Edward Lawson Nicholson

Brief Life History of Edward Lawson

When Edward Lawson Nicholson was born on 9 August 1870, in Fannin, Texas, United States, his father, Captain Andrew Jackson Nicholson Sr, was 43 and his mother, Theresa Catherine Parrish, was 38. He married Bettie Jane Gossett on 8 November 1897, in Fannin, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Justice Precinct 5, Fannin, Texas, United States for about 20 years. He died on 12 January 1901, in Fannin, Texas, United States, at the age of 30, and was buried in Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Edward Lawson Nicholson
1870–1901
Bettie Jane Gossett
1878–1954
Marriage: 8 November 1897
Murray Katherine Nicholson
1899–1977
Lizzie Nicholson
1901–

Sources (4)

  • Loss Nicholson, "United States Census, 1900"
  • E L Nichelson, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
  • Edward Lawson Nicholson, "Find A Grave Index"

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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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