Henry NICKOLL 1831-1913
&
Lilias SUTHERLAND 1831-1915

Henry NICKOLL 1831-1913, b. Kent, England son of Henry NICKOLL and ___ was married in 1857, Portland, S-W Victoria, Australia to Lilias SUTHERLAND 1831-1915 b. Perthshire, Scotland, daughter of John SUTHERLAND and Margaret ANDERSON.

Henry NICKOLL was a storekeeper at Edward HENTY's "Muntham" Station near Carapook, S-W Victoria 1858-1861, and by 1864 had the lease on the "Coleraine Hotel" and in 1867 moved to a lease on "Koroite Inn" both premises being in the nearby township of Coleraine, S-W Victoria.

Henry NICKOLL died at Coleraine, S-W Victoria in 1913 and his widow Lilias died there in 1915 and both are buried in the Coleraine Cemetery.

Henry NICKOLL & Lilias SUTHERLAND had the following known family:

1. Mary NICKOLL 1858-1890, b. "Muntham" station, S-W Victoria, d. Suva, Fiji, m. 1878 to William Francis TAIT 1853-1908, b. London, England, d, Suva, Fiji, Chemist of Coleraine, Victoria and Suva, Fiji.

2. Emily NICKOLL 1859-1942, b. "Muntham" station, S-W Victoria, did not marry, d. Ballarat, Victoria.

3. Margaret NICKOLL 1861-1949, b. "Muntham" station, S-W Victoria, did not marry, d. 1949, Koroit, Victoria.

4. Henry NICKOLL 1863-1944, b. Coleraine, S-W Victoria, d. Subiaco, Western Australia, m. 1893 to Elizabeth Harriet BOOKER 1865-1936, b. Melbourne, Victoria, to Thomas BOOKER and Johanna COURTNEY, d. Perth, Western Australia. 5 children : Lilias, Emily, Gwen, Margaret and Clare.

5. Clare NICKOLL 1865-1951 b. Coleraine, S-W Victoria, d. 1951, Sydney, NSW, m. 1893 to William Francis TAIT c. 1850-1908, b. London, England, d. Suva, Fiji, Chemist of Coleraine, Victoria and Suva, Fiji. They appear to have 3 children in Fiji : Myra, Beryl and harold TATE. In 1885, before her marriage, Clare gave birth to a son...
   1. James NICKOLL 1885-1954, b. Warrnambool, S-W Victoria, d. Koroit, S-W Victoria, m. 1907 to Rosina Jane "Rose" MATTERS 1883-1957, b. Tower Hill, S-W Victoria to George Washington MATTERS and Elizabeth Clace FULLER, d. Koroit, S-W Victoria. 3 children : Lilias, Bessie and James NICKOLL.

6. Jane NICKOLL 1867-1938, b. Coleraine, S-W Victoria, did not mary, d. Coleraine, S-W Victoria.

7. Lillias NICKOLL 1869-1934, b. Coleraine, S-W Victoria, d. Geelong West, Victoria, m. Thomas Keeping FINNIGAN 1868-1920, b. Portland, S-W Victoria to John FINNIGAN and Ann Eliza KEEPING, d. Harrow, S-W Victoria. 4 children " Thomas, Constance, Mary and James.

8. Elizabeth "Bessie" NICKOLL b. 1871, ___, b. Coleriane, S-W Victoria, d. ...?..., m. 1906, Suva, Fiji to Captain C. WOOLEY, Harbour Master at Suva, Fiji.

9. John NICKOLL 1874-1943, b. Coleraine, S-W Victoria, d. Perth, Western Australia. Served in South Africa in the Boer War with the 6th Western Australian Contingent (13 months), enlisted in May 1902 in the Kimberley Horse, South africa, and served with the 4th Light Horse at Gallipoli in WW1.