Bundles of biographical materials

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 133 UCC/2/22/25
  • Former Reference
      GB 133 D80
  • Dates of Creation
      1825-1927 (originals) and n.d.
  • Physical Description
      5 bundles, 21 items total

Scope and Content

Mostly made up of Nicholson Family Obituaries:

Matthew Nicholson, 1759-1849: 

  • 1. Obituary 1849.
  • 2. Manuscript printed letter by Francis Nicholson (1897 original).
  • 3. Account of Matthew Nicholson and his connection to Heywood's Bank, Manchester, a memoir by Francis Nicholson, 1912.

Dorothy Nicholson, 1803-1893: 

  • 1. Manuscript autobiography written c. 1883.
  • 2. In memorium address at funeral by Rev. George Beaumont 1893.
  • 3. Address by Dorothy Nicholson at Mechanics Institute 1862 (manuscript and print).
  • 4. Verse by Dorothy Nicholson, 1813.
  • 5. 4 manuscript letters to Mrs. Elizabeth Thomson, 1825 (originals, not notes).

Robert Nicholson, 1802-1886: 

  • 1. Manchester Guardian obituary 1886.
  • 2. Note on envelope by Robert Nicholson in 1877, enclosed are a few lines cut from a letter by Elizabeth Hatfield relating to him c. 1810.

Samuel Nicholson, 1807-1893: 

  • 1. Obituaries from Christian Life and Inquirer, 1893.

Albert Nicholson, 1846-1927: 

  • 1. Manchester City News Obituary, 1927.
  • 2. Catalogue of old Manchester and Salford by A.N, 1909.

Francis Nicholson, 1843-1925: 

  • 1. Obituary Inquirer, 1925. (part of Albert Nicholson bundle).