Charles Leigh Clare Nicholson.
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| James Gibb | / | ||
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| Euphemia Scott Gibb | / | ||
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| Christian Angus | / | ||
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Schoolteacher
Euphemia Scott Gibb, daughter of James Gibb and Christian Angus, was born in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1840. She was said to have had a crippled hand, perhaps from birth. In her early twenties she worked as a schoolteacher. Euphemia was honored on June 22nd 1864 with a presentation bench at Union Row Acadamy.
She married Donald Nicholson on October 7th 1868 in Aberdeen, Scotland at 28 years of age. Donald was born on June 6th 1834 in Liverpool, England. Euphemia, at 31 years of age and Donald became the parents of Charles Leigh Clare Nicholson in June 1872 in the Lancashire town of Chorlton-upon-Medlock. Euphemia was 42 when she and Donald, became parents for the last time with the birth of their only daughter Eveline in September 1882 in Darlington.
Tasmania
Euphemia and Donald immigrated with their family to Launceston, Tasmania on November 3rd 1893. Euphemia died in about leaving her husband Donald, aged 81, a widower.
Donald Nicholson and Euphemia Scott Gibb had the following children:
Charles Leigh Clare Nicholson.
Angus Gordon Nicholson was born in the Lancashire town of Chorlton-upon-Medlock in March 1874. In his adulthood Angus made a living a mariner. By February 21st 1894 he was a 2nd mate. Angus died unmarried before 1924.
George Gibb Nicholson was born in the Lancashire town of Chorlton-upon-Medlock on Septmber 20th 1875. George Gibb Nicholson received a degree from Sydney University in about 1892. He received a degree at Balliol college in Oxford in about 1895.
He married Marguerite Marie Danuser in 1905 at 29 years of age. In his later years George was Professor of French at Sydney University. George was awarded a C.B.E. in about 1940. George died on December 22nd 1948 in the Sydney suburb of Hunter's Hill, at 73 years of age. He was cremated in late December 1948 at Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens Crematorium in the Sydney suburb of Chatswood.
a boy who was born in about the 1870's.
Eveline Nicholson was born in Darlington in September 1882. She was a witness at her brother Charles and Louise Augusta Fooks's wedding on December 8th, 1907 in Queenstown, Tasmania. In ten years time she married the other witness to the wedding, Albert (Louise's brother). She resided in Queenstown, Tasmania in December 1907. She was a painter and some of her pictures are owned by Nancy Nicholson. She married Albert Henry Fooks in about 1917 in Tasmania. Eveline died in 1919 in Tasmania, at 36 years of age.
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