Nicholas Family History

Author: Tom Nicholas

  • Nebraska Family Farms

    Google Map illustrating the location of the farms owned by

    1. Benjamin Lewis NICHOLAS

    l-r Matha Anne (Annie) B: 1881 (Kansas), Benjamin Lewis B: 1856 Wales), Mary Theodocia B: 1883 (K), Margaret (Benyon) B:1857 (Wales) & Sarah Jane B:1887. Picture taken at the family home in Elk Creek, Custer County NE ~1888.
    l-r Martha Anne (Annie) B: 1881 (Kansas), Benjamin Lewis B: 1856 (Wales), Margaret Brittanna B:~1885 (Nebraska), Mary Theodocia B: ~1883 (K), Margaret (Benyon) B:1857 (W) & Sarah Jane B:~1887(N). Picture taken at the family home in Elk Creek, Custer County NE ~1888.

    2. Hans C PETERSON – (Han’s son Nels W Peterson married Benjamin’s daughter [Mary] Theodocia) and

    3. William IHLOW [later changed to Eloe] – (William’s son John ELOE married Benjamin’s daughter Elizabeth [Marion] in 1915).

    Click here to see the Plat Map of Custer County (from 1904) overlaid on the latest Google Map. This will open in a new window and you can use the controls (on the right of the Historic Map Works page) to select ‘Satellite’, Zoom (on the left of the page) to read the names and use the ‘Change Map Opacity:’ to reveal the exact location of each farm

  • Robert N ELOE (1922-1943)

     

     

     

     

     

  • John Nicholas THOMAS

    John Nicholas THOMAS was born 28 March 1869 in Whitland, Carmarthen, Wales.(Link to Hourglass Chart)

    Father: Benjamin THOMAS b: 1839 in Castelldwyran, Carmarthen, Wales
    Mother: Sarah NICHOLAS b: 1843 in Llanycefn, Pembroke, Wales

    In 1871 he listed as living with his parents and siblings in Llangan, Near Narberth, Pembrokeshire) (1871 Census)

    In 1881 he listed as living with his parents and siblings at the family farm Parkyteg (Parc-y-teg), Llanddewi-Velfrey, Pembrokeshire (1881 Census)- Parc Y Teg, Llanddewi Velfrey, Narberth, Dyfed, SA67 7EG

    In September 1892 at the age of 23 John emigrated to the United States. He sailed to New York on the SS Britannic from Liverpool, via Queenstown in Ireland.(now know as Cobh, but known, from 1850 until 1920, as Queenstown,  a seaport town on the south coast of County Cork, Ireland.) He arrived in New York on Sep 10, 1892. On the ship’s manifest he is listed as John N. Thomas, aged 23 years from England (& English?) but his last address before leaving for New York is South Wales (Residence in 1892 was Parc Teg (aka Parkyteg) Farm, Llanddewi Velfry, Narberth, Pembrokeshire, South Wales before emigration to USA.

    In 1900 he married Evie Mae SCRUTCHFIELD
    Birth: Jan. 21, 1877 Chariton County Missouri

    John and Evie Mae had only 1 child Evie May THOMAS who was born Feb. 1, 1901 in Randolph County Missouri, USA. Unfortunately Evie Mae died 4 day later on Feb. 5, 1901 aged 26 years.

    Evie May married Minton F Moore in about 1921
    Birth: Mar. 27, 1901, Campbell County, Virginia, USA
    Son of Charles R Moore (1862-1925) Will Ella Craig (1865-1906)
    Death: Jan. 19, 1963, Moberly, Randolph County, Missouri, USA
    Burial:Sugar Creek Cemetery Moberly Randolph County Missouri, USA

    In 1903 John married Ida Irene SCHUENEMANN

    Birth: 1870 (Missouri, USA) [in Wales]
    Death: January, 1949 in Laclede County, MissouriChildren

    Albert Charles THOMAS
    Birth: August 17, 1913 in Huntsville, Randolph County, Missouri.
    Death: Oct. 30, 1988

    Sarah Louisa THOMAS
    Birth: November 11, 1903 in Moberly, Missouri.
    Died: Sep. 10, 1992

    Augustus Benjamin THOMAS
    Birth: December 21, 1904 in Moberly, Missouri.
    Death: May 16, 1984

    William Henry THOMAS
    Birth: Feb. 10, 1907.
    Death: Oct. 27, 1976

    Martha Elizabeth THOMAS
    Birth: May 26, 1910 in Huntsville, Randolph County, Missouri
    Death: Apr. 30, 2002 Lebanon Laclede County Missouri, USA

  • Benjamin Lewis NICHOLAS – Wales to Kansas, April 1881

    Benjamin Lewis NICHOLAS – Wales to Kansas, April 1881

    Benjamin Lewis Nicholas was my great great uncle who emigrated, from South Wales, to Kansas, USA in the early 1880s.

    Benjamin was born on the family farm, Holloway Fach (Lower Holloway), near the hamlet of Penffordd (part of the parish of Bletherston) near Narbeth, Pembrokeshire, Wales on March 10, 1856. His parents were my great great grandparents Thomas and Martha (Lewis) Nicholas.

    In February 28, 1881 Benjamin married Miss Margaret Beynon, a native of Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, Wales where he had served on the police force for six years. Margaret’s  parents were John and Ann (Williams) Beynon.

    In April of the same year, Ben and Margaret sailed to America, from Liverpool for New York on the “SS Bothnia”. Leaving Liverpool on Apr. 09 and arriving in New York on Apr. 19

  • Map of Family Farms & Villages in Pembrokeshire