Researching Bruce Nicoll
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2721 people with the Nicoll surname? In that year Nicoll was ranked number 1452 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Bruce means "Woodlands" and is of French origin.
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Bruce Nicoll
Bruce Baird Nicoll (3 October 1851 – 18 September 1904) was an Australian politician.
He was born in Sydney to shipwright George Robertson Nicoll and Sarah Baird. When he was six years old his family moved to Scotland, and Nicoll was educated at Dundee before returning to Sydney around 1864. He worked in the family shipping office, and from 1871 ran his own service in the Northern Rivers district. On 1 March 1873 he married Jane Ann Zahel, with whom he had three sons. In 1889 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Protectionist member for Richmond. Re-elected in 1891, he was defeated in 1894.
Nicoll died at his home in Dulwich Hill in 1904, following a long illness. Survived by his wife and sons, he was buried in the Presbyterian Cemetery, Rookwood.
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