, with the exception of a few issues of "The Rolling Billow" & "Garlic Pill" printed onboard by his daughters Nancy Pendleton (1875-1941), Maud Evelyn (1976-1956), & Grace Louise (1878-1972), who, along with their mother, Martha Mills Nichols(1843-1922), went to sea with their father.
Paternal Grandfather. In 1881, the family barely escaped with their lives when the Bark Clara shipwrecked in a severe storm near the Cape of Good Hope.
Captain George Amos Nichols (1848-1897)
In 1938, Edward met the love of his life, Barbara, and they were married in 1940 in Alameda, CA. They shared 59 years of marriage together until Edward passed.
Maine Birth Records
Name: Edward Payson Nichols
Birth Date: 7 May 1914
Birth Place: Brewer, Penobscot, ME
Father: Joseph F Nichols
Mother: Maud E Nichols
Census
1920 Census, Bucksport, Hancock, Maine
-Joseph F Nichols 41, b. ME, parents ME, Captain merchant vessel, owns home.
-Maud E Nichols, wife, 43, b. at Sea, parents ME
-Joseph F Nichols, son 9, b. ME
-Edward P* Nichols, son 5, b. ME
1930 Census, Alameda, Alameda, California
-Joseph F Nichols 52, b. ME, parents ME, Marine Capt shipping, Veteran WW, owns home.
-Maud E Nichols, wife, 54, b. MT [at Sea], parents ME
-Joseph F Nichols, Jr, son, 19, b. ME
-Edward P* Nichols, son, 15, b. ME
1940 Census, Alameda, Alameda, California; 1424 San Jose
-Maud E Nichols, 64, widow, b. ME [at sea]
-Edward P* Nichols, son, 26, single, b. ME, Clerk steel industry
Death
Social Security Death Index
Name: Edward P. Nichols
Born: 7 May 1914
Died: 4 Oct 1999
Last Residence: San Pedro, Los Angeles, CA
SSN issued: California (Before 1951)
Obituary index
South Bay Daily Breeze, Torrance, CA
7 Oct 1999
Edward P Nichols; age 85; born Brewer ME; died San Pedro CA
Maternal Grandfather
Captain Edward Payson Nichols (1844-1899) wrote and published "The Ocean Chronicle" on board the Bark Clara and the Ship Frank Pendleton from 1878 to 1891. On each of his voyages Captain Nichols, assisted by his family, wrote and printed this small newspaper on his own press at sea, which he then distributed to his friends once back at port. His newspapers may be found at the Penobscot Marine Museum, Searsport, Maine.
The Nichol's newspaper was purportedly the only one published at sea on a sailing vessel, with the exception of a few issues of "The Rolling Billow" & "Garlic Pill" printed onboard by his daughters Nancy Pendleton (1875-1941), Maud Evelyn (1976-1956), & Grace Louise (1878-1972), who, along with their mother, Martha Mills Nichols(1843-1922), went to sea with their father.
Paternal Grandfather. In 1881, the family barely escaped with their lives when the Bark Clara shipwrecked in a severe storm near the Cape of Good Hope.
Captain George Amos Nichols (1848-1897)
The son of Captain Joseph Field Nichols and Maud Evelyn Nichols (maiden name Nichols), and the the namesake of his mother's father, Captain Edward Payson Nichols, Edward was born 7 May 1914 at Brewer, Maine. His father was a sea captain, a Master Mariner, and his grandfathers & great-grandfathers were also Master Mariners. His mother, Maud, the daughter of a sea captain, was born at sea as her mother accompanied her father on his long sea voyages.
In 1938, Edward met the love of his life, Barbara, and they were married in 1940 in Alameda, CA. They shared 59 years of marriage together until Edward passed.
Maine Birth Records
Name: Edward Payson Nichols
Birth Date: 7 May 1914
Birth Place: Brewer, Penobscot, ME
Father: Joseph F Nichols
Mother: Maud E Nichols
Census
1920 Census, Bucksport, Hancock, Maine
-Joseph F Nichols 41, b. ME, parents ME, Captain merchant vessel, owns home.
-Maud E Nichols, wife, 43, b. at Sea, parents ME
-Joseph F Nichols, son 9, b. ME
-Edward P* Nichols, son 5, b. ME
1930 Census, Alameda, Alameda, California
-Joseph F Nichols 52, b. ME, parents ME, Marine Capt shipping, Veteran WW, owns home.
-Maud E Nichols, wife, 54, b. MT [at Sea], parents ME
-Joseph F Nichols, Jr, son, 19, b. ME
-Edward P* Nichols, son, 15, b. ME
1940 Census, Alameda, Alameda, California; 1424 San Jose
-Maud E Nichols, 64, widow, b. ME [at sea]
-Edward P* Nichols, son, 26, single, b. ME, Clerk steel industry
Death
Social Security Death Index
Name: Edward P. Nichols
Born: 7 May 1914
Died: 4 Oct 1999
Last Residence: San Pedro, Los Angeles, CA
SSN issued: California (Before 1951)
Obituary index
South Bay Daily Breeze, Torrance, CA
7 Oct 1999
Edward P Nichols; age 85; born Brewer ME; died San Pedro CA
Maternal Grandfather
Captain Edward Payson Nichols (1844-1899) wrote and published "The Ocean Chronicle" on board the Bark Clara and the Ship Frank Pendleton from 1878 to 1891. On each of his voyages Captain Nichols, assisted by his family, wrote and printed this small newspaper on his own press at sea, which he then distributed to his friends once back at port. His newspapers may be found at the Penobscot Marine Museum, Searsport, Maine.
The Nichol's newspaper was purportedly the only one published at sea on a sailing vessel, with the exception of a few issues of "The Rolling Billow" & "Garlic Pill" printed onboard by his daughters Nancy Pendleton (1875-1941), Maud Evelyn (1976-1956), & Grace Louise (1878-1972), who, along with their mother, Martha Mills Nichols(1843-1922), went to sea with their father.
Paternal Grandfather. In 1881, the family barely escaped with their lives when the Bark Clara shipwrecked in a severe storm near the Cape of Good Hope.
Captain George Amos Nichols (1848-1897)
In 1938, Edward met the love of his life, Barbara, and they were married in 1940 in Alameda, CA. They shared 59 years of marriage together until Edward passed.
Maine Birth Records
Name: Edward Payson Nichols
Birth Date: 7 May 1914
Birth Place: Brewer, Penobscot, ME
Father: Joseph F Nichols
Mother: Maud E Nichols
Census
1920 Census, Bucksport, Hancock, Maine
-Joseph F Nichols 41, b. ME, parents ME, Captain merchant vessel, owns home.
-Maud E Nichols, wife, 43, b. at Sea, parents ME
-Joseph F Nichols, son 9, b. ME
-Edward P* Nichols, son 5, b. ME
1930 Census, Alameda, Alameda, California
-Joseph F Nichols 52, b. ME, parents ME, Marine Capt shipping, Veteran WW, owns home.
-Maud E Nichols, wife, 54, b. MT [at Sea], parents ME
-Joseph F Nichols, Jr, son, 19, b. ME
-Edward P* Nichols, son, 15, b. ME
1940 Census, Alameda, Alameda, California; 1424 San Jose
-Maud E Nichols, 64, widow, b. ME [at sea]
-Edward P* Nichols, son, 26, single, b. ME, Clerk steel industry
Death
Social Security Death Index
Name: Edward P. Nichols
Born: 7 May 1914
Died: 4 Oct 1999
Last Residence: San Pedro, Los Angeles, CA
SSN issued: California (Before 1951)
Obituary index
South Bay Daily Breeze, Torrance, CA
7 Oct 1999
Edward P Nichols; age 85; born Brewer ME; died San Pedro CA
Maternal Grandfather
Captain Edward Payson Nichols (1844-1899) wrote and published "The Ocean Chronicle" on board the Bark Clara and the Ship Frank Pendleton from 1878 to 1891. On each of his voyages Captain Nichols, assisted by his family, wrote and printed this small newspaper on his own press at sea, which he then distributed to his friends once back at port. His newspapers may be found at the Penobscot Marine Museum, Searsport, Maine.
The Nichol's newspaper was purportedly the only one published at sea on a sailing vessel, with the exception of a few issues of "The Rolling Billow" & "Garlic Pill" printed onboard by his daughters Nancy Pendleton (1875-1941), Maud Evelyn (1976-1956), & Grace Louise (1878-1972), who, along with their mother, Martha Mills Nichols(1843-1922), went to sea with their father.
Paternal Grandfather. In 1881, the family barely escaped with their lives when the Bark Clara shipwrecked in a severe storm near the Cape of Good Hope.
Captain George Amos Nichols (1848-1897)
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