Brief Life History of John Jacob
When John Jacob Knickle was born on 6 November 1855, in Blue Rocks, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada, his father, Conrad Knickle, was 51 and his mother, Sophia Catherine Robar, was 39. He married Martha Edna Mason in 1878. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1901 and Nova Scotia, Canada in 1911. He died on 23 December 1934, in Blue Rocks, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 79, and was buried in Blue Rocks, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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- John Knickle in household of Conrod Knichle, "Canada Census, 1871"
- John Knickle, "Canada, Nova Scotia Deaths, 1890-1955"
- John in entry for Mitchell Greek, "Canada, Nova Scotia Marriages, 1864-1918"
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1869
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1871
British Columbia joins the confederation.
1909 · First Canadian Flight
The Silver Dart was the first recorded flight in Canada. It took off from Baddeck, Nova Scotia, on February 23, 1909, and was piloted by John Alexander Douglas McCurdy.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Nickel .
German: variant of Nickel and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this. The surname Nickle is very rare in Germany.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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