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Lida Eleanor <I>Niccolls</I> Thurn Taxis

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Lida Eleanor Niccolls Thurn Taxis

Birth
Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
6 Dec 1965 (aged 90)
Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA
Burial
South Union Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Princess - born Lida Eleanor Nicolls of Brownsville, Pennsylvania. She was the only child of John A. Nicolls and his wife Lenora T. Nicolls. She was a niece to J. V. Thompson, the Coal Baron.

First marriage, in 1899 to Gerald Purcell- Fitzgerald, an Irish nobleman and the marriage ended in 1907. The wedding ceremony took place in Uniontown. They had three sons; John 1899, Edward, 1900 and Gerald,1901. They divorced on Dec. 5, 1906 in Ireland

Her second Marriage was to Prince Victor Theodore Maximilian Egon Maria Lamoral of Thurn and Taxis in 1911. After her husband died in 1918, the princess lived in Uniontown from time to time in a large house at the southwest corner of West Main Street and South Mount Vernon Avenue, New York City, and Europe.

In her later years, she spent most of her time in New York and Europe. The princess died in 1965, she had many valuables, and they were sold at an auction in Uniontown. The Princess died at the Regents Hospital in New York City, Monday, Dec. 6, 1965

Place of Internment: Oak Grove Cemetery, Uniontown, PA
Princess - born Lida Eleanor Nicolls of Brownsville, Pennsylvania. She was the only child of John A. Nicolls and his wife Lenora T. Nicolls. She was a niece to J. V. Thompson, the Coal Baron.

First marriage, in 1899 to Gerald Purcell- Fitzgerald, an Irish nobleman and the marriage ended in 1907. The wedding ceremony took place in Uniontown. They had three sons; John 1899, Edward, 1900 and Gerald,1901. They divorced on Dec. 5, 1906 in Ireland

Her second Marriage was to Prince Victor Theodore Maximilian Egon Maria Lamoral of Thurn and Taxis in 1911. After her husband died in 1918, the princess lived in Uniontown from time to time in a large house at the southwest corner of West Main Street and South Mount Vernon Avenue, New York City, and Europe.

In her later years, she spent most of her time in New York and Europe. The princess died in 1965, she had many valuables, and they were sold at an auction in Uniontown. The Princess died at the Regents Hospital in New York City, Monday, Dec. 6, 1965

Place of Internment: Oak Grove Cemetery, Uniontown, PA


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