----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynda Kemp" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 6:43 PM Subject: Nicholls info > Dear Sharon; > > I am looking for information on my great grandmother whose maiden name > was, Mary Jane Nicholls. She married Alfred Thomas Skidmore in 1872 in > St Edmunds, Dudley, England and after he died in 1890 she was left with > 6 children, one of them a newborn. All traces of her since then have > vanished although she did raise her family but her children who moved to > Canada from England never spoke about her to their children. Here is > what I know about her and her family: > > Mary Jane Nicholls was born on Jan 11, 1852 in Lea Brook, Wednesday, > Staffordshire, England. Her parents were Benjamin Nicholls and Eliza > Derrick who were married June 19, 1848 in St Mathews Church in Walsall. > Mary Jane was one of 12 children. The sibling's names were: Harriet > (1849), Benjamin (1850), George (1855), Clara (1857), Matilda (1857), > Lizzie (1862), William (1864), John Henry (1866), Francis (1867), Alice > (1870), Alfred (1872). > > Mary Jane's father, Benjamin, was the son of Benjamin Nicholls and > Frances (Fanny) Pearce who were married Dec 9, 1821 in St Thomas, > Dudley, England. He was born in 1830 and was one of 8 children. The > others were: Joseph (1822), Mary Ann (1824), Jane (1828), Sarah (1830), > Phoebe (1832), Thomas (1838) and Elizabeth (1840). > > If anyone as any information about this family I would be delighted to > hear from them. > > Lynda Kemp > Prince Edward Island, Canada > >