Brief Life History of Diana
When Diana Nichols was born on 28 March 1793, in Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, her father, William Gardiner Nichols, was 25 and her mother, Lois Ann Allen, was 22. She married William Bicknell on 13 December 1818, in United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States in 1850. She died on 13 November 1870, in Hopkinton, Washington, Rhode Island, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Hopkinton, Washington, Rhode Island, United States.
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- Diana Tanner in household of Benjamin Tanner, "United States Census, 1850"
- Diana Nichols Tanner, "Find A Grave Index"
- Diana in entry for Harriet Maranda Turner, "Rhode Island Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950"
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World Events (8)
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
1811 · USS Revenge
On January 9, 1811, the USS Revenge hits a reef off of Watch Hill, Rhode Island. The load the ship is carrying is handed off to other ships and the USS Revenge is tied down by tow ropes. It brakes free from the ropes and later sinks. In 2011 divers find what are believed to be the remains of the ship.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
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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