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| Name Carl A. Nicholas #11842 |
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| Born 16 Dec 1916 |
Place Victor, Monroe, New York |
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| Died 20 Jun 1942 |
Place Camp Croft, South Carolina |
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| Father Arthur Nicholas - #11841 | Mother |
Found him on the 1920 Jerusalem, Yates, New York census (dist 176 img 7) as Carl A. Nicholas age 3. He and his sister Doris are living with their mother's parents, William and Ruth Pepper.
Found him on the 1930 Jerusalem, Yates, New York census (dist 11 img 1) as Carl A. Nicholas age 13.
Found him on the 1930 Jerusalem, Yates, New York census (dist 11 img 1) as Carl A. Nicholas age 13.
Word was received here Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock of the death at Camp Croft, South Carolina, of Private Karl A. Nicholas, 24. U. S. Army, son of Mrs. Wesley Finger, Bluff Point. Mrs. Finger received word from U. S. Army authorities Friday night at 9:30 o'clock of the critical illness of her son. Welles Griffeth, local liaison officer for American Red Cross in Yates County, also was notified and arranged for Mrs. Finger to go to her son's bedside. She left Bath at 11:50 Saturday morning, but word reached Mr. Griffeth here two hours later of the death of the young soldier.
Contacting railroad authorities at Binghamton, the Penn Yan Red Cross official succeeded in notifying Mrs. Finger of her son's death and she left the train at Binghamton and returned home.
Private Nicholas was born at Victor, Monroe County, Dec. 16, 1916, son of Arthur and Dorothy Pepper Nicholas. He was educated in Victor elementary schools, and was graduated from Penn Yan Academy in the Class of 1934. He was a painter by trade and was employed for some time by William Elling, local contractor. He left Penn Yan for military service March 21st last, and was attached to the Paratroop Division at Camp Croft.
Besides his mother, he leaves his step-father, Wesley Finger, Bluff Point a sister, Mrs. Stephen Machiuga, Oswego three half-brothers, Morris, Donald and Arthur Finger and a half-sister, Betty Finger, all of Bluff Point. The body arrived Monday morning and funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at Thayer funeral chapel, 201 East Elm Street Rev. Harold Riggle, of Bluff-Point- Methodist Church, officiating. Burial in Branchport. Penn Yan Democrat 1942
Contacting railroad authorities at Binghamton, the Penn Yan Red Cross official succeeded in notifying Mrs. Finger of her son's death and she left the train at Binghamton and returned home.
Private Nicholas was born at Victor, Monroe County, Dec. 16, 1916, son of Arthur and Dorothy Pepper Nicholas. He was educated in Victor elementary schools, and was graduated from Penn Yan Academy in the Class of 1934. He was a painter by trade and was employed for some time by William Elling, local contractor. He left Penn Yan for military service March 21st last, and was attached to the Paratroop Division at Camp Croft.
Besides his mother, he leaves his step-father, Wesley Finger, Bluff Point a sister, Mrs. Stephen Machiuga, Oswego three half-brothers, Morris, Donald and Arthur Finger and a half-sister, Betty Finger, all of Bluff Point. The body arrived Monday morning and funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at Thayer funeral chapel, 201 East Elm Street Rev. Harold Riggle, of Bluff-Point- Methodist Church, officiating. Burial in Branchport. Penn Yan Democrat 1942
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| | Thomas Pepper 1836
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| | William John Pepper 1867|
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| | | Betsey Unknown 1830
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| Dorothy V. Pepper 1895 |
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| Ruth Anna Kirk 1866 |
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