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Spouses/Children:
1. Matilda Anne Bird
- John G. G. Nicholas
- Mary M. Nicholas
2. Fanny Scriven
- Frances Charlotte Elizabeth Nicholas
- Griffin Richard James Nicholas
- William Scriven Griffin Nicholas
- Emily Reeves Nicholas
- Gilbert de la Roche Nicholas
- Clara Dionysia Nicholas
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Maj. Griffin Nicholas of Cheriton
- Born: 15 Apr 1813, St. Marylebone, London, England 1
- Christened: 13 May 1813, St. Marylebone, London, England 1
- Married (1): 17 Aug 1841, Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa 2
- Married (2): 13 Jan 1857, Sandgate Church, Folkestone, Kent, England 3
- Died: 8 Aug 1894, 96 Guildhall St., Folkestone, Kent, England 4 5
 Research Notes:
Griffin son of Robert Nicholas Esqr and Anne (baptismal record)
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At the time of the 1861 England Census Griffin Nicholas, aged 47, born in St. Marylebone Midx, Army Major retired..., and wife Fanny, aged 26, born in Wellingboro Northamptonshire, were living in Thornbury Road, Heston Middlesex. With them were children John G. G. (6) of Mauritius (British subject), Mary M (5) of Sinla E. J. (British subject), Frances C. (3) of Folkstone Kent, Griffin N. (2) of Lewes Sussex, and William S. G. (5 months) of East Grinstead Sussex.
At the time of the 1871 England Census Griffin Nicholas, aged 57, born in Marylebone, retired Major 5th Foot full pay, and wife Fanny, aged 36, born in Wellingborough Northampton, were living at 7 Malvern Villas, Isleworth Middlesex. With them were daughter Clara Dionysia (6) of Hounslow, and mother Ann Nicholas (83) of Stanmore Middlesex, widow.
At the time of the 1881 England Census Griffin Nicholas, aged 67, born in Marylebone London, major retired full pay 5th Regt., and wife Fanny, aged 46, born in Northampton, were living at 5 Malvern Villas, Isleworth Middlesex.
At the time of the 1891 England Census Griffin Nicholas, aged 77, born in Marylebone London, major in the army, and wife Fanny, aged 56, born in Northampton, were living in Wellington Place, Sandgate, Cheriton Kent. With them was daughter Clara D (26) of Hounslow Middlesex.
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Griffin Nicholas Major Northumberland Fusiliers and Honble Corps Gentleman at Arms, eldest son of Robert and Ann Nicholas, died 8th August 1894, aged 81. Also his wife Fanny Nicholas died 19th March 1908, aged 73. 4
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Griffin Nicholas of 96 Guildhall-street Folkestone Kent, retired major from the 5th or Northumberland fusiliers, died 8 August 1894. Probate Canterbury 18 September to Fanny Nicholas, widow. Effects £391 18s. 11d. 5
Marriage Information:
Griffin married Matilda Anne Bird, daughter of Lt-Col Christopher Bird, on 17 Aug 1841 in Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. (Matilda died on 11 Mar 1856 in Port Lewis, Mauritius.)
Marriage Notes:
Aug. 17, at Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, by the Right Rev. Dr. Griffith, bishop of Palæopolis, Vicar Apostolic of the Colony, and subsequently by the Rev. G. Hough, M.A., senior Colonial Chaplain, Griffin Nicholas, Esq., of Ashton Keynes, Wilts., and Lieutenant of the 62d Regiment of Foot, to Matilda Anne, youngest daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Bird, many years Secretary to Government at the colony. 2
Marriage Information:
Griffin also married Fanny Scriven, daughter of John Scriven and Caroline Whitworth, on 13 Jan 1857 in Sandgate Church, Folkestone, Kent, England. (Fanny Scriven was born in 1834 in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England, christened 19 Sep 1834 in All Hallows, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England, and died on 19 Mar 1908 at 7 Prittlewell Sq., Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England.)
Marriage Notes:
Griffin Nicholas, of full age, widower, Major, late of 5th Fusiliers, resident of Sandgate, son of Robert Nicholas, barrister-at-law, and
Fanny Scriven, of full age, spinster, resident of Sandgate, daughter of John Scriven, surgeon
Married by Licence
Witnesses: John Mercer, John F. Mercer, Charlotte Scriven
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The previous day, 21 Jan 1857, the marriage was solemnized or recorded in Dover St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church....
Anno 1857 Die 12 Mensis Januarii...
Griffin Nicholas natum ex Roberto Nicholas et Anna Clark conjugibus legitimis
Et Fanny Scriven natam ex Joanni Scriven et Charlotte Whitworth conjugibus legitimis
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