Volume 11 , Issue 45

George Nickel Family Restoration Continues

Is this photo on the left part of the Nickels family? Notice at the top of the photo lightly, faded and scrawled in pencil is the name "Simple Nickols." Did someone just misspell the name "Nickels?"Could "Simple" be the "S" in Lena's name? Was my grandmother (Constance Warwick McGill) friends of this "Simple Nickols?" Why was this photo amongst my grandmother's old photos? Lots of unanswered questions to unravel! Can you help us?

Here is what Mark Bellah (Email: markebel@swbell.net) says, "The picture of Simple Nickols that you sent is very interesting in that if you look closely the O in nickols almost looks like an E that almost closed.

Mark goes on to say, "Makes you wonder if maybe that was either Lena or Muriel. Im sure there are descendants somewhere that could fill all the blanks in if I could ever find them. Good find though, keep me posted!"

"From the research I have done George and Lena had only 1 daughter Muriel, she was born 1897 or 1898, Leona was their adopted daughter about the same age. Justine Harms was his niece that lived with them for quite a few years here and quite possibly moved with them to Ca in 1931?ish. Most records indicate they moved to Los Angeles. However, I have found a tidbit from San Francisco, also ? but no date.

"I think I have traced the death of Muriel to Franklin, Arkansas 1949, unmarried or changed her name back to Nickel. George died in Los Angeles, I believe, in 1941. I have found no info on Lena other than her middle initial is S.

"There was a story that Lena had run over a child in front of the mansion in the early 1900's resulting in his/her death that I have been researching also.
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