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Albert J. Nicholls

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Albert J. Nicholls

Birth
Island Creek, Jefferson County, Ohio, USA
Death
10 Jul 1916 (aged 69)
Edgar, Clay County, Nebraska, USA
Burial
Edgar, Clay County, Nebraska, USA Add to Map
Plot
Block 15 Lot 19 Grave 4 Row 5
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Albert Nicholls was born December 2nd, 1846 in Jefferson Co, OH, the eldest son of Washington Luther Nicholls and Mary Ann House Nicholls. In the fall of 1851, the family moved to Medina Co, OH for several years until moving to Blue Mound, Macon Co, IL about 1867. Albert's parents were founding members of the Bethel Methodist Episcopal Church there. Albert was married on October 19th, 1871 to Eliza Gabriel.
Eliza Gabriel was born in County Cork, Ireland in 1845, and was educated in a school conducted by the Episcopal Church and later became a religious governess. She came to America when 24 years of age with a younger brother and an uncle's family (Thomas and Jane Gabriel, also founders of the Bethel Methodist Church).
Albert and Eliza lived in Macon County, Illinois where they raised their 6 children:

Berton Luther Nicholls b. 1874
Mary Ellen ("Mayme") Nicholls b. 1875
Emma Estella ("Stella") Nicholls b 1876
Nellie Lenora Nicholls. b. 1877 d. 1887
Albert C. Nicholls b. 1880
William Raymond Nicholls b. 1881

In February of 1892, Albert and his family went west to Clay Co, Nebraska settling on a farm 3 1/2 miles southwest of Edgar. About 1906, he retired from farming and moved into the town of Edgar where he died in 1916. His widow Eliza died in 1923.
Albert Nicholls was born December 2nd, 1846 in Jefferson Co, OH, the eldest son of Washington Luther Nicholls and Mary Ann House Nicholls. In the fall of 1851, the family moved to Medina Co, OH for several years until moving to Blue Mound, Macon Co, IL about 1867. Albert's parents were founding members of the Bethel Methodist Episcopal Church there. Albert was married on October 19th, 1871 to Eliza Gabriel.
Eliza Gabriel was born in County Cork, Ireland in 1845, and was educated in a school conducted by the Episcopal Church and later became a religious governess. She came to America when 24 years of age with a younger brother and an uncle's family (Thomas and Jane Gabriel, also founders of the Bethel Methodist Church).
Albert and Eliza lived in Macon County, Illinois where they raised their 6 children:

Berton Luther Nicholls b. 1874
Mary Ellen ("Mayme") Nicholls b. 1875
Emma Estella ("Stella") Nicholls b 1876
Nellie Lenora Nicholls. b. 1877 d. 1887
Albert C. Nicholls b. 1880
William Raymond Nicholls b. 1881

In February of 1892, Albert and his family went west to Clay Co, Nebraska settling on a farm 3 1/2 miles southwest of Edgar. About 1906, he retired from farming and moved into the town of Edgar where he died in 1916. His widow Eliza died in 1923.


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