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Research in Other Countries => Australia => Topic started by: 85jbk on Thursday 29 December 16 10:32 GMT (UK)
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William Hugh Nicholls, born 2 January 1858, Westbridge, St.Austell, Cornwall, England.
Father: John Nicholls, baptised 19 August 1827, St.Merrin, Cornwall, England and died 1913 aged 85 years old, Cornwall, England.
Mother: Mary Ann Yelland, born 1836, Toghboy, Rosscommon, Ireland. died 1912, aged 76 years old, Cornwall, England.
William married Mary Cuffe in 1881 and had a large family.
To date I have no trace of the Man William Hugh Nicholls in Qld from 1896. A recent post from another poster has suggested William may have travelled to W.A. to the Kalgoolie area and maybe even had a son Harry.
Would like to ask if it is possible for anyone to take a look at the BDM for either William or Harry or perhaps other records which might match my enquiry.
Thanks
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Is this your chap? http://www.rootschat.com/links/01j5v/
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01j5w/
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01j5x/
several more similar articles
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"...I have no trace of the Man William Hugh Nicholls in Qld from 1896."
What is the 1896 reference to him in QLD?
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Yes cup of life and thank you for your sensitivity
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BDM indexes for Queensland and WA are online. In both cases you would need to purchase certificates for more information.
https://www.qld.gov.au/law/births-deaths-marriages-and-divorces/family-history-research/
http://www.bdm.dotag.wa.gov.au/_apps/pioneersindex/default.aspx
Debra :D
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Possibly of interest - two children born QLD enlisted in WA, Henry Sydney Cade, b. Cairns, and Joseph Charles Nicholls also b. Cairnes, with Priscilla Nicholls listed as their mother.
Charles Cade and Priscilla (Elizabeth) Parrish had a number of children between 1883 and 1897, including a Joseph Charles and Henry Sidney. Charles Cade died in 1897 and in 1898 she married a George Nicholls; they had at least one child in Queensland in 1901.
In later records Priscilla is listed as the wife/widow of George William Nicholls, he died in 1926 aged 65, she died in 1945 aged 88 and lists her child "Harry" who died in WWI:
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/37998489?searchTerm=%22Priscilla%20Nicholls%22
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/51750823?searchTerm=%22Priscilla%20Nicholls%22
Harry seems to have actually died on return to Australia in 1919:
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/27669787?searchTerm=Nicholls%20Cade
Now, could George William be your William Hugh, giving himself a new name?
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Again thank You to Dundee for your suggestions, I did look through these and nothing looked to obvious to me! :-\
jorose thank you for your thoughts and perhaps this is worth looking into and has certainly put some records for food for thought on the matter. just need to follow up on it, how to prove any of it will be the issue.
Thanks again for your comments
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Now, could George William be your William Hugh, giving himself a new name?
This George William Nicholls was born in Victoria
http://www.familytreebuilder.com/person-1505143_194903151_194903151/george-william-nicholls
Vic birth:
1861 #22701 NICHOLLS, George William; Father-George; Mother-Eliza (May); Place of birth DUNOLLY
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;)thank you, dismisses that possibility but saved me proceeding any further looking into it. The search continues.
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Hi,
An 1894 Queensland Police Gazette has him as William. H. NICHOLS.
Gerry
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Hi there 85jbk, I'm just wondering if you found anything more about William Hugh Nicholls, my father has been trying to track down a lot of info on him. Thank to all of you that's provided so much info it's been a huge help
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Hi 85jbk,
I think we might have connected a few years ago via ancestry.com in joint searches on the Nicholls family in Mining towns in FNQ. I have continued to search for information on William Hugh Nicholls b 1858 - and also information on his wife Mary Cuffe b approx 1860 as well as other related family information. I have found out a little more re WH Nicholls time up to around 1894 in QLD but then nothing concrete after that re WH Nicholls. I have seen some very old posts re a possible WA connection -and have reached out to those posters in the past - but haven't been able to get a link confirmed and have also sought some external research help to try and push through the brick wall as they say. Anyway am hoping we might be able to touch base again and compare research notes from the last few years - and save some collective time crossing off those research angles we may have looked at individually.
Happy to make contact with anyone else also researching WH Nicholls and Mary Ann Kellow/ Wright/ Nee Cuffe and descendants from Thornborough/Dimbula/Cairns areas.
Cheers
thurren