John Nicholson
#403, (1880-6 July 1953)
| Father | James Brown Nicholson (3 Jan 1843-16 Oct 1900) |
| Mother | Lydia Horsnell (30 Jul 1853-29 Sep 1926) |
| Charts | Brown family - descendants Miller Family (Scotland) - descendants Nicholson Family 1 - descendants Four generations |
| Last Edited | 19 Aug 2013 |
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John was born in 1880 at Condoblin, New South Wales.1 He was the son of James Brown Nicholson and Lydia Horsnell. His common name was Jack.2
The following is remembered about the Nicholsons:
"They came to Mount Hope on a horse and dray. Auntie Maggie (Margaret Grogan nee Nicholson) and Uncle Jim (James Hosnell Nicholson) were both kids at the time, in those times there were no roads, just tracks through the Mallie, no water. They carried a square 100 gallon tank with them for their water and filled it whenever it rained, or if they heard of a tank 3 and 4 miles off the road they would go into fill up at the tank. They travelled mostly at night to try to preserve the water and the benefit of the horses. When they eventually got to Mount Hope they first of all lived at 17 mile tank Coan Downs Station and grandfather (James Brown Nicholson) got a job working on the station for a pound a week and rations for his family which they called in those days "ten-ten-two and a quarter" - ten pound of meat, ten pound of flour, two pound of sugar and a quarter of a pound of tea. Anything else they required they had to buy from the store on the station. All big stations had stores those days.
It was a very dry time and he was ordered by the station manager not to give a traveller with a horse or pack horse a drink of water for their horse. But old grandfather gave everything a drink that came along. The station manager came out one day and caught him giving a traveller a drink for his horse and he got the sack. Well they went from there up to Central which in later years became a sort of suburb of Mount Hope and they built a bit of a shack out of timber from the bush in the paddock there alongside a row of hills which is still today called Nicholson Hills. That's where Dad (William Henry Hosnell Nicholson) and Uncle Jack (John Nicholson) were born. They eventually shifted from there up to Central itself and grandfather opened a butcher shop there and later another butcher shop at Mount Hope and then later on they had a butcher shop at Mount Allen. That was considered real big in those days, it would be like Tancreds today. From there they came to Shuttelton where dad and Uncle Jim opened a butcher shop and Uncle Jack went onto Nymagee and he opened a butcher shop there and eventually a hotel".2
John Nicholson witnessed his son James Brown Nicholson's burial on 18 October 1900 Hillston cemetery at Hillston, New South Wales. Roman Catholic Sec A Plot 33. John O'Connell, a Roman Catholic reader, was the minister.
He married Elizabeth Morris, daughter of George Morris and Susan Diedrich (?), in 1903 at Nymagee, New South Wales..5 John Nicholson was a publican who owned Finn's Pub in 1906.2 John lived in 1910 at Sydney.2
John died on 6 July 1953 at the Sydney suburb of Randwick.6 He was buried on 8 July 1953 at at Rookwood Cemetery (Catholic section) in the Sydney suburb of Rookwood.7
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John was born in 1880 at Condoblin, New South Wales.1 He was the son of James Brown Nicholson and Lydia Horsnell. His common name was Jack.2
The following is remembered about the Nicholsons:
"They came to Mount Hope on a horse and dray. Auntie Maggie (Margaret Grogan nee Nicholson) and Uncle Jim (James Hosnell Nicholson) were both kids at the time, in those times there were no roads, just tracks through the Mallie, no water. They carried a square 100 gallon tank with them for their water and filled it whenever it rained, or if they heard of a tank 3 and 4 miles off the road they would go into fill up at the tank. They travelled mostly at night to try to preserve the water and the benefit of the horses. When they eventually got to Mount Hope they first of all lived at 17 mile tank Coan Downs Station and grandfather (James Brown Nicholson) got a job working on the station for a pound a week and rations for his family which they called in those days "ten-ten-two and a quarter" - ten pound of meat, ten pound of flour, two pound of sugar and a quarter of a pound of tea. Anything else they required they had to buy from the store on the station. All big stations had stores those days.
It was a very dry time and he was ordered by the station manager not to give a traveller with a horse or pack horse a drink of water for their horse. But old grandfather gave everything a drink that came along. The station manager came out one day and caught him giving a traveller a drink for his horse and he got the sack. Well they went from there up to Central which in later years became a sort of suburb of Mount Hope and they built a bit of a shack out of timber from the bush in the paddock there alongside a row of hills which is still today called Nicholson Hills. That's where Dad (William Henry Hosnell Nicholson) and Uncle Jack (John Nicholson) were born. They eventually shifted from there up to Central itself and grandfather opened a butcher shop there and later another butcher shop at Mount Hope and then later on they had a butcher shop at Mount Allen. That was considered real big in those days, it would be like Tancreds today. From there they came to Shuttelton where dad and Uncle Jim opened a butcher shop and Uncle Jack went onto Nymagee and he opened a butcher shop there and eventually a hotel".2
John Nicholson witnessed his son James Brown Nicholson's burial on 18 October 1900 Hillston cemetery at Hillston, New South Wales. Roman Catholic Sec A Plot 33. John O'Connell, a Roman Catholic reader, was the minister.
"Yes it's a prominent grave, its right in the comer of the Cemetery near the Hillston Road, the headstone is about 6ft high, it's still very well preserved and well looked after."
.3,2,4 John Nicholson was a successful butcher in 1903.2 He married Elizabeth Morris, daughter of George Morris and Susan Diedrich (?), in 1903 at Nymagee, New South Wales..5 John Nicholson was a publican who owned Finn's Pub in 1906.2 John lived in 1910 at Sydney.2
John died on 6 July 1953 at the Sydney suburb of Randwick.6 He was buried on 8 July 1953 at at Rookwood Cemetery (Catholic section) in the Sydney suburb of Rookwood.7
Family | Elizabeth Morris (1884-27 Dec 1954) |
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Citations
- [S1] New South Wales, Birth Certificate, Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages 1880 No.14136.
- [S461] Interview, Molly et al Collins, between 1977-1990.
- [S2] New South Wales, Death Certificate, Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages 1900 No.12865.
- [S466] Find a Grave (http://www.findagrave.com) Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/229135769/… : accessed 11 April 2022), memorial page for James Brown Nicholson (3 Jan 1843–16 Oct 1900), Find a Grave Memorial ID 229135769, citing Hillston Cemetery, Hillston, Carrathool Shire, New South Wales, Australia ; Maintained by Gavin D Thompson (contributor 48894034) .
- [S3] New South Wales, Marriage Certificate, Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages 1903 No.4182.
- [S2] New South Wales, Death Certificate, Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages 1953 No.4717.
- [S452] Private Nicholson Source, Genealogical Notes, unknown date NIC001 p.16.
- [S452] Private Nicholson Source, Genealogical Notes, unknown date NIC001 p.29.