William
Melmer
Nichols
Jnr
Born in Westminster, London, Middlesex, England,
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Brother of
John Nichols
Husband of
Hannah (Kimberley) Nichols
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Robert Melmer Nichols
Died
at about age 69
in Clarence Plains, Tasmania, Australia
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Biography
Name: Wm Nichols Jr. Arrival Date: 1803 Vessel: Calcutta Province: New South Wales Title: Male and Female Year(s): 1822.[1]
Born in London, England on 1794 to William Melmer Nichols and Frances Davis. William Melmer Nichols married Hannah KIMBERLEY and had 10 (SIC 12) children. He passed away on 3 Jul 1863 in Clarence Plains, , Tasmania, Australia.[2]
Name: William Melmer Nichols Spouse Name: Hannah Kimberley Marriage Date: 29 Aug 1814 Marriage Place: Tasmania Registration Place: Hobart, Tasmania Registration Year: 1814 Registration Number: 140 [3]
From Family Search Spouses and Children
William Melmer Nichols
1794-1863 • L7XL-FW1
Children of William Melmer Nichols (13)
Fanny Nichols 1812-Deceased • MF96-QGH
Elizabeth Nichols 1815-1902 • LZJ6-245
William Tertius Nichols 1817-1880 • 2Z9N-NLV
Edward Nichols 1819-1828 • KNS3-TVX
Frances Nichols 1821-1875 • 2WXP-1ST
George Nichols 1822-1895 • KNS3-TVK
Hannah Nichols 1824-1825 • GSHL-WH3
Robert Melmer Nichols 1826-1861 • KJ44-6Z5
Hannah Nichols 1829-1847 • K4BD-LRY
Edward Charles Albany Nichols 1834-1901 • K2MX-8L8
Walter Henry Nichols 1836-1842 • K4YJ-S3J
Walter Henry Nichols 1836-Deceased • GQXQ-5G5
James Nichols 1839-Deceased • G9DX?????
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DEATH NOTICE [4] ‘’On the 3rd July, 1863, at Clarence Plains, William Melmer Nichols, senior, aged 69 years. The funeral will move from Mr. Medley’s Rokeby, on Tuesday next, at 12 o’clock. Friends will please take this as an invitation, as no circulars will be sent.’’
From the Obituary of his great-grandson, Hubert Allan NICHOLS:
William Melmer Nichols, with his family, came to Tasmania as a free settler with Governor Collins on the vessel Ocean in 1803. William Nichols was appointed superintendent of carpenters, and became the supervisor of the erection of the first buildings on the area which is now Hobart. His son, William Melmer Nichols jun., was the first Postmaster in Hobart.[5]
Sources
- ↑ Source Citation: Class: HO 10; Piece: 18. Source Information: Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Settler and Convict Lists, 1787-1834 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
- ↑ Ancestry online tree
- ↑ Marriage - Source Information: Ancestry.com. Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
- ↑ The Mercury (Hobart, Tas.) Tue 7 Jul 1863 Page 1 Family Notices
- ↑ Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954) Thu 22 Aug 1940 Page 2 OBITUARY MR. H. A. NICHOLS, ULVERSTONE
- Tasmania marriage RGD36/1/1 no 140
- Tasmania death RGD35/1/32 no 88
- "Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Christening Index, 1530-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2008.
- "Ancestry.com. England, Pallot's Marriage Index, 1780-1837 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.
- "Ancestry.com. Tasmania, Australia, Index to Death Notices in The Mercury, 1854-1930 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009
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edited by Pip O'Brien
2. William Helmer Nichols's daughter Elizabeth was born about 1 year after the marriage of William Melmer Nichols to Hannah Kimberley. From Tasmania records (linked on Nichols -3931), Melmer does appear to be the correct spelling of the middle name, also that record is the earlier of the two, so propose to keep that one.