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Spurgeon Wesley NICHOLSON

Spurgeon Wesley NICHOLSON

Male Abt 1868 -


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  • Name Spurgeon Wesley NICHOLSON  [1, 2] 
    Birth Abt 1868  Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 2 Apr 1871  Peel Township, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 4 Apr 1881  Bentinck Township, Grey County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Immigration 1883  USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Immigration 1898  North Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • Spurgeon had already been in the US for 14 years, but Caroline and her 3 children came in 1898, probably immediately after their marriage.
    Occupation 2 Mar 1898  [2] 
    Farmer. 
    Residence 2 Mar 1898  Palmerston, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1 Jun 1900  Pierce Township, Barnes County, North Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Census 1 Jun 1900  Pierce Township, Barnes County, North Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • Andrew Olsen, 23, and J H Mosted, 28, boarders, lived with them.
    Occupation 1 Jun 1900  [5] 
    Merchant. 
    Census 15 Apr 1910  Birtsell Township, Foster County, North Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • Spurgeon was a naturalized US Citizen at this time. Caroline had had 7 children, but only 4 of them were living in 1910. The 3 that died must have all been born while she was married to Spurgeon.
    Occupation 15 Apr 1910  [4] 
    Farmer. 
    Land Transaction 31 May 1910  Dominion Lands Office, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • Spurgeon applied for the NE quarter of Section 28, Township 3, Range 9 west of the 4th meridian. Later the same year, his step son William Smith applied for the SE quarter of the same section.

      In the 1911 census they were both living on their properties, but the rest of the family must have been back in North Dakota.
    SW Group 1 
    UKC 1881 N 
    Person ID I11337  Southwest
    Last Modified 2 Sep 2018 

    Father Malcolm NICHOLSON,   b. 25 Nov 1838, York County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Sep 1901 (Age 62 years) 
    Mother Margaret SMITH,   b. 17 Feb 1843, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 May 1922 (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage 27 Nov 1860  Drayton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Family ID F3537  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Caroline BROWN,   b. Abt 1872, Wallace Township, Perth County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 2 Mar 1898  Perth County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • Spurgeon was a bachelor, Caroline a widow.
    Children 
     1. William Herbert SMITH,   b. Abt 1891, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Luella F SMITH,   b. Abt 1894, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. James A SMITH,   b. Abt 1895, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Margaret L NICHOLSON,   b. Abt Jul 1899, North Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F3590  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 2 Apr 1871 - Peel Township, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 2 Mar 1898 - Palmerston, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S3326] "Canada Census 1881", database with images, findmypast.com, (https://www.findmypast.com/, accessed Aug 24, 2018), household of Malcolm Nichelson, Bentinck Township, Grey County, Ontario, District Grey South, Sub-District Bentinck, Page 37, original record held by Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa.

    2. [S3388] "Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1936", database with images, Ancestry.com, (http://www.ancestry.com/, accessed Aug 31, 2018), entry for Spurgeon Wesley Nicholson & Caroline Smith, Perth County, Ontario, Canada, Mar 2, 1898, Civil Registration, original record held by Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

    3. [S3328] "Canada Census 1871", database with images, findmypast.com, (https://www.findmypast.com/, accessed Aug 24, 2018), household of Malcolm Nickeson, Peel Township, Wellington County, Ontario, District Wellington North, Sub-District Peel, original record held by Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa.

    4. [S3392] 1910 United States Federal Census, database with images, Ancestry.com, (http://www.ancestry.com/, accessed Sep 2, 2018), household of W Spurgeon Nicholson, Birtsell Township, Foster County, North Dakota, USA, Page 10B, dwelling 100, family 100, original record held by National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Washington, DC, USA.

    5. [S3391] 1900 United States Federal Census, database with images, Ancestry.com, (http://www.ancestry.com/, accessed Aug 30, 2018), household of S W Nicholson, Pierce Township, Barnes County, North Dakota, USA, Page 5A, dwelling 132, family 133, original record held by National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Washington, DC, USA.

    6. [S3393] "Alberta, Canada, Homestead Records, 1870-1930", database with images, Ancestry.com, (http://www.ancestry.com/, accessed Sep 2, 2018), entry for Spurgeon Wesley Nicholson, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, May 31, 1910, original record held by University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

    7. [S110] Helen Nicholson, "Daniel Nicholson / Mary Gillrie Family Group Sheet". Hereinafter cited as "Nicholson / Gillrie FGS.", M1J10S110.