John Bowen NICHOLAS was born: 28 June 1873 29, St Michaels, Pembrokeshire, Wales (Tenby St. Mary Out Liberty, Pembroke 11a 843). Father: Evan Nicholas Born: ~December 1843 in Bletherston, Pembrokeshire, Wales (Narberth 266 43) Died: ~March 1887 (age 42) (Pembroke 11a 663) Mother: Eleanor Bowen Born: ~June 1851 in Pembrokeshire, Wales (Narberth 267 59) Died: ~December 1872 (Narbeth 11a 1530) 1881 […]
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Arvin Burrows Congleton was born on March 13, 1939, in Holland MI, the son of the late Clayton and Harriett (Burrows) Congleton. His mother Harriet was a granddaughter of Benjamin Lewis NICHOLAS (1856-1939). Arvin grew up in Ft. Lauderdale FL, resided several years in Cambridge MA, and lived in the state of New Hampshire since
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How did Thomas Nicholas (1820-1898) meet and marry a girl born in Manchester, Lancashire, England, almost 200 miles north of Bletherston! An initial search of the 1841 Census of England & Wales failed to identify a Martha Lewis, born: Manchester, Lancashire, England between 1821 and 1825 (1823 +/- 2 years). Thomas and Martha’s marriage certificate
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To the memory of JOHN NICHOLAS of WHITEHOOK Who died September 22nd 1828 Aged 33 years My friends grieve not my early fate You all must try this untry’d state When my memory brings a sigh Apply the words I too must die Also of THEODOCIA Widow of the above who died 28 November 1881
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Link to a Tithe Map from 1840 showing the Ownership, Tenancy and extent of both Whitehook and Holloway Fach
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bletherston https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/PEM/Bletherston GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bletherston in Pembrokeshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4546 Holloway Whitehook https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/print/#zoom=14.26&lat=51.8663&lon=-4.7804&layers=171&b=1
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5 descendants of John and Theodocia Nicholas of Whitehook, Bletherston, Pembrokeshire, Wales emigrated to various parts of the United States between 1881 and 1913. 1881 1. Benjamin Lewis Nicholas (1856-1939) Benjamin and his wife Margaret Beynon were the first members of the Nicholas family to emigrate to the USA in 1881. Emigration: 7thApril 1881 (Age
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