Category Archives: Mary Nickel (Great Great Grandmother)

A Good Cow Electrocuted in Baltimore (1901)

Mary Nickel was Jackie’s great-great grandmother, the first of the Nickels to come to Baltimore from Bavaria. She operated a dairy farm near Dundalk. My mother (Mary Jacqueline) was named after her. Good Cow Electrocuted (The Baltimore Sun, 9/24/1901) A … Continue reading

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Family Expands Through Genealogy Research (Part 1)

From Census Records To Cemetery Tours By Jackie Nickel I found some relatives I didn’t know I had a couple weeks ago. Or rather, they found me. It started out with a phone call I received on Friday the 13th… … Continue reading

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Family Expands Through Genealogy Research (Part 2)

Into the Archives By Jackie Nickel After being introduced by my new cousins, Pat Parker, Kathleen Head and Eleanor Roth, to genealogy just three weeks ago, I couldn’t wait to dig through historical records. I made a date to meet … Continue reading

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