Malcolm (Strain) Wheeler-Nicholson (1890 - 1965)

Born 7 Jan 1890 in Greeneville, Greene, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Died 21 Sep 1965 at age 75 in Long Island, New York, United States

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Known primarily as the founder of the American comic book publishing giant known originally as National Allied Publications which became the well-known entertainment industry giant DC Comics.

Biography

Malcolm (Strain) Wheeler-Nicholson is Notable.

Son of Lola Orlando Strain and Antoinette M. Wheeler

Step-Son of Thomas J. B. Nicholson

Husband of Elsa Sachsenhausen Bjorkböm

• Fact: Residence (1925) Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
• Fact: Immigration (1929) New York, New York, United States
• Fact: Residence (1930) Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
• Fact: Residence (1935) Great Neck, Nassau, New York, United States
• Fact: Residence (1940) Thomaston, Nassau, New York, United States
• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson (January 7, 1890 – September 21, 1965) was an American pulp magazine writer and entrepreneur who pioneered the American comic book, publishing the first such periodical consisting solely of original material rather than reprints of newspaper comic strips. Long after his departure from the comic book company he founded, Wheeler-Nicholson's National Allied Publications would evolve into DC Comics, one of the U.S.'s two largest comic book publishers along with rival Marvel Comics. (Source: Wikipedia)

He was also a writer of military subjects, having been a Major in WWI serving in Siberia.

• Fact: Military Service Major in the military serving in Siberia.

Sources

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 29 June 2021, 02:51), entry for Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:G9H3-G2P ); contributed by various users.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Wheeler-Nicholson

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGVD-D9V : accessed 9 August 2022), Malcolm W Nicholson in household of Thomas J B Nicholson, Trout Lake, Klickitat, Washington, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 109, sheet 13B, family 180, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1656; FHL microfilm 1,375,669.

• "United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV5B-7G1N : 16 March 2018), Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson in entry for Elsa B Wheeler-Nicholson, 1920; citing Passport Application, France, source certificate #64088, Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925, 1287, NARA microfilm publications M1490 and M1372 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "New York State Census, 1925," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KS7Z-B7L : 8 November 2014), Malcolm Wheeler, New York, A.D. 23, E.D. 61, New York, New York, United States; records extracted by Ancestry and images digitized by FamilySearch; citing p. 34, line 01, New York State Archives, Albany.

• "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24F4-C8X : 2 March 2021), Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, 1929; citing Immigration, New York, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X42S-C8B : accessed 8 August 2022), Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, Manhattan (Districts 1001-1249), New York, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1187, sheet 8B, line 76, family 42, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1558; FHL microfilm 2,341,293.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7ML-1T9 : 7 January 2021), Malcolm Wheeler Nickolson, Thomaston, North Hempstead, Nassau, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 30-249, sheet 2B, line 52, family 54, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2691.

• Ancestry - 1950 Census - https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29847410?h=9a19bf

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/228059967/malcolm-wheeler-nicholson