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Thomas Nicholls & emma Emily Holness
 

Ancestors of
Thomas Nicholls

Ancestors of
Emily Holness

Alfred Baker

Alice Baker

Fanny Baker

Hope Frank Nicholls
1899-1956

Eva Clara Nicholls
1876-

Frederick Holness Nicholls
1878-1943

Mabel Nicholls
1880-

Percy Thomas Nicholls
1882-

Ethel Nicholls
1886-

Lena Nicholls

Thomas Nicholls (1832-1906) & Emma Emily Holness (1846-1894) were married in 1874.
 

Thomas was the son of James & Mary Nicholls, and was born c1832 in Blean, near Canterbury, Kent.  He served in the Royal Horse Artillery and was awarded the Crimea medal (1854-1856), Turkish Crimea medal (1854-1856), and a Long Service & Good Conduct medal (1855-1874).  He was discharged from service on 3 December 1872.

Emma was the daughter of Ambrose & Emily Holness, and was born c1846 at Blean, near Canterbury .  She married her first husband, Henry Baker in 1867, and the couple had three children.

Thomas & Emma were married in 1874, and they lived at Harbledown near Canterbury, where in 1881, Thomas was employed as a Coachman.  After Emily died, in 1894, Thomas became an In-Pensioner of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, on 1 October 1898.

Thomas died on 1 August 1906, and was buried in Brookwood Cemetery.