Person:George Nichols (32)

  • HGeorge W Nichols1806 - 1888
  • WLaura Eddy1822 - 1899
m. 6 Feb 1851
  1. Asahel Eddy Nichols1852 - 1942
  2. Selden Nichols1859 - 1893
Facts and Events
Name[1][2][3][4] George W Nichols
Gender Male
Birth[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] 28 Dec 1806 Amherst, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States
Marriage 6 Feb 1851 to Laura Eddy
Residence[3] 1860 Java, Wyoming, New York, United States
Residence[1] 1870 Java, Wyoming, New York, United States
Residence[2] 1880 Java, Wyoming, New York, United States
Death[4] 8 Jan 1888 Wyoming, New York, United States
Burial[4] Curriers, Wyoming, New York, United States
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Wyoming, New York, United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    line 5.

    [Year: 1870; Census Place: Java, Wyoming, New York; Roll: M593_1119; Page: 185B; Image: 377; Family History Library Film: 552618]
    Age: 63 -> birth in 1807

  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Wyoming, New York, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    line 9.

    [Year: 1880; Census Place: Java, Wyoming, New York; Roll: 948; Family History Film: 1254948; Page: 166B; Enumeration District: 205; Image: 0335]
    Age: 73 -> birth in 1807

  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Wyoming, New York, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    line 11.

    [Year: 1860; Census Place: Java, Wyoming, New York; Roll: M653_883; Page: 857; Image: 401; Family History Library Film: 803883]
    Age: 52 -> birth in 1808

  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Find A Grave: Curriers rural Cemetery, Curriers, NY, in Find A Grave
    George W. Nichols.

    GEO. W. NICHOLS
    DIED
    Jan. 8 1888
    AGED 81 YEARS.
    ---
    LAURA EDDY
    HIS WIFE
    1822-1899.
    [Note: despite a very clear "AGED 81 YEARS" making the birth about 1806 (before Jan 1807), the memorial page gives the date as 28 Dec 1803, propagating an apparent error from the Eddy Family.]

  5. Ward, George Kemp. Andrew Warde and his descendants, 1597-1910: being a compilation of facts relating to one of the oldest New England families and embracing many families of other names, descended from a worthy ancestor even unto the tenth and eleventh generations. (New York: A.T. Delamare Printing and Publishing Company, 1910)
    p. 307.

    Laura Eddy m. 6 Feb 1851 George W. Nichols, s/o Jacob and Mary Nichols, b. 29 Dec 1808, d. 8 Jan 1888.

  6. Office of the Wyoming County Historian (Warsaw, New York). Historical Wyoming. (Arcade, New York: [s.n.], 1947-)
    p. 116.

    George W. Nichols, died 8 Jan 1888, 81 years (Born 28 Dec 1806 Amherst, NH.)

  7. Breck, Ruth Allendorf; Massachusetts) Eddy Family Association (Middleboro; and Ruth Story Devereux Eddy. The Eddy family in America - supplement, 1968. (Middleboro, Massachusetts: Eddy Family Association, 1968 (Ann Arbor, Michigan : Edwards Brothers))
    p. 122 (must be borrowed to view).

    Laura Eddy m. as his 3rd wife George W. Nichols, b. Anherst NH 28 Dec 1803, d. 8 Jan 1888, m. (1) Amherst 1827 Sarah Wiley, m. (2) May 1832 Mary Robinson of Lowell, MA.

  8. Three sources give three birth dates differing only by year. Based on the age at death and age in most census records, it appears 1806 is the correct answer.