This is my third Blog on this topic. I left off with my mother’s maternal match Elise.
Elise descends from my mother’s Uncle William.
David
David has no close shared matches. That means that the connection would be difficult to find. His closest shared matches with my mother is in the 20-29 cM range. I think that I will skip David based on my last Blog and all the work I did to try to connect Michelle without success. At least Michelle had a Nicholson in her ancestry, which is more than what David has.
Caroline
Caroline also has no close matches. Plus she has no family tree posted at Ancestry.
Robert
Again, no close matches. These connections probably go back to Sheffield in the 1700’s.
James
James is related to Carolyn:
James shows as first cousin to Aaron. I have not added Aaron to my Chart:
Barbara is probably James’ Aunt:
It seems like James should be added next to Anne and Aaron:
This is what makes sense to me.
Yvonne
Yvonne appears to be a 2nd cousin with a Christopher, but I do not know how Christopher is related. Yvonne appears to be from England.
Seven More Maternal Matches for My Mother
The easy answers appear to be drying up:
Jenna
Jenna’s mother:
Ronald
I did not find any close matches for Ronald with the exception of his daughter. Ronald has a small tree showing some ancestors in the Camden, New Jersey area.
Lauren
Joshua is on my tree already. I mentioned Christopher above. He seems to be from England. I saw a few close matches to Lauren, but they did not appear to shed any light on how we are related.
Raymond and Edward
Raymond has only one page of shared matches with my mother. Also, there was no easy way to find out how he was related to my mom.
I was Edward’s daughter in the shared match list, but that did not help.
Nicole
Ancestry thinks that Nicole could be in the third cousin range from my mother.
Barbara is a key person here:
If Barbara is an Aunt, that would put Nicole on a level with the bottom row above.
James is a cousin:
This is my best guess on where Nicole should be on my Chart. She shows as 2nd cousin once removed to my mother.
Henry Nicholson
In my previous Blog, I looked at Michelle. She showed a Nicholson ancestor:
I traced Francis back:
However, this Henry seems different than the one in my Nicholson DNA/Genealogy Tree:
Where Henry is the son of Matthew Nicholson born 1798. From my mother’s ThruLines, there are three other matches on this line:
I checked Michelle’s shared matches and did not see Nancy, Angela, or Louie, so I suppose she shall remain a mystery.
Problem #2
A second problem is that I do not see Joseph Nicholson on my tree. I see that Walter married Sarah Clarke in 1871:
I have Louie descending from Clara Nicholson:
This Census does not show a Joseph Nicholson. I wonder if my genealogy for Louie is right?
Nancy’s Genealogy
I’ll look at Nancy’s genealogy to see if that looks right. Nancy has a Nicholson as her maternal grandmother:
I found this tree at Ancestry:
This means that Mary E was originally a Boothroyd. However, it is unclear who was the father when Joan was born. According to the 1940 Census:
Mary is English. Here is a suggestion from Ancestry for the parents of Mary Ellen Lliohan:
This record tells me I am on the right track:
I do not think that there were many Arie Lliohans in Wortley, Yorkshire. This tree at Ancestry appears to explain the Boothroyd Connection:
This appears to be a summary of the 1911 Census for Mary or Mary Ellen:
Joseph’s #1 son is Henry, so I am thinking that his father was also a Henry.
This could be the Henry:
Here is a Joseph Nicholson in the 1871 Census:
Here is a marriage for Joseph and Matilda:
Unfortunately, we do not know the father of this Joseph from this record. The closest baptism for Joseph that I can find is this one:
However, this would put him about 15 years older than shown in the Census. The 1861 Census is interesting:
Henry should be about 15 this year, but I don’t see him in the Census.
Joseph is an awl blade maker. According to the next page, his 31 year old daughter was born in Halifax, America.
If that is correct, that would put Joseph in Halifax, America around 1830. This is from Ancestry:
At this point, I am getting stuck unfortunately.
Summary and Conclusions
- I was able to add a few more people to my Nicholson DNA/Genealogy Chart using shared matches
- There were a few Nicholson ThruLines that did not seem to match up well. I tried doing some genealogy but did not find a connection to my previous Nicholson genelaogy
- That means that the Nicholson DNA matches are earlier than I had tracked or possibly there is a connection on a collateral line (surname married to the Nicholsons)
- I’m ready to move on to my mother’s paternal shared matches. However, there is much more room for research on my mom’s maternal side.