Brief Life History of Margaret McPhail
When Margaret McPhail Nicol was born on 9 December 1879, in New Zealand, her father, Walter Nicol, was 36 and her mother, Catherine McDonald, was 32. She married Donald Frederick Scott on 1 March 1904, in New Zealand. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died on 13 October 1939, in Palmerston North, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand, at the age of 59.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- Margaret McPhail Nicol, "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966"
Spouse and Children
1880–1918 Male
1879–1939 Female
Children (1)
1911– Female
Parents and Siblings
1843–1925 Male
1846–1920 Female
Siblings (9)
1864– Male
1865– Male
1868–1940 Male
1869–1956 Male
1872–1876 Male
+4 More Children
World Events (7)
1887 · New Zealands's First National Park
Age 8
1893
Age 14
1896 · National Council of Women
Age 17
Name Meaning
Scottish: variant of Nichol .
Breton (rarely Le Nicol), French, and German: from a shortened form of a personal name, Breton and French Nicolas , German Nikolaus (see Nicholas ).
In some cases also an American shortened (and altered) form of Greek Nikolas , its variant Nicolas , or of any of various derivatives of the personal name Nikola(o)s ‘Nicholas’, including Nikolis (see Nicoli ). Compare Nichol and Nicola .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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