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William Morrison Nicholson^1,2

#15715, (circa 1826-26 April 1922)

Father

James Nicholson¹ (1796-4 Sep 1866)

Mother

Margaret McDonald¹ (c 1806-b Mar 1851)

Charts

Nicholson Family 1 - descendants

Last Edited

17 Sep 2023

William Nicholson
Source: Ancestry user grace nickel

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William Morrison Nicholson may have been born circa 1824.¹ He may have been born circa 1826 at Inverness-shire, Scotland.³ He was the son of James Nicholson and Margaret McDonald.¹ William Morrison Nicholson may have been born in 1827 at Inverness-shire.⁴ As of March 1841, William Morrison Nicholson was also known as William Nicolson.⁵

He was recorded as living with his parents, a visitor (perhaps his grandfather) and siblings Samuel, Flora, Charles, Mary, Margaret and Isabella in the 1841 census at Duntulm, Kilmuir, Inverness-shire, Scotland. He was recorded as being 14 years old.⁵

His mother died before March 1851. He presumably lived with his parents at Inverness-shire in 1854.³ He was an agricultural labourer at Liverpool.³

William emigrated from Liverpool on 29 July 1854 on the 'Hornet.^3,6' William arrived at Geelong, Victoria, on 23 October 1854.³

He married Anne Lalley, in 1858 at Victoria..⁷

Nicholson family (from left William Nicholson, Flora Nicholson, John Ross, James Nicholson, Amalia Carlina Koch, Margaret MacDonald, Charles McLean Nicholson Samuel Nicholson)
Source: Ancestry user grace nickel

William provided information on the death of his father James Nicholson, on 4 September 1866, at Durham Lead, Victoria.^1,8

His father died 4 September 1866 at the approximate age of 70.

William died on 26 April 1922 at Durham Lead, Victoria.^9,10

Timeline

Date	Event	Place
	Family
1824	Birth-Candidate	¹
1826	Birth-Candidate	Inverness-shire, Scotland³
		¹
1827	Birth-Candidate	Inverness-shire⁴
	Occupation	Liverpool³
1858	Marriage	Victoria⁷
1922	Death	Durham Lead, Victoria^9,10

Date

Event

Place

Family

1824

Birth-Candidate