{"id":26771,"date":"2025-03-28T10:44:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T10:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/?p=26771"},"modified":"2025-03-28T11:11:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T11:11:21","slug":"my-new-nicholson-4th-cousin-thruline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/2025\/03\/28\/my-new-nicholson-4th-cousin-thruline\/","title":{"rendered":"My New Nicholson 4th Cousin ThruLine"},"content":{"rendered":"

ThruLines are at Ancestry. They look at DNA matches that also have potential common ancestors in the two lines. I have not been getting many new ThruLines lately, so I will look at my newest possible connection with Sarah:<\/p>\n

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Sarah shows as a 4th cousin once removed. Apparently, I have her great-grandmother Clara Nicholson in my tree already.<\/p>\n

Here are Nellie, Clara and Clara’s father Walter in 1921 in Sheffield:<\/p>\n

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Nellie would be my mother’s third cousin. Here is Clara’s marriage record:<\/p>\n

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Here are Nellie’s baptism and birth information:<\/p>\n

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It appears that all is in order and that Ancestry has the right connection.<\/p>\n

Sarah’s DNA<\/h2>\n

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Sarah and I must match by more than the usual DNA for fourth cousins once removed. My late mom matches by even more DNA:<\/p>\n

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My Nicholson DNA Tree<\/h3>\n

I have quite a few Nicholsons on the tree already. I’m ready to add Sarah. Here is part of my existing tree:<\/p>\n

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It will be good to add some branching to this line. Here is what my ThruLines look like:<\/p>\n

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This does not match well with my current Nicholson DNA Tree:<\/p>\n

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I have Louie and not Nancy. I wrote a Blog about Nancy and Louie here<\/a>. In that Blog, I wrote that it would be interesting to see if Louie and Nancy match each other by DNA. It turns out that Louie is a match to my sister Heidi. Here is the match between Saray and Nancy on my sister Heidi’s shared match list:<\/p>\n

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Sarah and Nancy match by a large amount of DNA (190 cM). That makes me think that Nancy should be on my Nicholson DNA tree.<\/p>\n

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Louie also has a good match to Sarah.<\/p>\n

Here, I’ve added in Sarah to my Nicholson DNA Tree:<\/p>\n

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More Nicholson Lines to Add?<\/h2>\n

Here are two more matches on my sister Heidi’s ThruLines:<\/p>\n

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They are Angela, Andrew and Nancy. For some reason, it appears that I do not have Joseph born 1872 in my Nicholson Tree. I already have a tree for Nancy:<\/p>\n

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This tree has Joseph’s father as Henry Nicholson, not Walter Nicholson. However, the DNA shows that Nancy should be connected to Sarah. Let’s take a closer look. I assumed that the Ellen in the 1911 Census was Mary Ellen Nicholson born about 1904:<\/p>\n

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As Henry was the first born son, it would make sense that Joseph’s father would be Henry also. This is the 1881 Census:<\/p>\n

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However, the 1891 Census shows this:<\/p>\n

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Here there is a Joseph who is a Carter like the Joseph in 1911. The mother’s name is that same as the 1881 Census, but the father is now George Nicholson. This brings up varioius possibilities:<\/p>\n

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  1. There were two different familities<\/li>\n
  2. Henry Nicholson died and Mary A married George Nicholson<\/li>\n
  3. Henry Nicholson also went by the name of George Nicholson<\/li>\n
  4. The Census taker got the information wrong.<\/li>\n
  5. Joseph may have been living with George Nicholson and Mary A in 1891, but not be their son.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    So, for now, I will leave out the Joseph Nicholson Branch out of my Nicholson DNA Tree, even though there are DNA matches.<\/p>\n

    Summary and Conclusions<\/h2>\n