Nancy Nichols (abt. 1837)

Born about 1837 in Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Born about 1837 in Pennsylvania, USA.

Nancy Nichols is born as oldest child of William Nichols and his wife Mary Montgomery.

Her sister Adaline remembers her childhood years in the 80 year anniversary edition of the Keosauqua Republican (Page 107, published Thursday August 15, 1935):^[1] "I (Adaline) was born May 17, 1844, in Crawford county, Pennsylvania. I was the youngest of four children, all girls. My mother died soon after I came into this world and my father was left without a housekeeper. When I was five years old I with my father and sisters, moved in a covered wagon from Pennsylvania to Avon, Ill. We were there only a short time when my father returned with we children to Pennsylvania...."

5 Oct 1850 Nancy is listed with her father and her three older sisters on a farm in Summerhill Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania.^[2]

• Nichols William (39 years, male, farmer, born in Pennsylvania)
• Nichols Nancy (13 years, female, born in Pennsylvania)
• Nichols Launda (11 years, female, born in Pennsylvania)
• Nichols Lauretta (8 years, female, born in Pennsylvania)
• Nichols Adaline (6 years, female, born in Pennsylvania)

Note: I believe Nancy and her family live next door to her mother's mother and siblings. She is widowed and maybe that is the reason why Nancy's father returned from Illinois so soon after their move there, to help out his wife's family after the death of her father. Lastname and age would fit, but I can't be sure.

More memories form the 80 year anniversary edition of the Keosauqua Republican (Page 107, published Thursday August 15, 1935):^[3] "...Very soon, or in 1852, father passed away leaving we children Orphans. I (Adaline) was sent to Chicago to live with an aunt..."

There is no mention about what happened to Adaline's sisters in the article and I was not able to find any records after 1850 for any of them. Any information on there later life would be very appreciated!

Died ???

Sources

1. ↑ read whole artikle on https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=66594275
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DTPW-S8F?cc=1401638&wc=95R3-D5S%3A1031314301%2C1031552501%2C1033279801 : 9 April 2016), Pennsylvania > Crawford > Summerhill > image 25 of 30; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ read whole artikle on https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=66594275