Elizabeth Nicholson’s Family

Elizabeth Nicholson was born November 17, 1822 in County Cork, Ireland. Her father was Thomas Nicholson and her brother was George Nicholson. Elizabeth likely had other siblings, but at this writing, they have yet to be discovered, nor the identity of Elizabeth’s mother.

She came to America as a young woman, at age 18, arriving in Rochester New York in 1840.

Elizabeth’s father Thomas Nicholson came to America to join his family. He was living with his son George in Calumet County, Wisconsin during the 1870 Federal Census. At that time he was age 84 making his birth year 1786!

George Nicholson was born in the early 1820s, likely September 1823 in County Cork, Ireland. He came to Rochester, New York in 1844 and then moved on to Wisconsin and settled in Calumet County in 1846. This was about the same time sister Elizabeth and Thomas Ducklow and their four children moved from Rochester to Dodge County, Wisconsin.

In 1864, at age 40, George joined the Civil War were he fought in numerous battles for the Union Army. He returned home in 1865, rejoining his family in farming. George Nicholson was 81 years when be passed on February 26, 1906.

George Nicholson, circa 1865