Brief Life History of Jewell Josephine
When Jewell Josephine Nichols was born on 5 July 1927, in Tennessee, United States, her father, Colonel Cleveland Nichols, was 35 and her mother, Unice Lee Stephenson, was 34. She lived in Civil District 1, Claiborne, Tennessee, United States in 1930. She died on 7 June 1945, in Polk, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 17, and was buried in Old Salem Cemetery, McMinn, Tennessee, United States.
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Sources (4)
- Jewell Nicholson, "United States Census, 1940"
- Jewel Josephine Nichols, "Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1963"
- Jewell J Nichols in household of Kernal C Nichols, "United States Census, 1930"
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World Events (8)
1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
1931 · The Parthenon is Built
In 1931, a full scale replica of the Parthenon in Greece was erected in Nashville, Tennessee. The Parthenon was meant to be temporary, but became a permanent part of Tennessee culture. It also has a replica of the statue of Athena the Goddess of War.At the same time a city over Memphis built giant pyramid replica to remind everyone what the city was named for.
1935 · The FBI is Established
The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.
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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