Chester Sturtridge NICHOLSON

Abt 1877 - 1940  (~ 63 years)

• Name	Chester Sturtridge NICHOLSON  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	Abt 1877  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	25 May 1910  [2]
  	Farmer.
  Residence	25 May 1910	Egremont Township, Grey County, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Census	1 Jun 1911	Egremont Township, Grey County, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  SW Group	1
  UKC 1881	N
  Occupation	1 Jun 1911  [4]
  	Farmer.
  Residence	1921	Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Chester attended the Ontario Agriculture College in Guelph. When he graduated in 1913 the College had amalgamated with the University of Toronto so he held a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from U of T. The 1913 U of T yearbook says of him: "Chester Nicholson entered the O. A. C. In 1901. From 1903 to 1911 he farmed successfully a 200-acre farm at Mt. Forest which he bought from his father six years ago. On his farm he was a prize winner, three years in succession, in the Ontario field crop competitions. Since 1905 he has been secretary of the East Wellington Farmers' Institute. "Nick" returned to complete his course with [the Class of] '13." Sometime between 1915 and 1920 Chester took a position at the Dominion Experimental Farm in Kapuskasing, researching strains of wheat, to develop one that would ripen in the shorter growing season in the North. Sometime before 1929 they moved to Fergus, Ontario, where they remained for the rest of their lives.
  Death	1940  [3]
  Person ID	I1945	Southwest
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	William Henry NICHOLSON,   b. 28 Jan 1851, Peel Township, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada d. 24 Apr 1913, Mount Forest, Ontario, Canada (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Catherine F A STURTRIDGE,   b. 1851   d. 1929 (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	3 Jun 1874	Peel Township, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Family ID	F618	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Amy Lavina Flewelling HAMILTON,   b. 24 Jul 1887, West Garafraxa Township, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada d. 25 Nov 1980 (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	25 May 1910	West Garafraxa Township, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Chester was a bachelor, Amy a spinster. William E McNiven and Kate Nicholson were witnesses.
  		Chester and Amy (Hamilton) Nicholson Photo probably taken at or near the time of their marriage in 1910. From the private collection of Chester's sister Ethel (Nicholson) Mallett, now in the possession of Robert Mallett.
  Children	> 1. Donna Alberta NICHOLSON,   b. 1915, Puslinch Township, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada d. 2008, Ontario, Canada (Age 93 years) > 2. Isabel Joy NICHOLSON,   b. 1920, Lady Minto Hospital, Cochrane, Ontario, Canada d. 2013, Ontario, Canada (Age 93 years)
  Family ID	F626	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S111] unknown author, "William Henry Nicholson / Catherine Sturtridge Family Group Sheet". Hereinafter cited as "Nicholson / Sturtridge FGS.", M1J10S111. [S3311] "Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1936", database with images, Ancestry.com, (http://www.ancestry.com/, accessed Aug 21, 2018), entry for Chester S Nicholson & Amy L F Hamilton, West Garafraxa Township, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada, May 25, 1910, Civil Registration, original record held by Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada. [S3462] Donna Unwin, e-mail, Apr 7, 2020, Chester and Amy Nicholson, privately held by Robert Mallett. Hereinafter cited as Chester and Amy Nicholson. [S3343] "Canada Census 1911", database with images, Ancestry.com, (http://www.ancestry.com/, accessed Aug 27, 2018), household of Chester Nicholson, Egremont Township, Grey County, Ontario, District Grey South, Sub-District Egremont, Page 2, original record held by Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa. [S3464] Donna Unwin, e-mail, Sept 3, 2019, Chester and Amy Nicholson Family, privately held by Robert Mallett. Hereinafter cited as Chester and Amy Nicholson Family. [S110] Helen Nicholson, "Daniel Nicholson / Mary Gillrie Family Group Sheet". Hereinafter cited as "Nicholson / Gillrie FGS.", M1J10S110.