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Offline Skoosh

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Re: Nicholson
« Reply #9 on: Friday 09 November 12 09:28 GMT (UK) »
Folks,  I also have a Shetland Nicolson brick wall. Oliver (Olla) Nicolson b. 1828, Tronaster, Delting son of William Nicolson & Agnes Halcrow, both Delting.
 The family are at Skae, Northmavine in 1841 & 1851, he became  a merchant seaman.

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« Reply #10 on: Friday 09 November 12 13:13 GMT (UK) »
My info will not help any family search as I have no details of the man.
I only have a snippet of info of a Nicholson who made an unsuccessful attempt to get to NZ in 1878.

He may have had another go later on, I do not know.

The info is from a ship record and the kind of thing handed down through family folklore to ancestors.

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Re: Nicholson
« Reply #11 on: Friday 15 March 13 02:45 GMT (UK) »
I have a Shetland ancestor - James John Turnbull Nicolson Born Orkney Islands Scotland 1837 Died Thames NZ 1906 (my GGG Grandfather) ... (his father was John Nicolson Born 1800 & mother Grizel Williamson Born 1790) he married Christina Tait Born 1830 Died 4 July 1919 Pio Pio NZ ... (and their daughter Grace Catherine Tait Nicolson Born 1871 Lunnasting, Shetland Islands - married my GG Grandfather John Richard Scott on 22 Dec 1896 - NZ) Does that make sense to anyone, hope so!

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Re: Nicholson
« Reply #12 on: Friday 15 March 13 10:39 GMT (UK) »
Hello & Welcome to Rootschat Granny, have you tried this excellent site,   http://www.bayanne.info/Shetland/

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Re: Nicholson
« Reply #13 on: Saturday 16 March 13 06:22 GMT (UK) »
Oh Thank you very much! This looks like treasure trove of info.....we have so many Shetland ancestors....now who should I start with??! LOL