George Douglas NICHOLS
1908 - 1969 (61 years)-
Name George Douglas NICHOLS Birth 3 Apr 1908 Kentville, Kings, Nova Scotia 
Gender Male Census 1920 Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri [1] Death 1 Nov 1969 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan [2] Burial Dayton Memorial Park Cemetery, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio [3] 
Siblings2 brothers Person ID I9396 bmds Last Modified 25 Jan 2022
Father Arthur Leroy NICHOLS, b. 18 Sep 1885, Weston, Kings, Nova Scotia d. 12 Mar 1927, Brighton, Jerffersonville, Clark, Indiana (Age 41 years) Mother Carrie Etta POWER, b. 26 May 1887, Sheffield Mills, Kings, Nova Scotia d. 19 May 1926 (Age 38 years) Family ID F3716 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Ernestine Cornelia HINTON, b. 20 Aug 1915, Marshall, Saline, Missouri d. 1 Jun 1996, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan (Age 80 years) Marriage 12 Jun 1938 Jeffersonville, Clark, Indiana Age at Marriage George : 30 years old | Ernestine : 22 years old. Children 2 sons 1 . Arthur David NICHOLS, b. 18 Aug 1943, Findlay, Hancock, Ohio d. 18 Jun 1987 (Age 43 years)+ 2 . Stephen M. NICHOLS, b. 12 Oct 1947, Findlay, Hancock, Ohio d. 4 Nov 2003, Odessa, Ector, Texas (Age 56 years)Family ID F3789 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Birth - 3 Apr 1908 - Kentville, Kings, Nova Scotia 
Census - 1920 - Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri 
Marriage - 12 Jun 1938 - Jeffersonville, Clark, Indiana 
Death - 1 Nov 1969 - Detroit, Wayne, Michigan 
Burial - - Dayton Memorial Park Cemetery, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio Pin Legend 
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Notes - George graduated from Tri-State College, Angola, Indiana. He started his career electric welding the seams for caissons to be used in the construction of a bridge spanning the Ohio River between Jeffersonville and Louisville, Kentucky. Later he was employed in the drafting department of the American Car and Foundry Co. Payzant history says m. 1935 Napoleon, Ohio.
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Sources - [S6] 1920 US Census.
Household (head: Arthur L. Nichols)
- [S4] Obituary.
George Douglas Nichols, 61, design engineer for Differential Steel Car C!o. for 20 years, died suddenly Saturday night while attending á concert in Detroit. Death was due to a heart attack. Mr. Nichols, who lived in Ann Arbor, was chief engineer for the Economy Baler Co., there. He came to Findlay in 1931 from Jeffersonville, Ind., and was affiliated with the Differential Steel Car Co. until 1951. He was married to the former Ernestine Hinton in Findlay, on June 12, 1935. The family home is at 1415 Henry St., Ann Arbor.
A native of Kentville, Nova Scotia, Mr. Nichols was born April 3, 1908 a son of Arthur L, and Carrie E. (Power) Nichols. He was graduated from State College, Angola, Ind. and for a number of years taught and lectured at Ohio Northern University. He also published a number of articles for technical journals. Mr. Nichols was a member of the First United Presbyterian Church of Ann Arbor, Findlay Lodge 237, F..and A.M., Chapter 23, Order of Eastern Star, and the York Rite Masons. He was also a member of the Ann Arbor Engineers’ Club.
He is survived by his wife, two sons, Stephen M., Ann Arbor, and David A., Cincinnati; brothers Irvine L., Toronto, Ont.; and Robert M., Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Services will be held at the Funeral Home, 403 S., Fourth Ave., Ann Arbor, at 7 p.m. today with interment Wednesday at Dayton Memorial Cemetery, Dayton. Memorials may be made to Shriners Burns Institute, Cincinnati.
- [S4] Obituary.
- [S6] 1920 US Census.