James Jay Nichols

1918 - 2003  (85 years)

• Name	James Jay Nichols  [1]
  Born	30 Apr 1918	Shamrock, Creek, Oklahoma   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1920	Shamrock, Creek, Oklahoma   [3]
  	Enumeration District 208
  Residence	1920	Shamrock, Creek, Oklahoma   [3]
  	Sixth St With parents Jay McC and Nancy L (Eaton) Nichols, seven siblings, his grandfather and three farm hands
  Census	1930	Justice Precinct 2, Stephens, Texas   [4]
  	Enumeration District 215-7
  Residence	1930	Justice Precinct 2, Stephens, Texas   [4]
  	Breckenridge-Eliasville Rd With mother Nancy L (Eaton) Nichols and four siblings
  Residence	1935	Young Co., Texas   [5]
  Census	1940	Justice Precinct 7, Coleman, Texas   [5]
  	Enumeration District 42-23
  Occupation	1940	Justice Precinct 7, Coleman, Texas   [5]
  	Working 48 hours per week as an "oil pumper" at an "oil field," he earned $897 in 52 working weeks in 1939.
  Residence	1940	Justice Precinct 7, Coleman, Texas   [5]
  	Jennings Oil Field With wife Sybil
  World War II Veteran	15 Oct 1942	Dallas, Dallas, Texas   [6]
  	Sgt US Army Air Forces
  Occupation	15 Oct 1942	Coleman Co., Texas   [6]
  	"Unskilled occupations in production of petroleum"
  Residence	15 Oct 1942	Coleman Co., Texas   [6]
  Residence	1 May 1956	Casper, Natrona, Wyoming   [7]
  	On this date he is listed as a surviving child in his mother's obituary.
  Residence	19 Feb 1976	Casper, Natrona, Wyoming   [8]
  Residence	5 Sep 2003	D'Hanis, Medina, Texas   [9]
  Died	5 Sep 2003	Hondo, Medina, Texas   [2, 9]
  Notes	James Jay Nichols, age 85, of D'Hanis passed away Friday, Sept. 5, 2003, in Hondo. He and his wife had recently moved from Casper, WY, to D'Hanis. Jay was born April 30, 1918, in Shamrock, OK. A Memorial Service was held Thursday, Sept. 11, at 1 p.m. at the United Methodist Church in Sabinal. [9] Attended school through seventh grade [5]
  Person ID	I2410	Wm L Gann Ancestors
  Last Modified	10 Dec 2020

  
  

  Father	Jay McCabe Nichols,   b. 23 Aug 1874, Carlyle, Clinton, Illinois ,   d. 12 Jun 1944, Big Spring, Howard, Texas  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Nancy Lynton Eaton,   b. 22 Aug 1883, Castell, Mason, Texas ,   d. 1 May 1956, Gallup, McKinley, New Mexico  (Age 72 years)
  Married	20 Apr 1902	San Juan Co., New Mexico   [10]
  Marriage License	20 Apr 1902	San Juan Co., New Mexico   [10]
  Divorced	Bef 15 Apr 1939  [11, 12]
  Photos		Nichols, Jay M and Eaton, Nancy L - Photograph c. 1902 Caption on back: Jay McCabe Nichols + Nancy Linton (Eaton) Nichols on La Plata N. M.
  Family ID	F414	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Sybil
  Family ID	F1084	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S26919] "The Names and Ages of My Children", Nancy L (Eaton) Nichols, (unpublished personal letter, dated 02 Feb 1948), 2 (Reliability: 3), 19 Apr 2011. [S34632] Social Security Death Index, U.S. Social Security Administration, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2009), SSN 457-07-9777 (Reliability: 2), 20 Apr 2011. [S40175] 1920 United States Federal Census, Bureau of the Census, (National Archives, Washington, D.C.), fam. 22, p. 1B, ED 4-268, Shamrock, Creek, Oklahoma (Reliability: 2), 19 Apr 2011. [S40174] 1930 United States Federal Census, United States of America, Bureau of the Census, (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930), fam. 179, p. 8A, ED 215-7, Justice Precinct 2, Stephens, Texas (Reliability: 2), 29 Aug 2011. [S40214] 1940 United States Federal Census, United States, Bureau of the Census, (National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), fam. 154, p. 8A, ED 42-23, Justice Precinct 7, Coleman, Texas (Reliability: 2), 29 Nov 2012. [S32935] US WW II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, National Archives and Records Administration, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005) (Reliability: 2), 20 Apr 2011. [S26858] Kilgore News Herald, Wednesday, 2 May 1956, pg. 10, col. 7 (Reliability: 2), 10 Dec 2020. [S249] Independent (Gallup, N.M.), (Gallup, NM: The Gallup Independent Co. (1964-current)), ISSN: 1099-6052., Thursday, 19 Feb 1976, pg. 8, col. 4 (Reliability: 2), 30 Nov 2020. Sister Ann (Nichols) Walker's death notice. [S40226] Hondo Anvil Herald, (Hondo, Texas: Jeff Berger, publisher), http://www.hondoanvilherald.com/2003.htm (Reliability: 2), 2 Jul 2012. [S175] San Juan County Marriages, San Juan County (New Mexico) Clerk, (Aztec, New Mexico: San Juan County Clerk, 2018), Vol. 0, No. 345 (Reliability: 3), 19 Nov 2018. [S22991] Nichols, Jay McCabe - Death Certificate, Texas Department of Health Bureau of Vital Statistics (Reliability: 3), 26 Feb 2010. [S75] Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1977, FamilySearch, (FamilySearch), 007255762 > image 524 of 965 (Reliability: 3), 15 Jul 2015.