Sibyl Gordon Nichol nee Thompson after 1952

[bikermickau]

I haven't  been able to locate after 1952 any information on Sibyl Gordon Nichol nee Thompson when she arrived in Liverpool 18th July 1952 on the "Empress of Canada".

She had travelled several times, at least twice to Australia.

She was born 12 Mar 1893 Queensland, Australia to
Alexander McGregor Stuart Thompson and Ellen Jane Gordon

She married Julian Searcy Nichol on the 23 Jan 1919 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

1930, 1940, 1950 US Census she is at Davidson, Tennessee, United States.

Julian "Searcy" Nichol died September 14, 1963 in Nashville.
In his Obituary it states they are divorced.

All of her siblings died in Australia.

Mick

[maddys52]

Just a long shot, thinking that "Sibyl Gordon" would be relatively unusual - there is a death notice for a Sibyl Gordon THOMAS, wife of Gordon THOMAS at Brighton on 11 Dec 1972
Wednesday,  Dec. 13, 1972
Publication: The Times

This death registration: Brighton (5h/392) According to FreeeBMD her date of birth was 20 Nov 1890.

Modified to strike through - not her, this Sybil Gordon THOMAS appears in the 1939 register at Brighton.

[mckha489]

Is she named in any of the death notices for her siblings?
Their wills?
Did they live long lives?

[bikermickau]

4 of her siblings died after 1952, latest may have been 1974.
I don't have and am not aware of any death notices or wills.
I will see what I can find.

Sibyl Gordon Thompson on FamilySearch
https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/L6HH-6H1

Is she named in any of the death notices for her siblings?
Their wills?
Did they live long lives?

[shellyesq]

Sibyl & Julian are together in a 1951 Nashville city directory and traveled to the UK together in 1951, so I guess if they divorced, it was some time after that.

This mentions her visiting her cousin during her travels in 1951.  https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tennessean/176338519/

Here's another article about her travels in 1951.  https://tennessean.newspapers.com/article/the-tennessean/176338220/

I didn't see her in the Tennessee death index up to 1965.  There is a death index that covers the next few years after that - https://cdm15138.contentdm.oclc.org/customizations/global/pages/collections/death/death.html

Julian was in the 1953 Nashville city directory, but no mention of Sibyl, so perhaps she went elsewhere then.

[RJ137]

Sibyl & Julian are together in a 1951 Nashville city directory and traveled to the UK together in 1951, so I guess if they divorced, it was some time after that.

Julian was in the 1953 Nashville city directory, but no mention of Sibyl, so perhaps she went elsewhere then.

It appears they divorced in May 1952 in Reno, Nevada.

Reno Gazette-Journal
Tuesday, April 1, 1952
Reno, Nevada
Page 16

DECREES GRANTED ACTIONS FILED
  Sibyl Gordon Nichol vs. Julian Searcy Nichol; Raphael A. Rizzo vs. Lucia Rizzo; Natalie Judd Merrill vs. Robert H........

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Reno Gazette-Journal
Monday, May 5, 1952
Reno, Nevada
Page 15

ACTIONS FILED
...Jones from John N. Jones; Louella Bennett Kley from Maurice Warner Kley; Shirley Murray from William Harry Murray; Sibyl Gordon Nichol from Julian Searcy Nichol; ....

[bikermickau]

Thanks shellyesq and RJ137,

The article about visiting Capt. James Voss has helped me find what happen to 2 relatives.
He would be Walter James Valentine (Ballantyne ) Voss who died 10 Jun 1980 Yeovil, Somerset, England.

If a US citizen died overseas, would any US authorities be informed?

Mick

[shellyesq]

If a US citizen died overseas, would any US authorities be informed?

I have seen entries in the Social Security death index where people last received their benefits overseas.  I didn't see a likely match for her there though.  Those entries mostly cover people who died in the early 1960s or later, and they would have to have been eligible for benefits, so I'm not sure if Sibyl would fit into all those categories. 

[shellyesq]

This blog post also mentions information from citizens who died overseas - https://narations.blogs.archives.gov/2010/07/23/family-tree-friday-death-reports-of-u-s-citizens/  I looked at the database and didn't see any likely matches for Sibyl.  I'm not sure how comprehensive that is though.