Brief Life History of Sylvia Doreen
When Sylvia Doreen Nicholson was born on 24 December 1925, in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Harry Nicholson, was 27 and her mother, Annie Smith, was 29. She married John Derrick O'Grady on 19 September 1957, in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. She died on 14 October 1999, in Basford, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 73, and was buried in Redhill Cemetery, Arnold, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom.
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Family Time Line
Sources (5)
- Sylvia D Nicholson, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
- Sylvia D Kirk, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
- Sylvia Doreen O'Grady, "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007"
Spouse and Children
1912–1977 Male
1925–1999 Female
Parents and Siblings
1898–1963 Male
1896–1973 Female
Siblings (6)
1918–1944 Female
1922–1923 Male
1924–2004 Male
1925–1999 Female
1928–2011 Male
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World Events (8)
1940
Age 15
1942 · Baedeker Blitz
Age 17
1945
Age 20
Name Meaning
English (northern) and Scottish: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Nic(h)olas or the vernacular form Nic(h)ol + son; see Nichol , Nicholas . In Scotland the name was sometimes substituted for McNichol .
Americanized form of Danish, Norwegian, and North German Nicolaisen or Nikolaisen , or of the Swedish cognate Niklasson, patronymics from equivalents of the personal name Nicholas .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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