Benjamin Lewis NICHOLAS, 1856–1939 (aged 82 years)
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- Benjamin Lewis /NICHOLAS/
Birth | March 12, 1856 |
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Birth of a sister | Anne NICHOLAS about September 1857 (aged 1 year) |
Birth of a brother | David NICHOLAS about March 1861 (aged 4 years) |
Birth of a sister | Mary NICHOLAS about March 1862 (aged 5 years) |
Death of a brother | David NICHOLAS about June 1862 (aged 6 years) |
Death of a sister | Mary NICHOLAS about March 1864 (aged 7 years) |
Birth of a brother | William NICHOLAS March 12, 1864 (aged 8 years) |
Birth of a sister | Mary NICHOLAS about June 1865 (aged 9 years) |
Death of a sister | Theodocia NICHOLAS September 1880 (aged 24 years) |
Marriage | Margaret BEYNON — View this family February 28, 1881 (aged 24 years) |
Emigration | April 1881 (aged 25 years) |
Birth of a daughter | Martha Anne NICHOLAS November 13, 1881 (aged 25 years) |
Death of a paternal grandmother | Theodosia JOHN November 28, 1881 (aged 25 years) |
Burial of a paternal grandmother | Theodosia JOHN about December 1881 (aged 25 years) |
Birth of a daughter | Mary Theodocia NICHOLAS October 15, 1883 (aged 27 years) |
Birth of a daughter | Margaret Brittanna NICHOLAS April 18, 1885 (aged 29 years) Address: Nebraska |
Death of a brother | Evan NICHOLAS before March 1887 (aged 30 years) Address: Grove Hill Farm House, Rose Valley, St Michael Pembroke, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales |
Birth of a daughter | Sarah Jane NICHOLAS July 27, 1887 (aged 31 years) |
Birth of a daughter | Alice Ursula NICHOLAS February 12, 1889 (aged 32 years) |
Birth of a daughter | Gwenllian Irene NICHOLAS July 11, 1891 (aged 35 years) |
Birth of a daughter | Elizabeth Marion NICHOLAS February 5, 1894 (aged 37 years) |
Death of a father | Thomas NICHOLAS December 17, 1894 (aged 38 years) |
Birth of a son | John Thomas NICHOLAS June 23, 1897 (aged 41 years) |
Birth of a son | William Lewis NICHOLAS July 13, 1899 (aged 43 years) |
Death of a mother | Martha LEWIS March 1, 1900 (aged 43 years) |
Marriage of a child | Nels W. PETERSON — Mary Theodocia NICHOLAS — View this family about 1904 (aged 47 years) |
Marriage of a child | Carleton G. BUNNELL — Margaret Brittanna NICHOLAS — View this family about 1908 (aged 51 years) |
Marriage of a child | John Marden — Margaret Brittanna NICHOLAS — View this family after 1919 (aged 62 years) |
Marriage of a child | John Thomas NICHOLAS — Kathryn June Cloos — View this family about 1922 (aged 65 years) |
Marriage of a child | Otto Charles Olsen — Alice Ursula NICHOLAS — View this family after 1927 (aged 70 years) |
Death of a daughter | Martha Anne NICHOLAS October 23, 1929 (aged 73 years) |
Death of a wife | Margaret BEYNON April 18, 1930 (aged 74 years) Note: http://www.rootsweb.com/~necuster/cmterys/masonm_p.html
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Burial of a sister | Martha NICHOLAS January 29, 1932 (aged 75 years) |
Death of a sister | Martha NICHOLAS about January 1932 (aged 75 years) |
Death of a sister | Mary NICHOLAS February 22, 1938 (aged 81 years) |
Death | March 3, 1939 (aged 82 years) |
Note | http://archive.org/stream/historyofcusterc00gast/historyofcusterc00gast_djvu.txt Extract from: HISTORY OF CUSTER COUNTY, NEBRASKA A NARRATIVE OF THE PAST, WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS UPON THE PIONEER PERIOD OF THE COUNTY'S HISTORY, ITS SOCIAL, COMMERCIAL. EDUCATIONAL, RELIGIOUS, AND CIVIC DEVELOPMENT FROM THE EARLY DAYS TO THE PRESENT TIME BY W. L. GASTON AND A. R. HUMPHREY LINCOLN, NEBRASKA WESTERN PUBLISHING AND ENGRAVING COMPANY 1919 BENJAMIN L. NICHOLAS, a practical and enterprising farmer and stock-raiser of the Mason City community of Custer county, owns and operates 880 acres of land, constituting one of the valuable and highly improved farms of the locality. Thesepossessions have been acquired through the medium of the efforts of Mr. Nicholas and the members of his family and as the result of his consecutive endeavor he has won a place among the substantial citizens of his adopted county- Mr. Nicholaswas born on Hollowav farm, near Narberth. Wales. March 10. 1856. He is a son of Thomas and Martha (Lewis') Nicholas, and a grandson of Edward Nicholas and Evan Lewis, all of whom passed their entire lives in Wales. Thomas Nicholas was a successful farmer, a well known and highly esteemed citizen, a liberal inpolitics, and he and his wife were faithful members of the Calvanistic Methodist church. Of their eighteen children, six are living, and Benjamin L. was the only one to come to the United States. Benjamin L. Nicholas was given a liberaleducation in his youth, including attendance at the high school,- and was a bright scholar with a quick and retentive mind, samples of his penmanship at the age of thirteen years, as preserved in a beautiful book kept by himself, giving evidencethat he was greatly advanced at that time. He was reared on his father's farm, and on February 28, 1881, he wedded Miss Margaret Beynon, who was born at Merthyr Tydvil. South Wales, August 28, 1857, a daughter of Rev. John and Ann (Williams)Beynon, the father having been a minister of the Congregational church. Rev. John and Ann (Williams) Beynon became the parents of four children — Edward, who is deceased ; Mary, who died in infancy ; David John, who is a clergyman of theCongregational church and who is at the time of this writing a resident of Southampton, England; and Margaret, who is the wife of Benjamin L. Nicholas, the subject of this review. Almost immediately after their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Nicholassailed for the United States, and within the year 1881 they arrived in Kansas, where they homesteaded a tract of eighty acres. This they subsequently relinquished, to come to Custer county, Nebraska, where, in 1884, they pre-empted aquarter-section of land. At the time of their arrival they had but two cows, and their first residence was a sod house, but Mr. Nicholas' ability, industry, and perseverance, with the assistance of his worthy wife, succeeded in overcoming allobtsacles, and he kept adding to his land until he now has 880 acres. The sod house was abandoned for a more commodious and comfortable dwelling, and the buildings are now all modern in character, while the other improvements are of the latesttype. Around the residence are numerous shade-trees, which greatly add to the attractiveness of this country estate, and which were planted by Mr. Nicholas himself. He carries on general farming in the main, and also raises all kinds of livestock, and he has been very successful in both departments of farm enterprise. As a citizen he has taken an active part in the life and government of the community, having been justice of the peace for a time and a member of the board of countycommissioners for six years, in addition to which he has rendered valuable service to the community as a member of the school board. In this connection it may be said that he has always been a great friend of education, and that all of his children are high-school graduates, while some have taken normal-school courses. Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas are members of the Baptist church.He is affiliated with the Mason City blue lodge of the Masonic fraternity, and with the Modem Woodmen of America. Concerning the children of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas the following brief record is consistently entered :
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Note | BENJAMIN L. NICHOLAS. Benjamin L. Nicholas is one of the original homesteaders of Custer county, Nebraska, still residing on his original farm. He passed through the experiences of those who were living in the county during the years of drouth and bard times, and byclose economy and native thrift, managed to make a good start as a farmer and ranchman, being now one of the most prosperous men of the region. He was born on an estate known as Holloway, near Narbeth, Pembrokeshire, Wales, March 10, 1856, being eleventh in the order of birth of the eighteen children of Thomas and Martha (Lewis) Nicholas, who had nine sons and nine daughters. His parents are deceased, but he has two brothers and four sisters living in Wales. Mr. Nicholas grew to manhoodon a farm in his native country, and there married, February 28, 1881, Miss Margaret Beynon, a native of Merthyr, Tydvl, in Glamorganshire where Mr. Nicholas served on the police force for six years. Her parents were John and Ann (Williams)Beynon, who died in their native country. In April of the same year, the young couple came to America, sailing from Liverpool for New York in the "Boothnia," landing after a voyage of nine days. They are the only members of the Nicholas orBeynon families to leave Wales for the United States. Mrs. Nicholas has two brothers living, one in England, the Rev. D. J. Beynon, of the Congregational church, and one in Wales, but her parents are deceased. Mr. Nicholas and wife first settled in Pottawattamie county, Kansas, remaining on an eighty acre farm on Buckshot creek until April, 1884, when they came to Custer county with their two children, taking a pre-emption claim on the southeastquarter of section eight, township thirteen, range eighteen, where they have made their home since. They now own a well-improved and equipped grain and stock farm of eight hundred acres, having a comfortable home and pleasant surroundings. Mr.Nicholas has been very successful in raising cattle and hogs, as well as small grain. He is established in the confidence and esteem of his fellow citizens, and he and his wife have always taken an active interest in church and school. Theyassisted in the organization of the first church and Sunday school in their vicinity, and Mr. Nicholas has served some time on the school board, being at the present time treasurer of district number two hundred and forty-four. In 1891 to 1894he served as a memberof the county board of supervisors, and has served one term since then. He and his family are among the best known pioneers of the county, and are highly respected by all. Nine children have been born to Mr. Nicholas and wife: Martha Anne, born in Kansas, is the wife of Edwin Burrows, an enterprising merchant of Mason City, and they have three children; Mary Theodosia, also born in Kansas, is the wife of NelsPeterson, of Mason City, and has two children; Margaret Brittania, born in Custer county, is the wife of Carlton Bunnell, living near Detroit. Minnesota, and has one child; Sarah Jane, a teacher of music, is taking the musical course at theGrand Island Baptist College; Alice Ursula, taught two years, and is now attending the State Normal at Kearney; Gwendolyn Irene, Elizabeth Marian, John T. and William L. were all born on the home farm. Four of the daughters have taught school,and most of them are graduates of the Mason City High School. Source: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/topic/resources/OLLibrary/Comp_NE/cmp0787.htm Map of Holloway: http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=209500&Y=222500&A=Y&Z=4) http://local.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=51.869569~-4.785823&style=a&lvl=16&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000 SS Bothnia: http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=528 |
Last change | December 8, 2020 – 14:00:08 |
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1820–1894
Birth: before February 20, 1820 — White Hook, Bletherston, Pembrokeshire, Wales Death: December 17, 1894 |
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mother |
1823–1900
Birth: 1823 — Manchester, Lancashire, England Death: March 1, 1900 — Holloway, Penfford, Pembrokeshire, Wales |
Marriage |
Marriage: June 23, 1842 — St Non's Parish Church, Llanycefn, Pembrokeshire, Wales |
3 months
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16 months
elder brother |
1843–1887
Birth: December 1843 — Bletherston, Pembrokeshire, Wales Death: before March 1887 — Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales |
13 months
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2 years
elder sister |
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15 months
elder sister |
1847–1847
Birth: about March 1847 — Holloway Fach, Penfford, Bletherston, Pembrokeshire, Wales Death: about March 1847 — Holloway Fach, Penfford, Bletherston, Pembrokeshire, Wales |
13 months
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16 months
elder brother |
1849–1849
Birth: about June 1849 — Holloway Fach, Penfford, Bletherston, Pembrokeshire, Wales Death: about September 1849 — Holloway Fach, Penfford, Bletherston, Pembrokeshire, Wales |
16 months
elder sister |
1850–1932
Birth: September 1850 — Narbeth, Pembroke, Wales Death: about January 1932 — Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales |
22 months
elder brother |
1852–1852
Birth: about June 1852 — Holloway Fach, Penfford, Bletherston, Pembrokeshire, Wales Death: about June 1852 — Holloway Fach, Penfford, Bletherston, Pembrokeshire, Wales |
19 months
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21 months
elder brother |
1854–
Birth: about September 1854 — Holloway, Penfford, Pembrokeshire, Wales |
19 months
himself |
1856–1939
Birth: March 12, 1856 — Holloway, Penfford, Pembrokeshire, Wales Death: March 3, 1939 — Mason City, Custer County, Nebraska, United States |
19 months
younger sister |
1857–
Birth: about September 1857 — Holloway, Penfford, Pembrokeshire, Wales |
4 years
younger brother |
1861–1862
Birth: about March 1861 — Holloway Fach, Penfford, Bletherston, Pembrokeshire, Wales Death: about June 1862 — Holloway Fach, Penfford, Bletherston, Pembrokeshire, Wales |
13 months
younger sister |
1862–1864
Birth: about March 1862 — Holloway Fach, Penfford, Bletherston, Pembrokeshire, Wales Death: about March 1864 — Holloway Fach, Penfford, Bletherston, Pembrokeshire, Wales |
2 years
younger brother |
1864–1947
Birth: March 12, 1864 — Holloway, Penfford, Pembrokeshire, Wales Death: July 24, 1947 — Holloway, Penfford, Pembrokeshire, Wales |
16 months
younger sister |
1865–1938
Birth: about June 1865 — Holloway, Penfford, Pembrokeshire, Wales Death: February 22, 1938 — Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales |
himself |
1856–1939
Birth: March 12, 1856 — Holloway, Penfford, Pembrokeshire, Wales Death: March 3, 1939 — Mason City, Custer County, Nebraska, United States |
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wife |
1857–1930
Birth: August 28, 1857 — Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, England Death: April 18, 1930 — Mason City, Custer County, Nebraska, United States |
Marriage |
Marriage: February 28, 1881 — Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, England |
9 months
daughter |
1881–1929
Birth: November 13, 1881 — Kansas, United States Death: October 23, 1929 — Mason City, Custer County, Nebraska, United States |
23 months
daughter |
1883–1970
Birth: October 15, 1883 — Kansas, United States Death: June 29, 1970 — Mason City, Custer County, Nebraska, United States |
18 months
daughter |
1885–1966
Birth: April 18, 1885 Death: about March 1966 — Cass, North Dakota, USA |
2 years
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1887–1944
Birth: July 27, 1887 — Elk Creek, Custer County, NE, United States Death: November 27, 1944 — Mason City, Algernon Township, Custer, Nebraska, United States |
19 months
daughter |
1889–1977
Birth: February 12, 1889 — Elk Creek, Custer County, Nebraska, United States Death: September 17, 1977 — Kearney, Buffalo County, Nebraska, United States |
2 years
daughter |
1891–1979
Birth: July 11, 1891 — Elk Creek, Custer, Nebraska, United States Death: about September 1979 |
3 years
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1894–1969
Birth: February 5, 1894 — Elk Creek, Custer, Nebraska, United States Death: October 19, 1969 — Ansley, Custer, Nebraska, United States |
3 years
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1897–1984
Birth: June 23, 1897 — Mason City, Custer County, Nebraska, United States Death: September 8, 1984 — Kearney, Buffalo County, Nebraska, United States |
2 years
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1899–1950
Birth: July 13, 1899 — Mason City, Custer County, Nebraska, United States Death: April 25, 1950 — Mason City, Custer County, Nebraska, United States |
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