Researching David Nickens
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The name David means "beloved" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of David Nickens on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for David Nickens and the Nickens Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Nickens 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 below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. 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 Nickens family tree.
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Nickens Genealogy Databases
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Nickens Forums
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Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on David Nickens. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called David Nickens
David Leroy Nickens
Rev. David Leroy Nickens (1794–1838) was a freed slave who was born in Virginia. Nickens was the first African-American licensed minister in Ohio in July, 1824. He worked with abolitionists Theodore Weld and Augustus Wattles reforming education for black children in Chillicothe, Ohio.
Nickens was called as the first pastor of the Union Baptist Church in Cincinnati, which was established on July 21, 1831. Nickens died in Cincinnati in 1838 and is buried in the Union Baptist Cemetery in Price Hill, a Cincinnati neighborhood.
His wife, Serena, and children returned to Chillicothe and finished out their days there.
Source: David Leroy Nickens, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Nickens
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