Family Group Sheet
Marriageabt 1883
SpouseMrs. [Nichols]
BirthKentucky
Deathabt 1899, Bath Co., Kentucky
Children
Birth8 Sep 1884, Kentucky
SpouseIda May Heflin , 4C3R
2 FLucy Nichols
BirthSep 1888, Kentucky
SpouseSimon Peter Link , 3C4R
Birth30 Mar 1892, Salt Lick, Bath Co., Kentucky
Death6 Dec 1938, Dunkirk, Jay Co., Indiana
SpouseMrs. [Nichols]
SpouseMattie Pearl Pettit , 2C2R
Census Notes for Charles “Charlie” H. Nichols
There are too many different Charles Nichols born ca 1859-1862 in the 1870 and 1880 censuses of Indiana to be able to determine which one he is (about ten of them).
One possibility is the following:
1880 census of Union Co., Ky, Brownsville, enumerated 7 June, lists on p. 7 as family #77/82:
Nichols, George, 41, laborer, b. Ky Ky Ky; Margaret, wife, 31, b. Ky Ky Ky; Ellen N., 7, dau; Charles, 20, son; George, 1, son. All children born Ind Ky Ky.
This one has potential because the family of John J. Hawkins and Delia White, including their son Thomas Jefferson Hawkins whose granddaughter Mary Ernestine Hawkins married Charlies’ grandson Carl Henry Nichols, also lived in Brownsville in 1880 and are listed three pages later. This would account for a connection between the two families. On the other hand, in the censuses as an adult Charles listed his father as born in Indiana and his mother in Ohio, while both George and Margaret here are born in Kentucky.
The best way to narrow it down is to look for his two marriage records, which may give the county he was born in. (Kentucky marriage license applications did not start asking for parent names until 1906, but they asked for the parental places of birth in 1881-1905.)
One possibility is the following:
1880 census of Union Co., Ky, Brownsville, enumerated 7 June, lists on p. 7 as family #77/82:
Nichols, George, 41, laborer, b. Ky Ky Ky; Margaret, wife, 31, b. Ky Ky Ky; Ellen N., 7, dau; Charles, 20, son; George, 1, son. All children born Ind Ky Ky.
This one has potential because the family of John J. Hawkins and Delia White, including their son Thomas Jefferson Hawkins whose granddaughter Mary Ernestine Hawkins married Charlies’ grandson Carl Henry Nichols, also lived in Brownsville in 1880 and are listed three pages later. This would account for a connection between the two families. On the other hand, in the censuses as an adult Charles listed his father as born in Indiana and his mother in Ohio, while both George and Margaret here are born in Kentucky.
The best way to narrow it down is to look for his two marriage records, which may give the county he was born in. (Kentucky marriage license applications did not start asking for parent names until 1906, but they asked for the parental places of birth in 1881-1905.)
Notes for Charles “Charlie” H. & UNNAMED (Family)
Since Charlie and his first wife married about 1883, and she died about 1899, they do not appear together in any census. The best way to find her name is probably a search of Bath Co. marriage records.
Census
1900 census of Bath Co., Ky, White Sulphur precinct, enumerated 8 June, lists on p. 7B as family #124:
Nickles, Charlie, 39, b. May 1861, married 18 years, b. Ind Ind Ohio, day laborer; Nora, wife, 22, b. Apr 1878, married 5/12; Jas, son, 15, b. Sep 1884; Lucy, dau, 11, b. Sep 1888; Author, son, 7, b. Mch 1893; Roe, son, 2, b. Dec 1897. All children listed as born Ky Ky Ky, although to be consistent it should be Ky Ind Ky.
The marriage numbers have been corrected in pencil to 0 for both spouses. It appears that the children are all from a previous marriage, and that Charlie gave the number of years since his first marriage. Since it was probably around 1882, though, he will not appear in any census with his first wife.
Nickles, Charlie, 39, b. May 1861, married 18 years, b. Ind Ind Ohio, day laborer; Nora, wife, 22, b. Apr 1878, married 5/12; Jas, son, 15, b. Sep 1884; Lucy, dau, 11, b. Sep 1888; Author, son, 7, b. Mch 1893; Roe, son, 2, b. Dec 1897. All children listed as born Ky Ky Ky, although to be consistent it should be Ky Ind Ky.
The marriage numbers have been corrected in pencil to 0 for both spouses. It appears that the children are all from a previous marriage, and that Charlie gave the number of years since his first marriage. Since it was probably around 1882, though, he will not appear in any census with his first wife.
