Looking for the defendant family tree of Joseph Nicholls to determine my fathers relations.

Question

Trying to find the family tree of Joseph Ernest Nicholls who died in 1976/7 in Liverpool in Sydney Australia. He was born 1890. His married Mabel Alvey between 1910 and 1917. His sons are Bernard and John. His father was Joseph Nicholls who possibly came to Australia from Cornwall. Joseph Ernest may have had a brother Roy Elgin Nicholls. Joseph Nicholls may have Married Bessie (Logan).

Answer 1

 

Hi anonymous,

 

According to the NSW BMD (http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/) he was 84 when he died...

9437/1976 NICHOLLS JOSEPH ERNEST DIED LIVERPOOL 084

 

His birth appears to be in the NSW BMD too...

19092/1891 NICHOLLS JOSEPH E JOSEPH BESSIE LEICHHARDT

 

As is his parent's marriage...

2289/1884 NICHOLLS JOSEPH LOGAN BEESIE CANTERBURY

 

He appears to have a number of siblings, including Roy, recorded too...

5924/1885 NICHOLLS JOHN JOSEPH BESSIE ASHFIELD

4926/1887 NICHOLLS ARCHIBALD E JOSEPH BESSIE LEICHHARDT

6878/1889 NICHOLLS CONSTANCE E JOSEPH BESSIE ST PETERS

19092/1891 NICHOLLS JOSEPH E JOSEPH BESSIE LEICHHARDT

5962/1894 NICHOLLS ROY E JOSEPH BESSIE BATHURST

10928/1896 NICHOLLS THALMA G B JOSEPH BESSIE BATHURST

5581/1898 NICHOLLS ALBERT R B JOSEPH BESSIE NEWTOWN

 

Based on some Google search results that I haven't had time to follow thro on it appears that Bessie and the Logan family arrived in Australia on the vessel "Boyton" in May 1877.

 

Unfortunately, coincidentally there was a Joseph Nicholls who perished on the Titanic and search results are hard to filter as a result.

 

Good Luck.

Comments

Further to above it appears that the Logan family sailed to Sydney on the "N. Boyton" but unfortunately the passenger list (http://mariners.records.nsw.gov.au/1877/05/074nbo.htm) does not provide the nationality of the Logan family.
However it does give you her parents and sister's ages...
LOGAN    JAMES         35         IMMIGRANT     
LOGAN         MRS.    30         IMMIGRANT     
LOGAN    BESSIE         9         IMMIGRANT     
LOGAN    ANNIE         6         IMMIGRANT

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Its plausible that Joseph Nicholls (snr) wasn't an immigrant and there are two possible births apparent if he wasn't...
1782/1859     NICHOLLS     JOSEPH     JAMES     ELIZABETH     SYDNEY
7508/1861     NICHOLLS     JOSEPH     JOHN         ANN     GOULBURN

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Thank you Allen-6100 for this quick response.
Bessie Logan I believed came from America. And it is possible that Joseph was born in Australia. The info supplied buy my dad is very sketchy.
I will see where your leads take me. I believe there are a few skeleton in the closet so to speak and I guess those generations did not speak about these things very often. Thank you for your responses.

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Hi Allen-6100
If you feel inclind could be my nominee so I an join WikkiTree.
Thank you kindly.

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Hi anonymous, if you send me a private message, following the link from my profile page, that includes a valid email address then I can send you an invitation.
Cheers

Answer 2

anonymous, the profile you link to is for a Joseph Nicholls who's father was William and who didn't have a son called Joseph Ernest ?

Why have you linked to it, as it doesn't appear to be related to the people you mention?  How certain are you that your Joseph Nicholls snr came from Cornwall?

Answer 3

If you are still looking for Joseph Ernest Nicholls please email me. I am his great niece and his neice (my mother) is still alive.

Comments

Hi

Yes still looking for info re Joseph Ernest Nicholls.

I don't have much info as yet as only at the beginning of tracing the family tree.

Looking forward to the journey.

Thank you

Chris Nicholls