Farmer, real estate agent.
Born at Carlisle, England on 30 December 1878, son of John and Margarette Nicholson, he emigrated with the family to Canada in 1889, settling at Dauphin. He worked on the family farm until 1900 when he took up his own homestead and farmed it until 1904 when he moved to Dauphin and entered the real estate business in partnership with his brother Henry Pears Nicholson. Three years later, he quit to work in the Dominion Land Office and Crown Timber Agency.
On 16 April 1900, he married Jessie Campbell Eagle (1879-1936) of Gilbert Plains and they had five children: Dorothy Nicholson (1900-?), Bernice Nicholson (1901-?), Florence Beryl Nicholson (1905-?), Alice Gwendolyn Nicholson (1906-?), and Robert Alder Nicholson (1908-?). He served as a director and governor of the Dauphin General Hospital, and was a member of the IOOF, Knights of Pythias, and Methodist Church.
He died at Vancouver, British Columbia on 29 August 1940 and was buried in the Ocean View Burial Park at Burnaby.
Marriage registration [George Alton Nicholson, Jessie Campbell Eagle], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Birth registrations [Dorothy Nicholson, Bernice Nicholson, Florence Beryl Nicholson, Alice Gwendolyn Nicholson, Robert Alder Nicholson], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
The Story of Manitoba by F. H. Schofield, Winnipeg: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913.
Obituary [Jessie Campbell Nicholson], Vancouver Sun, 28 November 1936, page 15.
Death registration [George Alton Nicholson], British Columbia Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Vancouver Daily Province, 30 August 1940, page 19.
We thank Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 14 May 2024
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