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1882 - 1965 (82 years)
| Name | Thomas Nicholson | |
| Born | 28 May 1882 | Lone Tree, Johnson County, Iowa  |
| Gender | Male | |
| Died | 1965 | |
| Buried | Pleasant View Cemetery, Kewanee, Henry County, Illinois |
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| Person ID | I034 | Vigor Family Tree | Matthew Vigor's side of the family tree |
| Last Modified | 2 Nov 2005 | |
| Father | William Thomas Nicholson, b. 15 Oct 1857, Boston, Lincolnshire, England , d. 22 Feb 1927, Wethersfield Township, Henry County, Illinois (Age 69 years) | |
| Mother | Mary Elizabeth Motley, b. 21 Nov 1862, Neponset, Bureau County, Illinois , d. 30 Aug 1948, Kewanee, Henry County, Illinois (Age 85 years) | |
| Married | 13 Feb 1881 | Henry County, Illinois [2] |
| Family ID | F009 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 | Bertha M. Warner, d. 2 Jan 1938, Kewanee, Henry County, Illinois | |||||||
| Married | 20 Dec 1906 | Henry County, Illinois [3] |
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| Last Modified | 20 Sep 2005 | |||||||
| Family ID | F025 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||||||
| Family 2 | Effie Edna Bryner, b. 14 May 1885, d. 11 Apr 1972 (Age 86 years) | |
| Married | 26 Dec 1946 | Kewanee, Henry County, Illinois [4] |
| Last Modified | 14 Feb 2006 | |
| Family ID | F059 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Photos |  | Tom and Joe Nicholson? Tom and Joe Nicholson. (Edit: I have to question this. Child on the left appears to be wearing a dress and girl's shoes. Perhaps this is Katie and Elizabeth? Ma. Vigor) |
 | Nicholson family picture Back row, left to right: William D., Joe, Anna, Tom Front row, left to right: Kate, Mary Elizabeth, William Thomas, Elizabeth If you can help me more positively identify everyone in this picture please let me know. | |
| Head shot for Thomas Nicholson Cropped from family photo 0396 | |
 | Tom and I and Macy and Anna. She died with a cancer. Anna is in a wheelchair. Left to Right: Back Row: Thomas Nicholson | Effie Bryner Front: Anna M. Woodward | Mason Bryner | |
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 | Mason and Elsie Bryner at left, Tom and Effie Nicholson at right. Middle woman **UNKNOWN**. The back is inscribed "Tom and Effie from Elsie." Maybe Elsie mailed them a copy of the print after their visit. | |
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![House in Florida [Orlando] in the making, Tom on roof.](photos/thumb_0027.jpg "House in Florida [Orlando] in the making, Tom on roof.") | House in Florida [Orlando] in the making, Tom on roof. Tom later sold the house to his brother William, who kept it until 1993 or 1994. | |
 | Tom Nicholson finishing up the house in Orlando | |
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 | Tom Nicholson's popcorn stand on Main Street in Kewanee, Illinois. Tom sold popcorn here after he retired. | |
 | 100 Block of South Main Street, Kewanee, IL. Tom's Popcorn, A & P Supermarket, Wanee Theater, Methodist Church. From Star Courier Newspaper's 1957 Progress Edition | |
 | Tom Nicholson in front of his popcorn stand. In Effie's handwriting: "Tom Nicholson my husband at pop-corn stand. Tom carried mail for a good many years. When he retired he opened a pop-corn stand and made good money at it." | |
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 | Tom and Effie picking oranges From one of Bill's 35mm slides. 3,000 dpi TIFF scan available as Nicholson_043.TIF on DVD project 122911. |
| Documents |  | Marriage certificate for Tom Nicholson and Effie Bryner This Certifies that Thomas Nicholson of Kewanee State of Illinois and Effie Green [her 1st married name] of Kewanee State of Illinois Were United in Holy Matrimony according to the Ordinance of God and the Laws of the State of Illinois At Kewanee in the County of Henry and the State of Illinois on the 26th day of December in the year of OUR LORD One Thousand Nine Hundred and forty six. Witnesses Harriett Nicholson and William Nicholson. Signed Loyal M. Thompson First Methodist Church. |
 | Thomas Nicholson handwritten autobiography Page 1 of 12 Original is with T.C. Nicholson, who sent it to Elizabeth Nicholson Funk in 1983. | |
 | Thomas Nicholson handwritten autobiography Page 2 of 12. Original is with T.C. Nicholson, who sent it to Elizabeth Nicholson Funk in 1983. | |
 | Thomas Nicholson handwritten autobiography Page 3 of 12. Original is with T.C. Nicholson, who sent it to Elizabeth Nicholson Funk in 1983. | |
 | Thomas Nicholson handwritten autobiography Page 4 of 12. Original is with T.C. Nicholson, who sent it to Elizabeth Nicholson Funk in 1983. | |
 | Thomas Nicholson handwritten autobiography Page 5 of 12. Original is with T.C. Nicholson, who sent it to Elizabeth Nicholson Funk in 1983. | |
 | Thomas Nicholson handwritten autobiography Page 6 of 12. Original is with T.C. Nicholson, who sent it to Elizabeth Nicholson Funk in 1983. | |
 | Thomas Nicholson handwritten autobiography Page 7 of 12. Original is with T.C. Nicholson, who sent it to Elizabeth Nicholson Funk in 1983. | |
 | Thomas Nicholson handwritten autobiography Page 8 of 12. Original is with T.C. Nicholson, who sent it to Elizabeth Nicholson Funk in 1983. | |
 | Thomas Nicholson handwritten autobiography Page 9 of 12. Original is with T.C. Nicholson, who sent it to Elizabeth Nicholson Funk in 1983. | |
 | Thomas Nicholson handwritten autobiography Page 10 of 12. Original is with T.C. Nicholson, who sent it to Elizabeth Nicholson Funk in 1983. | |
 | Thomas Nicholson handwritten autobiography Page 11 of 12. Original is with T.C. Nicholson, who sent it to Elizabeth Nicholson Funk in 1983. | |
 | Thomas Nicholson handwritten autobiography Page 12 of 12. Original is with T.C. Nicholson, who sent it to Elizabeth Nicholson Funk in 1983. | |
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| Headstones |  | Nicholson family plot marker Large family plot marker, which is among several family graves in Kewanee, Illinois. |
 | Head stone for Thomas Nicholson | |
 | Head stones for Effie Bryner and Thomas Nicholson |
| Histories |  | Life History of Thomas Nicholson This 7.3MB PDF file is an archive of the contents of a letter sent in September, 1983 to Elizabeth (Dadie) Nicholson Funk. Contained inside were copies of family photos, a written autobiographical life history of Thomas Nicholson and a letter from Tom C. Nicholson who sent the letter. |
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