West Virginia Family Groupsheet for William B. Nicholson Family

SUBMITTED BY: Norm Nicholson       
e-mail: norm@normnicholson.co.uk
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HUSBAND: William B. NICHOLSON
date and place of birth: 18 Jul 1850, Askham, Westmorland, England
date and place of marriage: 8 Oct 1876, Reno Co, KS
other marriages:
military service:
date and place of death: 15 Oct 1927, Aspen, Pitkin Co, Colorado
father: William Nicholson
mother: Ann Kitchen
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WIFE: REA, Permelia Alice
date and place of birth: 2 Oct 1860, Versailles, Holton Hoophole Twp, Posey Co, Indiana
other marriages:
date and place of marriage: 8 Oct 1876, Reno Co, KS
date and place of death: 14 Sep 1929, Aspen, Pitkin Co, Colorado
father:
mother:
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CHILD 1: NICHOLSON, Minta Elizabeth
date and place of birth: 4 Jun 1879 Kingman, Kingman Co, KS
married:
date and place of marriage: 9 Jul 1879 Kingman, Kingman Co, KS
other marriages:
date and place of death:
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CHILD 2: NICHOLSON, Joseph Horace
date and place of birth: 4 Nov 1882, Kingman, Kingman Co, KS
married: GATES, Polena Fay 
date and place of marriage: 20 May 1919, Aspen, Pitkin Co, Colorado
other marriages:
date and place of death: 20 Apr 1964, Grand Junction, Mesa Co, Colorado
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CHILD 3: NICHOLSON, James Patten
date and place of birth: 2 Oct 1883, Kingman, Kingman Co, KS
married: BARBER, Ellen Geraldine
date and place of marriage: 21 May 1913, Mesa, Mesa Co, Colorado
other marriages:
date and place of death: 24 Jul 1948, Oakland, Alameda Co, California
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CHILD 4: NICHOLSON, William Laffayette
date and place of birth: 4 Nov 1886, Kingman, Kingman Co, KS
married:
date and place of marriage:
other marriages:
date and place of death: 16 Apr 1914, Aspen, Pitkin Co, Colorado
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CHILD 5: NICHOLSON, Kathryn Laura
date and place of birth: 3 Sep 1888 Aspen, Pitkin Co, KS
married: EIB, Orville Leslie
date and place of marriage: 2 Oct 1907, Aspen, Pitkin Co, Colorado
other marriages:
date and place of death: 18 Oct 1971, Romine Mill, West Virginia
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CHILD 6: NICHOLSON, Clarence Thomas
date and place of birth: 1 Apr 1893, Aspen, Pitkin Co, Colorado
married: SCHELLENBERG, Emma Marie
date and place of marriage: 15 Aug 1915, Denver, Colorado
other marriages:
date and place of death: Mar 1974, Denver, Colorado
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CHILD 7: NICHOLSON, George Washington
date and place of birth: 31 May 1895, Aspen, Pitkin Co, Colorado
married: RYAN, Ethyl F
date and place of marriage: 30 Apr 1933, Aspen, Pitkin Co, Colorado
other marriages:
date and place of death: 15 Oct 1958 Denver, Colorado
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CHILD 8: NICHOLSON, John Dyer
date and place of birth: 28 Dec 1897, Aspen, Pitkin Co, Colorado
married: BISHOP, Edna Florence
date and place of marriage: 3 Oct 1943, Oregon
other marriages:
date and place of death: 5 Nov 1967, Medford, Oregon
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CHILD 9: NICHOLSON, Clifford Carl
date and place of birth: 10 Apr 1903, Snowmass, Pitkin Co, Colorado
married: SMITH, Ruth Ermna
date and place of marriage: 30 Dec 1929, Grand Junction, Mesa Co, Colorado
other marriages:
date and place of death: 27 Feb 1958, Talent, Oregon
SOURCES: History of Kansas 

NOTES: 

In 1857 William B Nicholson came to America from England with his mother Ann (Kitchen) Nicholson and his brothers and sisters. He was 6 years old. They crossed the Atlantic on The Ship Margaret Tyson (Liverpool to New York). William's father was not listed on the passenger list , I assume he traveled before or after Ann and the children.

They first settled in Clinton, Illinois where William's brother Thomas enlisted in the 20th Illinois Infantry on May 1860 and was mortally wounded in the battle of Fredericks Town in 1861. In 1866 the family moved to Miami County, Kansas where they settled on a farm. From there William B. went to Colorado in 1868, where he remained a year and then went to New Mexico, and from there to Texas, returning to Miami County after an absence of eighteen months. In 1872, he removed to Reno County, where he located upon a claim, being the second settler in the county south of the Ninnescah River. He was married in Reno County, October 8,1876, to Permelia Alice Rea, a native of Indiana. In 1880 , he moved to Kingman County and engaged in the hotel business, becoming proprietor of the Laclede Hotel. My Grandfather James Patten Nicholson was born in Kingman on October 2, 1883.

Around 1888 they moved to Snowmass, Colorado where they built the Nicholson Ranch. William B died on October 15, 1927 and is buried in the Red Butte Cemetery, Pitken, Aspen, Colorado along with his wife Permelia who died on September 14, 1929.

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