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Johann Jacob Nicolay (Nikolai), II

Johann Jacob Nicolay (Nikolai), II (I2472)

Male 1818 - 1889  (70 years)

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  • Name Johann Jacob Nicolay (Nikolai)  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    Suffix II 
    Relationshipwith Joseph Vitter
    Birth 26 Nov 1818  Essingen, Sudliche Weinstrasse, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 6, 7] 
    • Essingen was a small town in the Kingdom of Bavaria near Landau in the Rheinisch Palatinate
    John Jacob Nicolay I Family Record Document    		 John Jacob Nicolay I Family Record Document
    Gender Male 
    Arrival Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Emigrated from Germany to Galesburg, Illinois with his brother (Johann) George 
    Arrival Travelled by wagon train to a Kansas from Galesburg, Illinois; they settled on the homestead he had filed for earlier  [7] 
    Name Jacob 
    Reference Number 2513 
    Death 29 Jun 1889  Fairfax, Osage, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    John Jacob Nicolay I Family Record Document    		 John Jacob Nicolay I Family Record Document
    Burial Highland Cemetery, Scranton, Osage, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Siblings 3 brothers and 1 sister 
     1. Frederick Lewis Nicolay (Nikolai),   b. Abt 1817, Essingen, Sudliche Weinstrasse, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jan 1872, Montezuma, Pike, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 55 years)
    ▻Mary Battershell,   b. Abt 1825, Pike, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jul 1863  (Age ~ 38 years),  m. 8 Jul 1841, Pike, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  
     ▻Marcia America Williams   d. DECEASED  ,  m. 5 Sep 1870  
     2. Johann Jacob Nicolay (Nikolai), II (current person),   b. 26 Nov 1818, Essingen, Sudliche Weinstrasse, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jun 1889, Fairfax, Osage, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
    ▻Phebe McPherson,   b. 29 Jul 1822, Posey, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Oct 1886, Fairfax, Osage, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years),  m. 29 Jan 1843, Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  
     3. Catherine Nicolay (Nikolai),   b. 14 May 1821, Essingen, Sudliche Weinstrasse, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Oct 1866  (Age 45 years)
     4. John Nicolay (Nikolai),   b. 1826, Essingen, Sudliche Weinstrasse, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1866, St Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age < 39 years)
     5. Secretary Johann Georg Nicolay (Nikolai),   b. 26 Feb 1832, Essingen, Sudliche Weinstrasse, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Sep 1901, Washington, District of Columbia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
    ▻Therena Bates,   b. 31 May 1836, Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1885, District Of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years),  m. 15 Jun 1865  
     
    Person ID I2472  Vitter-Weaver Genealogy | Sharon Vitter's Ancestor
    Last Modified 31 May 2023 

    Father Johann Jakob Nicolay (Nikolai),   b. 2 Aug 1788, Essingen, Sudliche Weinstrasse, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1846, White Hall, Greene, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Maria Helena Mueller,   b. 17 Nov 1797, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1839, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1816  Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Reference Number 17705 
    Family ID F1065  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Phebe McPherson,   b. 29 Jul 1822, Posey, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Oct 1886, Fairfax, Osage, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Marriage 29 Jan 1843  Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 7] 
    John Jacob Nicolay I Family Record Document    		 John Jacob Nicolay I Family Record Document
    Reference Number 17694 
    Children 
     1. Infant Son Nicolay,   b. 1 Feb 1844, Milton, DuPage, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Feb 1844, Milton, DuPage, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]
     2. Mary Ellen Nicolay,   b. 25 Feb 1845, Milton, DuPage, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jan 1903, Kansas City, Clay, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)  [Father: natural]
     3. James Willis Nicolay,   b. 18 Feb 1847, Milton, DuPage, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Sep 1927, Lyndon, Osage, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]
     4. William Lewis Nicolay,   b. 1849   d. 1850 (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]
     5. George Henry Nicolay,   b. 25 May 1851, Macoupin, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 May 1926, Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]
     6. Emily Sophia Nicolay,   b. 12 Mar 1853   d. 26 Jun 1941, Kansas City, Clay, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)  [Father: natural]
     7. Nancy Catherine Nicolay,   b. 12 Mar 1855, Scott, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Apr 1917, Lyndon, Osage, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)  [Father: natural]
     8. Armeta Nicolay,   b. 22 Nov 1856   d. 27 Nov 1856 (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]
     9. Jacob Ephriam Nicolay,   b. 7 Oct 1857, Macon, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Apr 1928, Osage, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)  [Father: natural]
     10. Columbus Edwin Nicolay,   b. 19 Nov 1859, Greene, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Nov 1902, Fairfax, Osage, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years)  [Father: natural]
     11. Phebe Josephine Nicolay,   b. 2 Jan 1862, Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Nov 1948, Osage, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)  [Father: natural]
     12. John Frederick Nicolay,   b. 1864, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jun 1940, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]
     13. Emma E. Evilsizer Nicolay,   b. 1875   d. DECEASED  [Father: Adopted]
    Family ID F1063  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 May 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 26 Nov 1818 - Essingen, Sudliche Weinstrasse, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsArrival - Emigrated from Germany to Galesburg, Illinois with his brother (Johann) George - - Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 29 Jan 1843 - Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 29 Jun 1889 - Fairfax, Osage, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Highland Cemetery, Scranton, Osage, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Documents
    John Jacob Nicolay I Family Record Document    		John Jacob Nicolay I Family Record Document
    At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
    At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
    Sellers-Sappenfield-NicolayLineage document    		Sellers-Sappenfield-NicolayLineage document

    Headstones
    Nicolay (Nikolai) II John Jacob Headstone    		Nicolay (Nikolai) II John Jacob Headstone

    Histories
    		George Nicolay: The German-Born Secretary Who Made Abraham Lincoln Great
    Sharon (née Weaver) Vitter's 4th great uncle George Nicolay played what is essentially today's crucial role of chief of staff to the President of the United States — and that president was Abraham Lincoln. Nicolay later became U. S. consul to France, Marshal of the U. S. Supreme Court, and Lincoln biographer.

  • Notes 
    • Son of John Jacob Nicolay and Helena Mueller.

      Married Phebe McPherson on January 29, 1843 in Illinois.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1251] Find A Grave, John Jacob Nicolay (Nikolai) II.
      https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15865935/john-jacob-nicolay

    2. [S307] Jeffrey & Sharon Vitter, Family Database of Vitter-Weaver Family, (Name: Self; Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Date: Since 1996;), George Nicolay: The German-Born Secretary Who Made Abraham Lincoln Great.
      Sharon (née Weaver) Vitter's 4th great uncle George Nicolay played what is essentially today's crucial role of chief of staff to the President of the United States — and that president was Abraham Lincoln. Nicolay later became U. S. consul to France, Marshal of the U. S. Supreme Court, and Lincoln biographer.
      https://vitter.org/familytree/histories/GeorgeNicolay.php

    3. [S512] Kay Frances Sellers, with annotations by Sharon Weaver Vitter, Nicolay: A Preliminary Outline of the Descendants of John Jacob Nicolay, (Name: Self-published; Location: Topeka, Kansas, USA; Date: 1984 (the copyright is 1984, but there are some updates in the following few years);), 21-page set of family tree diagrams of the Nicolay family in Kansas, traced back to Bernard Nicolai/Nicolay (circa 1650–1705) in Germany. Some individuals can be searched for in the pdf file, but unfortunately not all since most of the file is written by hand and not all of it is recognized by optical character recognition. The individuals are labeled by their genealogical ordering (via the Henry or d'Aboville systems), which his the ordering used in the 166-page compilation by Kay F. Sellers, entitled "Nicolay: A Preliminary Study of the Descendants of John Jacob Nicolay," 1987. There are also newspaper clippings about members of the family in the 267-page compilation by Kay F. Sellers, entitled "Nicolay Newspaper Clippings: Weddings Obituaries, Miscellaneous." See attached pdf for the entire manuscript.
      At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.


    4. [S1771] Kay Frances Sellers, with annotations by Sharon Weaver Vitter, Nicolay: A Preliminary Study of the Descendants of John Jacob Nicolay, (Name: Self-published; Location: Topeka, Kansas, USA; Date: 1987;), 146-page compilation (plus 20-page index) of the Nicolay family in Kansas, traced back to Bernard Nicolai/Nicolay (circa 1650–1705) in Germany. Individuals can be searched for in the pdf file. The individuals are labeled by their genealogical ordering (via the Henry or d'Aboville systems). An earlier 21-page list of family tree diagrams was published by Kay F. Sellers, entitled "Nicolay: A Preliminary Outline of the Descendants of John Jacob Nicolay," 1987. There are also newspaper clippings about members of the family in the 267-page compilation by Kay F. Sellers, entitled "Nicolay Newspaper Clippings: Weddings Obituaries, Miscellaneous," which is an appendix to this document. The page numbers in the index refer to the numbers printed on each page. Page numbers 128 and larger can be found in the appendix, "Nicolay Newspaper Clippings: Weddings Obituaries, Miscellaneous," 1987. See attached pdf for the entire manuscript.
      At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.


    5. [S1772] Kay Frances Sellers, Nicolay Newpaper Clippings: Weddings, Obituaries, Miscellaneous, (Name: Self-Published; Location: Topeka, Kansas, USA; Date: 1987;), 267-page compilation of newspaper articles (plus 20-page index) about various members of the extended Nicolay family. The names are mostly searchable via optical character recognition. This document is an appendix to the 146-page compilation by Kay F. Sellers entitled "Nicolay: A Preliminary Study of the Descendants of John Jacob Nicolay," 1987. The page numbers in the index refer to the numbers printed on each page. Page numbers 127 and smaller can be found in "Nicolay: A Preliminary Study of the Descendants of John Jacob Nicolay," 1987. See attached pdf for the entire manuscript.
      https://vitter.org/Genealogy/Documents/NicolayNewspaperClippings.pdf

    6. [S1778] Kay Frances Sellers, The Sellers-Sappenfield-Nicolay Connection, (Name: Self;), Trace of some of the interconnections among the three families.
      Sellers-Sappenfield-NicolayLineage document      		 Sellers-Sappenfield-NicolayLineage document


    7. [S2062] Catherine Supple Doan Brown, Notes of Catherine Supple Doan Brown, Letter to Robert Snyder, 1981.
      CatherineBrownLetter      		 CatherineBrownLetter



 


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