Researching Thomas Nicholls
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 15641 people with the Nicholls surname? In that year Nicholls was ranked number 248 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Thomas means "a twin" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Thomas Nicholls on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Thomas Nicholls and the Nicholls Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Nicholls 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 Nicholls family tree.
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Nicholls Family Tree Databases
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Nicholls Forums
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Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on Thomas Nicholls. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Thomas Nicholls
Thomas David Nicholls
Thomas David Nicholls (September 16, 1870 – January 19, 1931) was an Independent Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Thomas D. Nicholls was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He moved to Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, with his parents. He worked in mines as a boy. He studied mining by correspondence and passed a state examination in 1897, received a mine foreman's certificate of competency, and was appointed superintendent of mines. He was district president of District No. 1 of the United Mine Workers of America, from 1899 to 1909, resigning on account of ill health.
Nicholls was elected as an Independent Democrat to the Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1910. He moved to a farm in Somerset County, Maryland, near Princess Anne, in 1911 and engaged in the raising of poultry. He died in Princess Anne in 1931. Interment in Antioch Methodist Episcopal Cemetery.
Source: Thomas David Nicholls, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaThomas Nicholls (boxer)
Thomas ("Tom") Nicholls (12 October 1931 – 31 July 2021) was an English boxer, who won the silver medal representing Great Britain in the featherweight division (– 57 kg) at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. In the final he was defeated by Vladimir Safronov of the Soviet Union. He also competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics, where he was beaten in the second round by eventual gold medalist Pentti Hämäläinen from Finland.
Nicholls was born at South Elmsall, Yorkshire, in 1931, son of Jack, a miner, who moved with his family to Wellington, Shropshire when Thomas was aged seven or eight.
It was at Wellington he began training in his sport at Sankey's boxing club. He retired from professional boxing in 1957. He was living at Brandlee, Dawley at the time of his Olympic appearances but later returned to live in Wellington.
He married in 1955 June Clift, who predeceased him. They had a son, Mark, and daughter, Carol, who survived him. He died at Lightmoor View Care Home in Telford, Shropshire in July 2021 aged 89. His funeral took place at Emstrey Crematorium, Shrewsbury, on 19 August following.
Source: Thomas Nicholls (boxer), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Nicholls
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