Researching Albert Nichols
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 9757 people with the Nichols surname? In that year Nichols was ranked number 422 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Albert means "Noble, bright" and is of Anglo-Saxon origin.
Records of Albert Nichols on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Albert Nichols and the Nichols Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Nichols Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Nichols family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 9050 people with the Nichols surname in the UK? Nichols is now ranked number 640 for popularity in the UK. |
Nichols Family History Databases
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Some Famous People called Albert Nichols
Albert Russell Nichols
Albert Russell Nichols (1859–1933 ) was an English museum curator and zoologist who worked mainly in Ireland.
Nichols was educated at Clare College, Cambridge, graduating B.A. in mathematics as 16th wrangler in 1882. Nichols came from England to Dublin in 1883 as Assistant in the Museum of Science and Art (now the National Museum of Ireland). He worked on zoology, classifying and arranging the invertebrates throughout his forty-one years of service. He eventually became Keeper of the Natural History Division. Nichols took part in the Lord Bandon dredging expedition of 1886 with Haddon, sponsored by the Royal Irish Academy, and in the biological surveys of Lambay, Clare Island and Malahide.
He compiled or revised lists of echinoderms, marine Mollusca and birds of Ireland, issued by the Museum or by the Royal Irish Academy.
Source: Albert Russell Nichols, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Nichols
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