NICOL, Mary (Blackler) 1838-1920
NICOL, BLACKLER, TAVERNER
Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 1/16/2011 at 11:54:36
Mary (Blackler) Nicol 1838-1920
Mary Blackler Nicol (81) was born February 26, 1838 in Ilsington, Devon, England, the daughter of John Blackler and Harriet Taverner. After the Civil War, she married David M. Nicol, son of William May Nicol and Margarot Pollack immigrants from Larkenshire, Scotland. David Nicol was a Civil War veteran from Mitchell County, Iowa. They were married on November 26, 1868 in Osage, Iowa.
Mary and David farmed in Mitchell County, Iowa and owned 400 acres of first class land, and engaged in raising stock in Osage, Iowa. Their two daughters, Ivy Estella and Edna Mary, died at 15 years and 23 years of age, respectively.
In 1906 they retired and moved to Los Angeles County. Sometime after their move to California, Mary and David divorced. Mary moved to Long Beach, Calif. and lived with her eldest son, Frank Nicol.
Mary and David had four children--Frank T.Nicol, Albert J.Nicol, Ivy E. Nicol and Mary E.Nicol all born in Iowa.
1. Frank Taylor Nicol b. May 5, 1870, in Mitchell County, Iowa d. February 13, 1948, in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California. Spouses: Anna Amelia Groth, Cora Alma Smith, Blanch LaFern Cryder.
2. Albert John Nicol b. May 14, 1871, in Stacyville, Mitchell County, Iowa m. December 26, 1900, to Anna Martinson d. June 24, 1952, in Milford, Iowa, Dickinson County, Iowa. Spouse: Anna Martinson.
3. Ivy Estella Nicol b. October 24, 1873, in Stacyville, Mitchell County, Iowa d. July 01, 1888, in Stacyville, Mitchell County, Iowa.
4. Edna Mary Nicol b. September 18, 1877, in Mitchell County, Iowa d. (burst appendix) August 06, 1900, in Stacyville, Iowa.
Mary Blackler Nicol died of a Cerebral Hemorrhage and is buried in Sunnyside Cemetery, Long Beach, CA. David M. Nicol is buried in Angelus Rosedale Cemetery in Los Angeles, California
Source: Find a Grave Memorial #360074575 Sunnyside Cemetery, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California.
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