Brief Life History of Edward Ross
When Edward Ross Nichols was born on 7 October 1868, in Kennedy, Poland, Chautauqua, New York, United States, his father, Ira C. Nichols, was 28 and his mother, Salina E Abbey, was 25. He married Merta Jane Sample on 6 September 1893, in Kennedy, Poland, Chautauqua, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Poland, Chautauqua, New York, United States for about 40 years and Randolph, Randolph, Cattaraugus, New York, United States in 1920. He died on 27 March 1942, in Salamanca, Allegany Indian Reservation, Cattaraugus, New York, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Kennedy, Chautauqua, New York, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (15)
- E Rose Nichols, "United States Census, 1920"
- Ross Nichols in entry for Hoyt Bertram Nichols, "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987"
- E Ross Nichols, "New York State Census, 1905"
Spouse and Children
1868–1942 Male
1873–1937 Female
Children (4)
1894–1956 Female
1897–1982 Female
1901–1952 Male
1908–1988 Male
Parents and Siblings
1840–1907 Male
1843–1925 Female
Siblings (5)
1868–1942 Male
1870–1931 Male
1874–1948 Male
1876–1940 Female
1881–1952 Female
World Events (8)
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Age 2
1870 · Giving all the right to vote
Age 2
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
Age 22
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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