Thomas BENNY of St. Johns (1782-1863)

Prudence BAKER (1777-1827)

Richard NICHOLLS (Abt 1804-1872)

Prudence BENNEY (1806-1888)

Martin NICHOLLS (1850-1911)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: Elizabeth GUM Prudence Eliza NICHOLLS+ William Richard NICHOLLS George Gum NICHOLLS of Port Pirie+ Herbert Edgar NICHOLLS+ Cecil Horace Stanley NICHOLLS Olive Nairne NICHOLLS+ Ivy Muriel NICHOLLS+ Martin Theophilus NICHOLLS+ Martin NICHOLLS Born: 18 Aug 1850, Hay Valley, Nairne, S.A., Australia 2 Married: 11 Mar 1874, Blakiston, S.A., Australia 1 Died: 24 May 1911, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia 3 4    Research Notes: "NICHOLLS.—On the 24th May (suddenly of heart failure), at his residence; Cobalt-street. Railway Town, Broken Hill, Martin (late of Port Pirie), youngest son of the late Richard and Prudence Nicholls, of Hay Valley, S.A., leaving a wife and five sons and three daughters to mourn their sad loss. Aged 60 years and 9 months."    Marriage Information: Martin married Elizabeth GUM, daughter of William GUM and Eliza COX, on 11 Mar 1874 in Blakiston, S.A., Australia 1. (Elizabeth GUM was born on 26 Aug 1852 in Nairne, S.A., Australia 5 and died on 15 May 1912 in Port Pirie, S.A., Australia 6 7.)    Marriage Notes: Martin Nicholls, son of Richard Nicholls, and Elizabeth Gum, daughter of William Gum.

1 South Australia BDM, Reg. # 98/685.

2 Compiler. Date of birth from secondary sources, which date matches his given age at death. To date, I've been unable to locate a birth entry in the South Australian register, even allowing for orthographic variations on his surname. Richard and Prudence had another son, also named Martin, born in 1839 in Helston, Cornwall. He must have died young, even though to-date no death/burial record has been found in Cornwall or South Australia.

3 NSW Registry BDM (deaths), 4929/1911.

4 Port Pirie Recorder and North Western Mail, Wednesday 31 May 1911.

5 South Australia BDM, South Australian Births 1842 - 1906 Book: 4 Page: 69 District: Ade.

6 Ibid, Reg. # 365/383.

7 The Advertiser (Adelaide), Thursday 23 May 1912.