Researching William 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 William means "resolute guardian" and is of German origin.
Records of William Nicholls on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for William Nicholls and the Nicholls Family Tree
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 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 Nicholls family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 24509 people with the Nicholls surname in the UK? Nicholls is now ranked number 207 for popularity in the UK. |
Nicholls Family Tree Databases
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Nicholls Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 6076 people with the Nicholls surname in the USA? Nicholls is ranked number 155 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Nicholls Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on William Nicholls. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called William Nicholls
William Henry Nicholls
William Henry Nicholls (23 July 1885 – 10 March 1951) was an Australian amateur botanist, authority on, and collector of Australian orchids. An accomplished photographer and watercolourist, he contributed almost 100 articles on orchids to The Victorian Naturalist, many of which described new species with line drawings. He was working on producing a 24-volume illustrated monograph of all the orchids of Australia when he died. Only four volumes were published shortly after his death but the entire work was published in a single book, Orchids of Australia in 1969. Some of the many orchids described and named by Nicholls and retaining the name he gave them include Caladenia caudata, Caladenia echidnachila, Caladenia ensata, Caladenia ferruginea, Caladenia magniclavata, Caladenia ornata, Caladenia praecox, Caladenia radiata, Pterostylis fischii, Pterostylis hamiltonii, Pterostylis hildae and Pterostylis tenuissima. The orchid Prasophyllum nichollsianum (now generally recognised in Australia as Genoplesium nudiscapum) was named in his honour by Herman Rupp.
Source: William Henry Nicholls, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Nicholls
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
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