Orville Carl Nichols

Brief Life History of Orville Carl

When Orville Carl Nichols was born on 13 January 1899, in Bridgeport, Baker, Oregon, United States, his father, Arthur Ervin Nichols, was 26 and his mother, Rosetta Van Buren, was 22. He married Nina Mae Warden on 15 July 1924, in Payette, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He lived in Malheur, Oregon, United States in 1935 and Malheur City, Malheur, Oregon, United States in 1950. He died on 2 July 1990, in Ontario, Malheur, Oregon, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Vale, Malheur, Oregon, United States.

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Family Time Line

Orville Carl Nichols
1899–1990
Nina Mae Warden
1905–1952
Marriage: 15 July 1924
Wanda Ione Nichols
1926–2014
Donna Rose Nichols
1937–2018
Deanna Dee Nichols
1939–2009

Sources (26)

  • Orville Nichols, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Orville Carl Nichols, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Births, 1842-1917"
  • Unknown, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Marriage Records, 1906-1968"

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World Events (8)

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

1911 · First U.S. Primary Elections Held

The first U.S. primary elections were held in Oregon in 1911. 

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

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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