JAMES I NICHOLS 1910 #FamilyHistoryFriday

Name	James I Nickles
Age in 1910	37
Birth Year	abt 1873
Birthplace	Virginia
Home in 1910	Locust Grove, Floyd, Virginia
Race	White
Gender	Male
Relation to Head of House	Head
Marital Status	Married
Spouse's Name	Terissi Nickles
Father's Birthplace	Virginia
Mother's Birthplace	Virginia
Native Tongue	English
Occupation	Farmer
Industry	General Farm
Employer, Employee or Other	Employer
Home Owned or Rented	Own
Home Free or Mortgaged	Free
Farm or House	Farm
Able to read	Yes
Able to Write	Yes
Years Married	17
Household Members	Name Age James I Nickles 37 Terissi Nickles 37 Rhufus Nickles 16 Rhachel Nickles 12 Joseph Nickles 10 Adaline C Nickles 9 Ezekiel Nickles 8 Ada Nickles 7 Rich Nickles 2 Banks Nickles 1

JAMES IRA NICHOLS 1900 #FamilyHistoryFriday

Name	James J Nicholas
Age	25
Birth Date	Jun 1874
Birthplace	Virginia
Home in 1900	Blackwater, Franklin, Virginia
Race	White
Gender	Male
Relation to Head of House	Head
Marital Status	Married
Spouse's Name	Teresa M Nicholas
Marriage Year	1892
Years Married	8
Father's Birthplace	Virginia
Mother's Birthplace	Virginia
Household Members	Name Age James J Nicholas 25 Teresa M Nicholas 26 Rufus S Nicholas 6 Rachal I Nicholas 2 Joseph F Nicholas 4

LOUISA CATHERINE ALDRIDGE #FamilyHistoryFriday

LOUISA CATHERINE OCTAVIA ALDRIDGE

LOUISA CATHERINE ALDRIDGE AKA OCTAVIA KING....

My great, great grandmother Louisa came from a broken home. Her mother Mary Gibson AKA Polly married Madison Martin Aldridge in Virginia in 1836. Sometime before 1846, Madison left Polly and moved west to West Virginia and then to Ohio with his second wife Mary Ann Chaffin. Louisa was born about 1850 in Virginia. Madison may have been her father but if so, he was living in Ohio at the time. When Louisa's brother Joseph Aldridge got married the name of his father on the marriage record was Green Aldridge. Green was probably the second husband of Polly Gibson and may have been the father of all of Polly's children. 

Madison raised his new family in Ohio and went back to Virginia in the fifties to divorce Polly. Why so long? What happened to Polly after the separation? When did she re-marry? Its a mystery.... 

In the 1860 census, Louisa was living with the family of Robert Jackson King in Floyd. Robert was the son of Henry D. King and Sarah Ann Bartlett. Henry and Sarah were the parents of my great, great grandmother Nancy Rachel King, who married George Riley Bartlett. Robert was married to Margaret Jane King, who was the daughter of Anthony King and Peggy Wright. Anthony and Peggy were the parents of my great, great grandfather Michael O. King who married Louisa in 1866.... 

I have yet to find a record of Green Aldridge or Polly Gibson in the census records BUT its possible that they may be the actual parents of Louisa and her siblings.

JIM NICHOLS 1880 #FamilyHistoryFriday

1880 CENSUS

Name James J. Nikolds
Age 8
Birth Year abt 1872
Birthplace Virginia
Home in 1880 Maggodee, Franklin, Virginia
Race White
Gender Male
Relation to Head of House Son
Marital Status Single
Father's Name E. Nikolds
Father's Birthplace Virginia
Mother's Name Issabell Nikolds
Mother's Birthplace Virginia
Occupation At Home
Household Members
NameAgeE. Nikolds 30
Issabell Nikolds 28
George H. Nikolds 10
James J. Nikolds 8
Amanuel H. Nikolds 5
L.Esta Nikolds 3