Brief Life History of William Earl
When William Earl Nichols was born on 10 August 1897, in Pickton, Hopkins, Texas, United States, his father, William Albert Nichols, was 30 and his mother, Elizabeth Day, was 26. He married Irah Francis Turner on 25 March 1940, in Lafayette, Arkansas, United States. He lived in Justice Precinct 6, Hopkins, Texas, United States for about 10 years. He died on 5 March 1973, in Quitman, Wood, Texas, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Pickton Cemetery, Pickton, Hopkins, Texas, United States.
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- Earl Nichols in household of William Nichols, "United States Census, 1910"
- William Earl Nickols, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
- William Earl Nickols, "Texas, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947"
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World Events (8)
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1901 · Spindletop Oilfield Discovered
Spindletop, located south of Beaumont, becomes the first major oil well to be discovered in Texas. Other fields were discovered in shortly after, which ultimately led to the highly impactful "oil boom".
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Nichol , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognates from other languages, e.g. Croatian and Serbian Nikolić (see Nikolic ); see also below.
Americanized form of various like-sounding Jewish surnames.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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