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horace nichols b abt 1915

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trying to find horace on the 39 eve of war....just helping new member lianne who says she thinks he married a babette hazelwood...horace is her grandad... so far i can only find 3 records on the 39 for a horace nichols...2 of them born in 1915 both married wives names are ivy and joan and the other horace nichols is born in 1891 is widowed...

lyn
 
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bit more info off lianne but info is a tad sketchy at the min

Thank you it's very kind of you to help I believe nan would of been born maybe 1927 as she was alot younger than him. She had brother called Ronald and a sister but not 100% her name
 
I also think he may have had a sister called Billie not sure if it's short for anything she was a dancer and he may have had a brother called Bert but this is me trying to remember stories when I was maybe 8 we never write these things down when we need to know them later
Horace / Tony ran the run runner with his wife too if that helps
 
Lianne said:
I also think he may have had a sister called Billie not sure if it's short for anything she was a dancer and he may have had a brother called Bert but this is me trying to remember stories when I was maybe 8 we never write these things down when we need to know them later
Horace / Tony ran the run runner with his wife too if that helps
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hi lianne...ok leave it with us we maybe able to find something....when you say horace ran the run runner do you mean the rum runner club ? at the min i am trying to find a marriage between a nichols and hazelwood

lyn
 
There is a Horace W Nichols, b1914 single living at 37 Strathdene Road in 1939. He appears to have had a brother called Hubert.
 
MWS said:
There is a Horace W Nichols, b1914 single living at 37 Strathdene Road in 1939. He appears to have had a brother called Hubert.
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hubert could be bert...see post 3

babette was born in 1927

lyn
 
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I think the one at Strathdene is living with his sister and brother in law.
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Listed there on his own in 1945 but Babette would not have been eligible to vote until 1948 so would not appear - if it is the right Horace.
 
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Leah was his mother and she married Herbert Martin in 1941, though she appears to have 2 daughters (Amy & Beryl) with him in the early 1920s.

Possible that Horace's dad died in WWI, 15 Sep 1916.
 
MWS said:
Leah was his mother and she married Herbert Martin in 1941, though she appears to have 2 daughters (Amy & Beryl) with him in the early 1920s.

Possible that Horace's dad died in WWI, 15 Sep 1916.
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His father was called William I have seen an army pic of him I believe he never returned
 
Lianne said:
His father was called William I have seen an army pic of him I believe he never returned
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Horace Nichols birth reg 2nd qtr 1914 with mmn Bonner.
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Marriage of Horace's parents - looks as if his fatherr was actually Herbert William
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maybe worth noting that lianne also said this on another thread

Hi New to here I have found my Grandads old trophy in a draw says Turner Bros on it for NBA says league champs 1939
 
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