Researching Major 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. |
Records of Major Nichols on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Major Nichols and the Nichols Genealogy
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 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 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 Tree Databases
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Nichols Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 182295 people with the Nichols surname in the USA? Nichols is ranked number 97 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Nichols Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Major Nichols. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Major Nichols
Major Nichols
Major Albert Nichols (17 September 1914 – 3 August 2005) was the last of the craftsmen cycle makers of the West Midlands of England. He was born in West Bromwich in his father's cycle shop at 5 Reform Street. Major was a frequent name in Birmingham and the Black Country.
He trained in the electrical industry and served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War. On the death of his father in 1947, he took over the business and taught himself lightweight cycle-frame building, which he carried out in West Bromwich from the early 1950s until 1971 when the area was redeveloped.
Nichols moved to a former shop at 48 Durban Road in nearby Smethwick. His last frame was built in 1995. He was a vice-president of the Hill Top Cycling Club and at its 21st anniversary dinner in 1956 he presented one of his early track frames to the first Briton to finish the Tour de France, Brian Robinson.
His cycles were ridden to success by Anthony Taylor, Paul Carbutt, Roy Cox, Ray Ward, Phil Bayton and others.
Source: Major Nichols, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Nichols
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