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Just got the death certificate for Louisa Jane. The poor girl died of alcoholism and bronchitis at the age of 31. So the monster drove her to drink. She died the same year as her horrible ex husband. Just shows that money does not equal happiness.
Could you send me that photograph of John Nicholson. Do you have one of Louisa? I imagine her to be small and delicate.
Alan
John Nicholson's will is lodged with the archives at Carlisle. I shall go and have a look at it next week and report back with anything interesting.
Hi there, send me a Private Message with your email address and I shall send an invite to the tree. Payment is the satisfaction of thinking that you know more than someone else and can help them. However, the benefit of Rootschat is that you soon find that you know less than someone else and that they are wiling to help you.
Alan
John Nicholson died in 1866, Then Louise Jane married another named
William Elliot Patterson but no dates for that yet(presume after Leonard).
That was in 1889-
Marriages Mar 1889
Collins Louisa Jane Cockermouth 10b 797
Pattinson William Elliot Cockermouth 10b 797
quickly followed by-
Deaths Jun 1889
PATTINSON Louisa Jane 31 Wigton 10b 329
This is very interesting. The 1861 census has John Nicholson as the head of Ewanrigg Hall. His daughter was Louisa Jane who had the great misfortune of meeting and marrying one of my ancestors, Leonard Chambers Collins. He treated her very badly, conned her out of her inheritance and left the family destitute. They were divorced and he died in a Wormwood Scrubs prison where he was serving 10 years hard labour. John Nicholson wa the proprietor of a coal mine. They are not living there in 1871, I think by then he had died.
This does not help your search but it just shows that it is a small world.
Alan
Hi there. I should be very interested to see what you know about Louise as she is the poor girl who married my ancestor. What happened to her after the divorce. Did she re-marry.
Many thanks
Alan
