Researching James Nicholl
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1566 people with the Nicholl surname? In that year Nicholl was ranked number 2121 for popularity in the UK. |
The name James means "one who supplants" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of James Nicholl on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for James Nicholl and the Nicholl Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 2513 people with the Nicholl surname in the UK? Nicholl is now ranked number 2047 for popularity in the UK. |
Nicholl Genealogy Databases
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Nicholl Forums
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Some Famous People called James Nicholl
James Nicholl
James Nicholl (12 January 1887 – 21 December 1948) was a Scottish footballer who played mainly as an outside left.
After breaking into top-level football with Airdrieonians, in 1910 he moved to England with Middlesbrough where he made 56 appearances, scoring 13 goals, before joining Liverpool in January 1914. He played at Anfield for eighteen months, and featured in the 1914 FA Cup Final (having scored both his team's goals to win the semi-final), but his career in England was ended by the outbreak of World War I – he had a short spell back in Scotland with Hamilton Academical.
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