NICOULIN, J. F.

NICOULIN, PARSET, BERNARD, GILBRAITH

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Date: 11/19/2004 at 13:00:51

Biography reproduced from page 394 of the History of Kossuth and Humboldt Counties, Iowa published in 1884:

J. F. Nicoulin was born Feb. 24, 1847, in Massachusetts. His parents were Xavier and Paulina (Parset) Nicoulin, his father a native of Switzerland, and his mother of France. When young people they came to America, and were married in Pittsfield, Mass. In 1849 they went to Vermont, and in 1854 emigrated to Dodge Co., Wis. Mr. Nicoulin was drowned in 1859, in Rock river, while constructing a bridge over the stream. Mrs. Nicoulin was afterwards married to Frank Bernard. They are living at Appleton, Wis. J. F. Nicoulin went to Appleton when fourteen years of age, and was employed for nine years as clerk in a store. In 1870 he came to Algona, and in 1873 opened a photograph gallery. In 1880 he married Isabella Gilbraith, a daughter of William Gilbraith, of Kossuth county. Mr. Nicoulin is a member of the I. O. O. F.