Helen Elizabeth Nichols

Female11 July 1915–11 February 1993

Brief Life History of Helen Elizabeth

When Helen Elizabeth Nichols was born on 11 July 1915, in East Liverpool, Columbiana, Ohio, United States, her father, Saint Clair Nichols, was 26 and her mother, Hazel Hestor Van Fossen, was 22. She lived in Liverpool Township, Columbiana, Ohio, United States in 1920 and East Liverpool, East Liverpool, Columbiana, Ohio, United States in 1940. She died on 11 February 1993, in Hillsborough, Florida, United States, at the age of 77.

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Family Time Line

Saint Clair Nichols
1889–1943
Hazel Hestor Van Fossen
1893–1983
Kenneth M. Nichols
1914–1990
Helen Elizabeth Nichols
1915–1993
Esther Lenore Nichols
1919–1996

Sources (5)

  • Helen Nichols in household of Saint Clair Nichols, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Helen E. Nichols, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
  • Helen Nichols Crawford, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"

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World Events (8)

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Age 1

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

1917

Age 2

U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.

1937 · The Neutrality Act

Age 22

The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

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.

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