From the Highlands of Scotland, Isle of Sky, Scorrybreac, in the late 1800's...to Orange, California, 2002...my Nicol heritage...
by Matthew Eric Nicol
1880
My great-great grandfather, William Gordon Nicol, as a young man. The family immigrated from Scotland to Canada about 1880. William is the second from left in the back.
1911
My great-grandfather, Harry Dennis Nicol, married Pearl Byers on July 3, 1911. They immigrated from Canada to Pennsylvania in 1915. Pearl gave birth to William Edward Nicol the following year.
1917
My grandfather, William Edward Nicol at three years old (lower right) next to his father, Harry Dennis Nicol in Oil City, Pennsylvania.
1961
My paternal grandparents, William Edward Nicol and Ruth Nadine Huff with my father, David Edward Nicol, in 1961 in Oil City, Pennsylvania.
1992
Myself, Matthew Eric Nicol, & twin sister, Melinda Louise Nicol on "Nicol Street" in Inverness, Scotland.
1996
My father, David Edward Nicol, at the Banff Hotel in Banff, Scotland wearing the Modern Red (Dress) MacNicol Tartan.
1996
My father, David Nicol and close family friend, Alex Oldman, from Banff, Scotland toasting at his son's wedding in 1996.
2000
My father, David Edward Nicol with his brothers, William Richard Nicol and Barry Dennis Nicol in 2000. This picture depicts the charactistic "MacNicol Noses ."