Macdonald Dictionary Record: William Nicholls

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George Ranald Macdonald
Production date
1952-1964
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One record, handwritten in ink on rectangular card, with biographical information for William Nicholls. Written by George Ranald Macdonald for the Macdonald Dictionary of Canterbury Biography project, 1952-1964.
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Christchurch
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G R Macdonald Dictionary of Canterbury Biographies
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N105
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N105
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N105
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Marks/Inscriptions: N 105 Nickels , William (1851 -1920) was a son of Philip Nicholls of St. Aust ells Cornwall and came out with his father in the Wa spite and landed at Auck. in '63. Four years later he and his father removed to Canty and William served his apprenticeship to the Wool scouring bessie ess under Major Horn brook at Heathcote and stayed with him 10 years altogether. Then he and J. Mc Neigh Watt started in business at t self st 7 (to which they may have given the Lame) under the stile of the N.Z. Provision and Produce Co ; they was both able men and they made a success where various others had failed . Their business was to boil down sheep, fellmonger the Wool, tin any meat goo d enough and make the rest into soap, manure. Nicholls looked aft the fell angering st side. When Watt died Nicholls took over the wool scouring side of the business under the name of the apart one Works . when the C.F.M1. built their wor ks close by he supervised the fell mongering side for them. Wm Nichols and A.E. Nicholls ? des part. 1.11.84 , Wm. carried on. He had a fine farm at Belfast which in the end amounted to 4 00 ac. He had a Clydesdale staid there ; he held a dispersal sale May 18. - prices poor . He planted the apple trees just south o Johns farm. th of ) He gave 8 ac on the Main North Rd for a p ark and later increased fam. inf. Cyclop N.Z.111 LT. 15.5.75 : 14.11.84 : 2.1.14 : 25.9.16; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: N105 Wm. Nicholls He bought what was left o Mt Brown Station from W.A. Burch. He bought Moma Vale , Fendalton after Mrs Tod Townend 's death from Thomas Hamilton M o0re , the residua legate; price f 5750 marr. (1) . 12.5.75 at St. J Thins Woolston Sarah Sheldon eldest dau of Wm Dixon butcher of Woolston . Won Dixon became the first foreman butcher to the C.P. M. Co Belfast. She d. as a result, accident 17.10.11 ag. 56 at marr. (2) Marion Gilmour of Ch.Ch. She d. at Mona Vale 14.10.18 spring rove marr. (3) Ag nis Eliz . dau Wm. Dunlop of Hillcrest. Marshlands. When he began to live at Mona Vale he became a member of Ch.Ch.C.C. He d. at Mona Vale 7.5.20 ag 69. family. eldest Wm. Aubrey. marr at Kaiapoi 17.4.01 Martha Louisa eldest dau of John Warwick of Karapiro 2' son Chas. Thos. Hart noor Educ. X's Coll 1900. Elect. engineer marr. 12.6.12 Dorothy youngest dau. of Thos. Harley of Ch.Ch. late Wgtn. He d. 8.6.14 ag. 29. accident. ' son. Arthur Philip Alan educ. X's Coll 00-02 managing director Andrea + Co Wool brokers marr. Ethel Harlan young ist dau E.G. Kerr Timaru. youngest dau. Hilda Ellie( marr. 12.6.07 Archibald Ralph youngest S n of M. 8o Bison of Dunedin. His sister Rebecca Ann marr. +Tho s. Wilson of Woolston : she d. 3.7.15 ag 59. LT. 17. 5.01 : 13.7.07 : 18.10.11 : 6.7.12 : 30.4.13 : 8.5.13 : 3.5.18 1 8.7.19. over; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: eldest dau. Mary Sheldon marr. 30.10.01 Wm. Henry s son of Robert Tibia of Belfast.; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer

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