Alexander Webster Nicol (abt. 1828 - 1891)

Ancestors

Husband of Isobel (Sand) Nicol — married 19 Jun 1852 in St Vigeans, Forfarshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Husband of Anne Deuchers (Kennedy) Nicol — married 30 May 1862 in Forfarshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 27 Sep 1891 at about age 63 in St Vigeans, Forfarshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Biography

Alexander was born in 1828 to David Nicol & Bryce Barrie Nicol. Alexander Nicol passed away in 1891 as per deaths from Scotlands People. He was the youngest of 10 children. He married 1 Isobel Shands & had 4 living children & 2 Anne Kennedy and with her had two children only one which survived. His son John Todd Nicol immigrated to the US. John Todd is buried alongside his wife, daughter & his mother, who also immigrated to the U.S. after death of this man. He also had two daughters - one Jessie who went to the Canada after marrying David Hird and the other Maragaret who later moved to Canada with her son and married Alexander Hird (brothers).

Isabella Shands mentioned in the record of Alexander Nicol and Isabella Shands Name: Alexander Nicol Spouse's Name: Isabella Shands Event Date: 19 Jun 1852 Event Place: Arbroath,Angus,Scotland Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M11272-5 , System Origin: Scotland-ODM , GS Film number: 993332 Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910 Citing this Record "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XTJB-RP1 : accessed 4 January 2015), Alexander Nicol and Isabella Shands, 19 Jun 1852; citing Arbroath,Angus,Scotland, reference ; FHL microfilm 993,332.

Marriage certificate: #39 1862, May 30th, 22 Helen St., Arbroath, ANS Banns Church of Scotland sign: Alexander Nicol, flax dresser, widr., 34 ures. 46 East Abbey St., Arbroath f. David Nicoll, flax dresser, decd. m. Bryce Nicol, mr. Barrie, decd. sign. Ann Kennedy, factory worker, spin, 34 ures.22 Helen St., Arbroath f. Charles Kennedy, factory overseer, decd m. Isabella Kennedy, ms Deuchars, decd minister:  ? Henderson wits. William Lowe Wright & Jessie Shands, power loom weaver reg. 1862, May 31, Arbroath, ANS [ABOVE from Scotlands People]

1841 Census Dwelling: Guthrie Port Census Place: Inverbrothock, Arbroath, Ans. Sct Nicol, Alexander, M 14 [yr] Flax Spinner Angus

"Scotland Census 1851: Census Place Arbroath, ANS Sct Alexander Nicol stepson, unmar 22, hand loom weaver canvas ANS, ST. Vigeans* Note in this census he is living with his stepfather John Stephens who is the head & his mother Bryce Barrie (Nicol) Stephens, his mother."

"Scotland Census 1881 living at 50 Helen Street, St. Vigeans, Forfar (Angus) Alexander Nichol m birthplace Arbroath, Forfar Rel: Head occ. Flax Dresser Ann Nichol m. 53, m birthplace Arbroath Rel: Wife John Todd Nichol u 18 male Arbroath b 22 Feb 1863 Rel: son Bank Clerk Bryce Nicol u 17 fem. Arbroath b. 17 Aug 1857 Rel: dau millwork spinner [her age should be 23 yrs] Margaret Nicol u 20 fem Arbroath b 13 Apr 1860 Rel dau millwork spinner

Death from Scotland's People "Death in the District of Arbroath, County of Forfar Alexander Webster Nicol Sept twenty-seventh David Nicol Flaxdresser 9 hrs 55 mins aft Flaxdresser Arbroath COD Bronchitis inf. Alexander Nicol, nephew, 29 Elliott Street, Arbroath

Research Notes

This is the second son with second name of Webster - must have a significance to this family. LOOKING FOR THE CONNECTION.

A REAL PROBLEM WITH THE LAST NAME: THIS MAN WAS BORN WITH IT SPELLED NICOL not Nicoll or Nichol but some people in the family adopted those spellings.

• Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/127583460/alexander-webster-nicoll : accessed 9 July 2021), memorial page for Alexander Webster Nicoll (unknown–27 Sep 1891), Find a Grave Memorial ID 127583460, citing Western Cemetery, Arbroath, Angus, Scotland ; Maintained by Memorium

NOTES fro Anne Burgess runs the Scottish Genealogy Site: This is not two couple with the same names marrying 8 days apart. It's the same couple having their banns called in two different parishes.

The church was interested in recording the fact that the intention to marry had been proclaimed and no objections had been offered. It wasn't necessarily interested in recording the actual marriage ceremony. If the bride and groom lived in different parishes the banns had to be proclaimed in both, so this generates two records of the same event. The dates may be the dates when the Session Clerk noted that the banns had been called, The spelling difference is not significant - the clerk wrote it down however he thought it should be written down, and even if the couple could read and write they probably never saw the entry in the parish register, and if they did the idea that there was a 'correct' spelling wouldn't have occurred to them. The original documents on SP will tell you whch parish the groom lived in, and which parish the bride lived in. They will probably also tell you which parish they were married in (usually the bride's) and you may even be lucky enough to get the actual date of the marriage ceremony. Anne

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