Camille (Foster) Nicholson (1877 - 1906)

Born 6 Jul 1877 in Galena, Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Oscar Nicholson — married 2 Aug 1895 in Fresno, Fresno Co, CA

Descendants

Died 22 Jan 1906 at age 28 in Kern City, Kern, California, United States

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Biography

Born to William A Foster and Sophia Whitmore. She married Oscar Nicholson on August 2, 1895. Her husband died suddenly in his early thirties. Her three children where raised by her parents after her death.

• Mrs. Millie Nicholson died yesterday at Kern City. Her body will arrive here today for burial. Mrs. Nicholson was the daughter of W. A. Foster, who at one time ran a photograph gallery at No. 925 I Street and who is now located in Point Richmond.
• The Funeral of Mrs. Millie Nicholson, wife of Oscar Nicholson at the time he was killed on his own engine on the Southern Pacific at Tahachapi, will be held this morning at 11 o'clock. The funeral will be from A.O.U.W. hall and the services will be in charge of Rev A.P. Brown of the Baptist church and of the Rebekahs. Mrs. Nicholson leaves three children, Elwin, Eugene and Vernon aged 9, 7 and 2 years respectively, two sisters, Mrs. Jona Bedford and Mrs Lee Stout, and four brothers Robert, Henry, William and Frank Foster of Point Richmond. She was the daughter of W. A. Foster and his wife, formerly of Fresno.

Sources

• "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ3P-4KR : 8 December 2017), Oscar Nicholson and Camiell Foster, 02 Aug 1895; citing Fresno, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 1,548,474.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6GT-SHH : 26 August 2017), Camelia Foster in household of William A Foster, Fresno, Fresno, California, United States; citing enumeration district ED 3, sheet 190D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0065; FHL microfilm 1,254,065.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9P6-7XJ : accessed 18 March 2018), Millie Nicholson in household of Oscar Nicholson, Township 3 Kern city, Kern, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 22, sheet 8A, family 174, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,087.
• Fresno Republican January 23 and 24, 1906
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129796765