John Sturrock Nicoll

Parents:

• Birth*: John Sturrock Nicoll was born circa 1845 at Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, .
• He was the son of Alexander Nicoll and Elisabeth Roberts.
• (Groom) Marriage*: John Sturrock Nicoll married Alice Nicolson, daughter of Robert Nicolson blacksmith and Sarah Ann Henderson, on 7 November 1879 at 63 Victoria Road, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1879 marriages in the district of St Andrew in the burgh of Dundee, ref 270, 1879, 7th November at 63 Victoria Road, Dundee, after banns according to the forms of the Free Church of Scotland, signedf J S Nicoll mercantile clerk, bachelor, 34, 49 Meadowside, parents Alexander Nicoll mercantile clerk and Elisabeth Nicoll ms Roberts; signed Alice Nicolson, powerloom weaver, spinster, 35, 63 Victoria Road, parents Robert Nicolson blacksmith (dec) and Sarah Ann Nicolson ms Henderson (dec); signed James Ewing, minister, D R Nicoll, Elizabeth Morris, witnesses; regstered 1879 November 8th at Dundee F Macdairmid registrar.¹
• (Deceased) Death*: John Sturrock Nicoll died on 27 November 1879 at 3 Cowpers Alley, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, , 1879 deaths in the district of St Clement int he burgh of Dundee, ref 482; John Sturrock Nicoll, flax weigher, married to Alice Nicolson, 1879 November Twenty-Seventh 9h 10m pm at 3 Cowpers Alley, Dundee, male aged 34 years, parents Alexander Nicoll office keeper and Elizabeth Nicoll ms Roberts, cause chronic bronchitis, 6 months as certified by J S Coupar physician, signed D R Nicoll brother 49 Meadowside, registered 1879 November 28 at Dundee Dav Scott registrar.²

• Name Variation: John Sturrock Nicoll was also known as Jack.³
• (Witness) Memorial Inscription: He is commemorated on the headstone erected by Alexander Nicoll in 1882 at Balgay Cemetery, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, . Inscription reads Sacred to the memory of Elisabeth Roberts wife of Alexander Nicoll who died 8th June 1882 aged 65 years; John S Nicoll son of the above died 26th November 1879 aged 34; Isobel, Alice, George, James, Peter all died young; The above Alexander Nicoll died 5th January 1884 aged 68 years; also Catherine Downie beloved wife of David R Nicoll who died 23rd April 1885; also the said David R Nicoll who died 14th February 1901 aged 46 years and his second wife Barbara Smith who died 1st December 1926 aged 69 years.⁴
  

  Dundee Balgay Cemetery - Nicol

Census & Directory Entries

Member of Household	30 March 1851	They was listed as a member of the household of Alexander Nicoll and Elisabeth Roberts in the 1851 census at 27 Ramsay Street, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, . John S Nicoll, son, 5, Dundee; Alexander Nicoll, head, 34, mill operative, Forfar, Forfarshire; Elizabeth Nicoll, wife, 33 Forfar; visitors John Hill, 22, mason, Fofar; William Scott, 24, mason, Forfar.5
Member of Household	7 April 1861	They was listed as a member of the household of Alexander Nicoll and Elisabeth Roberts in the 1861 census at 13 Watsons Lane, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, . John Nicoll, son, 15, japanner (ap), Dundee; Alexander Nicoll, head, 45, warehouseman, Forfar, Forfarshire; Elisabeth Nicoll, wife, 43 Forfar.5
Member of Household	2 April 1871	They was listed as a member of the household of Alexander Nicoll and Elisabeth Roberts in the 1871 census at 2 Gardiner Street ..., Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, . John S, son, unm, 25, clerk, Dundee; Alexander Nicol, head, mar, 55, warehouseman, Forfar; Elizabeth Nicoll, wife 53, Forfar.5