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Robert and Jennie |
Robert was born in County Antrim, Ireland in 1833. When he was 18 he came to
America and spent most of his time operating a flax mill near Salem NY. A
depression following the Civil War (1966) compelled Robert and his two brothers,
accompanied by their parents, to move to Belmont Ontario. The sisters remained
in the US.
In 1869 Robert married Jennie Salisbury, a 20-year-old lass from Ontario. Her parents were English and German. Later, the family moved to Manitoba and finally, in 1885, they homesteaded in Bottineau County, Dakota Territory. Their children are all listed on the chart on our home page. |
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Tom's meat market in Souris; c1910 |
Thomas Nichol (121) was born 20 June 1870 in Belmont, Ontario. He graduated from high school in Fargo, ND and attended
Fargo Business College. He then taught school. In 1896 Tom married Mary Smith from Scotland. Tom and mary farmed a few
years and then move to Souris where Tom opened a meat market. They had two children Esther Mary (#1211) and William R. (#1212).
Mary died in 1916. Tom then moved to Devils Lake, ND and opened a meat market there. In 1920 Tom married Ida Allard and in 1930 they moved to Highland, IN. Tom died there in 1954 |
Robert S. | Robert S. Nichol (123) was born in Belmont, Ontario in 1885. He married Isabella (Bella) Fleming in Bottineau in 1902. Robert and Bella moved to Mountain View, Idaho in 1904 and operated a hardware store with their friends, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Caldwell. The Nichol's then returned to Bottineau County in 1907, where they farmed. In 1908 a paralysis started in Robert. They then moved to Saskatchewan in 1909, where they homesteaded. Due to Robert's increased neuromuscular problems, the family moved to Tulare, CA where they owned and operated a rooming house. |
Date | Description |
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4/8/04 | R. S. Nichol went to went to Moose Jaw, Sask. Tuesday with the view of relocating. |
1/27/05 | Mrs. R. S. Nichol and baby left last week for their new home in Moutain Home Idaho. Miss Mary Dunbar went with her. |
9/6/07 | R. S. Nichol and family, who have been in Moutain Home, Idaho for the last 3 years, are expected home tonight and will again make their their home here. |
5/5/11 | Robert Nichol Sr. and son R. S. returned from St. Paul. The nerve specialist consulted by the latter, gave him assurance of early recovery from his ailment. |
1/25/12 | R. S. Nichol left for the Twin Cities to consult a specialist in diseases of the nerves. He has been a sufferer with locomotor ataxia for over a year. |
4/19/12 | R. S. Nichol returned from the Twin Cities where he had spent several months to regain his health. We are sorry to report that no marked improvement is apparent. |
11/12/15 | R. S. Nichol a brother of T. B. Nichol, moved his family from Redville, Sask. to Bottineau last Thursday. |
5/11/17 | T. B. Nichol was at Minot and brought back his brother R. S. Nichol, who will be making thier home in Souris. Mr. Nichol has been doctoring in Minot. |
4/15/18 | Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Nichol and family moved a couple of weeks ago to the Sam Dunbar farm. |
10/9/19 | A Few members of the 1899 Bottineau High School class held a reunion last evening. Those present included Mrs. J. W. Caldwell (Ella Coulthard) of Mountain Home, Idaho and Mrs. Robert Nichol, Jr. (Bella Fleming) of Souris. |
10/1/20 | Mrs. Robert Nichol and family took the train here Tuesday for California, where they will spend the winter. |
3/5/28 | Word was received by Mrs. James Dunbar of the death of her brother, Robert Nichol , of Tulare Calif. Which occurred March 10th, caused by paralysis of which the deceased has suffered for many years. |
Bella (Fleming) Nichol (123) had the following recollections about her pioneering childhood in North Dakota.
This was contributed by her granddaughter Priscilla Mathews (12312)
Bella c. 1900 |
"Bottineau City and County was named for Pierre Bottineau. His father was a Hudson Bay tracker and his mother an Ojibwa.
He was the Davy Crockett of the North; amazing horseman and woodsman.
Always on a life saving mission. Trusty and honest; and as such the people
honored him."
"Indians that roamed over the county were Chippewas (also called Ojibwas) They were friends of the Assiniboins, a tribe in Canada. The U. S. gave the |
"The Souix were warriors. When they went on the warpath, the white man trembled. They were cruel and vengeful and the Chippewa were their traditional enemy. Sioux means Dakota. So their name was taken by the territoty and later by the state."
"Old Bottineau at the end of the foothills had two stores and a post office in 1883. Devil's Lake, over a hundred miles away, was the nearest market. Getting goods required two weeks using oxen. The women were versatile they grew and made almost everything they needed. Grandma Emde made her own candles; spun her own yarn for mitts, socks and scarfs; and even had a loom and wove some of her own cloth. She made soap from ashes, water, and grease."
"I use to read and sing to my children when they were terrified by storms and such. We had occasion for such things when we pioneered in Saskatchewan. It helped a lot."
Bella c.1954
Morning To a sparkling, laughing sun. And the breeze was blowing kisses As tho it was loads of fun.
Air heavy with perfume,
Birds joyous from caroling,
| The daisies were standing so graceful and tall, in a glow of the sunlight bright like good little girlies in caps of gold and colors of snowy white.
The daisies were singing
Just told me the words
As the summer days |
James and Mae Dunbar |
Mae Nichol (123) was born on a farm near Rapid City, Manitoba in 1883 and moved with her parents to North Dakota
in 1885 when they homesteaded 3 miles southwest of Bottineau and later farmed in Peabody Township. She attended
rural grade school, high school in Bottineau and Grand Forks, and the University of N. D. She taught school for 16 years,
the last of which was in Souris.
In 1911 Mae married James Dunbar the son of Sam and Nancy (Davidson) Dunbar. The couple farmed in Haram Township until 1947. They then moved to Long Beach, CA where they both died in 1967. They had four children: Raymond, Margaret (Stark), Mary (Mork), and James Jr. Mae was the first lady in the Souris area to drive a car. She was also the first lady in the area to run for state political office (she didn't win). |