 1907 - 1969
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| Born |
16 Dec 1907 |
Broken Bow, Logan County, NE  [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
22 Jun 1969 [2] |
| Buried |
Plainville, CT [1, 3] |
| Person ID |
I242 |
Rudolph |
| Last Modified |
3 Feb 2018 |
| Father |
Edward Albert Nichols, b. 13 Jan 1868, New York, NY , d. 7 Jul 1924, Cheshire, CT |
| Mother |
Johanna Pauline Emile Jaeger, b. 16 Aug 1874, Stuttgart, Germany , d. 27 Feb 1964, Cheshire, CT |
| Married |
17 Jul 1893 |
| Family ID |
F83 |
Group Sheet |
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Photos
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 | The Nichols Family in 1913
Back row left to right:
Edward Albert Nichols Jr, Marie Adelaide Nichols, Edward Albert Nichols, Robert Henry Hobart Nichols, Johanna Pauline Jaeger, Joann Alberta Nichols in mom's arms, Paul Russell Barnes Nichols, John (Jack) Jaeger Nichols
Front row left to right:
Hazel Horatia Nichols, Emily Katheryn (Kitty) Nichols, Arthur Thomas Nichols |
 | Nebraska Sod Schoolhouse - Possibly taken in 1913
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 | Arthur Thomas Nichols
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 | Arthur Thomas Nichols and Joann Alberta Nichols
Back of photograph:
Aren't we snappy? |
 | Arthur Thomas Nichols and Russell Sherwood
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 | Arthur Thomas Nichols On the Lewis High Football Team
Back right, standing:
Arthur Thomas Nichols
Back of photograph says:
Arthur did not make the Wilby High team in Waterbury - a very large high school
He transfered to little Lewis High in Southington. (Picture)
However, Lewis played Wilby and beat them. |
 | Arthur Thomas Nichols - High School Photo
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 | All Nine Nichols Children at a Family Reunion at Double Beach in East Haven probably in 1932
From left to right:
Paul Russell Barnes Nichols, Marie Adelaide Nichols, Edward Albert Nichols Jr, Emily Katheryn (Kitty) Nichols, Arthur Thomas Nichols, Joann Alberta Nichols, Robert Henry Hobart Nichols, Hazel Horatia Nichols, John (Jack) Jaeger Nichols |
 | All Five Nichols Brothers at a Family Reunion At Double Beach in East Haven probably in 1932
From left to right:
Robert Henry Hobart Nichols
Paul Russell Barnes Nichols
John (Jack) Jaeger Nichols
Edward Albert Nichols Jr
Arthur Thomas Nichols |
 | The Five Nichols Brothers around 1933
Back row left to right:
Edward Albert Nichols Jr
Robert Henry Hobart Nichols
Paul Russell Barnes Nichols
John (Jack) Jaeger Nichols
Front: Arthur Thomas Nichols
Taken at the home of Paul Russell Barnes Nichols. |
 | A Nichols Family Party
Back row, left to right:
Arthur Thomas Nichols, an unknown man
Middle row:
Elizabeth Thankful Sunderland, an unknown woman, Reine Roy, Edward Albert Nichols Jr, Louise Abrams, Louise Abrams' mother
Front row:
Russell Edward Sherwood, Mildred Sherwood, John (Jack) Jaeger Nichols |
 | Arthur Thomas Nichols in his Army uniform
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 | Arthur Thomas Nichols During a rifle drill during World War II
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 | Arthur Thomas Nichols (middle) serving in the Army in Europe during World War II
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 | Arthur Thomas Nichols serving in the Army in Europe during World War II
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 | Arthur Thomas Nichols serving in the Army in Europe during World War II
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 | Arthur Thomas Nichols serving in the Army in Europe during World War II
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 | Arthur Thomas Nichols serving in the Army in Europe during World War II
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 | Arthur Thomas Nichols serving in the Army in Europe during World War II
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 | Arthur Thomas Nichols serving in the Army in Europe during World War II
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 | Arthur Thomas Nichols serving in the Army in Europe during World War II
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 | Arthur Thomas Nichols serving in the Army in Europe during World War II
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 | Arthur Thomas Nichols and his son Arthur Sunderland Nichols
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 | Arthur Thomas Nichols
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 | A 1950 New Years Eve Party at the home of Ed and Reine Nichols, 2799 State Street, Hamden, CT
From left to right:
John (Jack) Jaeger Nichols, Arthur Thomas Nichols, Mildred Sherwood |
 | Arthur Thomas Nichols
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| Documents |
 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
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 | Obituary of Arthur Thomas Nichols
Includes his birth date, birth place, burial place, second wife's name, childrens' names, parents' names, sibling's names and military carreer. |
| Histories |
 | Travelogue From Trip to Germany in 1962
Typed diary kept while traveling in Germany in 1962, as a guest of Herr Count Dr. Von Brentano Di Tremezzo. He had worked with Dr. von Brentano at the end of WWII, helping to reestablish and rebuild the city of Darmstadt. Very interesting travelogue. |
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| Notes |
- Residences: Birth - Section 28, Range 23, (?) Township 19, Logan County, NE, (Family moved to Nebraska as Kincaider Homesteaders), CT.
Biograpical information: "Nichols Family Facts - Page 09 of 11 - Arthur Thomas Nichols" available in the Documents section above:
Four letter athlete - Lewis High School - Southington, CT.
Star Quarterback for Connecticut Aggies (now University of Connecticut) professional player for Bristol West Ends on weekends, Graduate - Connecticut Agricultural College.
Graduate - Hartford Law School.
World War II - Lieutenant Colonel - action in Europe, Returned to Germany to testify at war trials.
Honored ten years later by town he assisted - returned to be honored and feted, provided with chauffeur and interpreter to travel and visit wherever he wished throughout Europe.
Retired from the Army in 1966 - Full Bird Colonel - 28 years service.
To earn money to go to college - organized cement gangs which hauled and opened bags of cement in small mixers before the days of truck mixers - built the cement road between Cheshire and Waterbury, CT.
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| Sources |
- [S84] Nichols, Arthur Thomas - Obituary.
Includes the birth date, birth place, burial place, second wife's name, childrens' names, parents' names, sibling's names and military carreer of Arthur Thomas Nichols.
(An image of this source can be viewed from the Documents section above)
- [S81] Nichols Family Facts - Page 09 of 11 - Arthur Thomas Nichols, Joann Alberta Nichols.
Mentions the birth date/place and death date of Arthur Thomas Nichols and marriage of Arthur Thomas Nichols to first Elizabeth Thankful Sunderland and second Violet Kane.
(An image of this source can be viewed from the Documents section above)
- [S89] Freeman, Sarah - Oral interview by Laura Lisa Nichols on the way to the burial service for Reine Roy on 9 Nov 1997.
Sallie mentioned that Arthur Thomas Nichols is buried in a cemetery on Route 10 in Plainville, CT.
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