Brief Life History of Hubert Riley
When Hubert Riley Nicholas was born on 31 May 1909, in Kentucky, United States, his father, Alphus G Nicholas, was 20 and his mother, Mattie Mae Whitlock, was 21. He lived in Fulton, Kentucky, United States in 1920 and Palestine, Anderson, Texas, United States in 1930. He died on 12 April 1939, in Anderson, Texas, United States, at the age of 29.
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Sources (5)
- Hubert Nicholas in household of A S Nicholas, "United States Census, 1920"
- Hubert Riley Nicholas, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
- Hubert R Nicholas in household of Alphor S Nicholas, "United States Census, 1930"
Parents and Siblings
1888–1969 Male
1887– Female
Siblings (6)
1909–1939 Male
1911–1983 Female
1914– Male
1920– Male
1921–2011 Female
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World Events (8)
1910 · The BSA is Made
Age 1
1912 · McCreary County Created
Age 3
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
Age 9
Name Meaning
English (southwestern England and south Wales) and Dutch: from the personal name Nicholas (from Latin Nicolaus, from Greek Nikolaos, from nikān ‘to conquer’ + laos ‘people’). Forms with -ch- are due to hypercorrection (compare Anthony ). The name in various vernacular forms was popular among Christians throughout Europe in the Middle Ages, largely as a result of the fame of a 4th-century Lycian bishop, about whom a large number of legends grew up, and who was venerated in the Orthodox Church as well as the Catholic. In North America, the English form of the surname has absorbed cognates from other languages and also their patronymics and other derivatives, e.g. Croatian and Serbian Nikolić (see Nikolic ), Greek Papanikolaou ‘(son of) Nicholas the priest’ and Nikolopoulos . Compare Nickolas .
History: The colonial official and revolutionary patriot Robert Carter Nicholas was from a prominent VA family on both sides. His father was a British navy surgeon who emigrated c. 1700 from Lancashire, England, to Williamsburg, VA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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