Joseph Leon Nichols

12 October 1885–13 September 1957 (Age 71)
Tabor, Fremont, Iowa, United States

The Life Summary of Joseph Leon

When Joseph Leon Nichols was born on 12 October 1885, in Tabor, Fremont, Iowa, United States, his father, John C Nichols, was 26 and his mother, Estell Ann Electa Smay, was 23. He married Lula Maude Nichols on 23 February 1926, in Smith Center, Smith, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Glenwood Township, Phillips, Kansas, United States in 1900 and Oak Grove Township, Franklin, Nebraska, United States in 1930. He died on 13 September 1957, in Riverton, Franklin, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Riverton, Franklin, Nebraska, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Leon Nichols
1885–1957
Lula Maude Nichols
1902–1990
Marriage: 23 February 1926
Dorothy May Nichols
1926–2011
Clarence Jay Nichols
1929–2010
Carl LeRoy Nichols
1931–2001
Velma June Nichols
1936–1977
Richard Leland Nichols
1938–1990

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    23 February 1926Smith Center, Smith, Kansas, United States
    • Children

    (5)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (6)

    +1 More Child

    World Events (8)

    1886
    Age 1
    Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
    1886 · Giving Working Men a Union
    Age 1
    The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.
    1904
    Age 19
    St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.

    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Nicholls
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    Sources (9)

    • Joseph L Nichols, "United States Census, 1930"
    • Lee J Nichols in household of John C Nichols, "United States Census, 1900"
    • Joseph Lee Nichols, "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935"

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