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Dorothy Ella Waite Calkins

Dorothy Ella Waite Calkins

Female 1906 - 2003  (96 years)


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  • Name Dorothy Ella Waite Calkins  [1] 
    Birth 12 Oct 1906  Pulaski, Oswego, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female 
    Death 4 Jul 2003  Pulaski, Oswego, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I70732  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father Claude Stewart Calkins,   b. 3 Feb 1885, Pulaski, Oswego, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Sep 1924, Pulaski, Oswego, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Nila Mae Waite,   b. 3 Jul 1886, Pulaski, Oswego, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jan 1981, Mexico, Oswego, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 20 Dec 1904  Pulaski, Oswego, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F9246  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Harold Adelbert Nicholson,   b. 8 Jul 1903, New Haven, Oswego, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Apr 1972, Pulaski, Oswego, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Marriage 12 Aug 1925  Richland, Oswego, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Hugh Calkins Nicholson,   b. 2 Sep 1931, Richland, Oswego, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Oct 2013, Pulaski, Oswego, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Marilyn Nicholson,   b. 20 Apr 1935, Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Mar 1996, Santa Fe, New Mexico Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Beverly Jean Nicholson,   b. 13 Apr 1937, Richland Twp., Oswego County, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Nov 2009, Pulaski, Oswego, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F23670  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Dorothy Ella Waite Calkins - August 12, 1906 - July 4, 2003. Daughter of Claude Stewart and Nila Mae Waite Calkins. Wife of Harold Adelbert Nicholson. Married August 12, 1925.

      Newspaper Obituary - Sunday, July 6, 2003 Syracuse Post Standard - Syracuse, New York - Dorothy C. Nicholson July 4, 2003 ¬Dorothy C. Nicholson, 96, of 27 North Fernwood Road, Pulaski, died Friday at Oswego Hospital. Born on August 12, 1906 in the Town of Richland she was the daughter of Claude and Nila Waite Caulkins. She was a life resident of Pulaski and graduated from Pulaski Academy High School in 1924 and attended Pulaski Teacher's Training Class of 1925. She married Harold A. Nicholson, he died in April 1972. She and her husband owned and operated a dairy farm for many years and she also taught for several years in the Pulaski School District. She was a member of the Fernwood Grange. She is survived by one son, Hugh C. Nicholson and one daughter, Beverly J. Scott, both of Pulaski, seven grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Fernwood Methodist Church with burial in South Richland Cemetery, Fernwood. Calling hours will be 10 to 11 a.m. at the Church on County Route 41A, Fernwood. Donations also may be made to the Fernwood Methodist Church.

      DOROTHY C. NICHOLSON - TEACHER
      Watertown Daily Times (NY) - July 6, 2003
      Dorothy C. Nicholson, 96, of 27 N. Fernwood Road, died Friday at Oswego Hospital.

      Mrs. Nicholson was a life resident of Pulaski and taught for several years in the Pulaski school district.

      She was a member of Fernwood United Methodist Church and Fernwood Grange.

      Born Aug. 12, 1906, in the town of Richland, daughter of Claude and Nila Waite Calkins, she graduated from Pulaski Academy High School in 1924 and Pulaski Teachers Training Class in 1925.

      She married Harold A. Nicholson on Aug. 12, 1925, at Fernwood. They owned and operated a dairy farm for many years. Mr. Nicholson died April 14, 1972.

      Surviving are a son, Hugh C., and a daughter, Beverly J. Scott, both of Pulaski, seven grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.

      The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Fernwood United Methodist Church. Burial will be in South Richland Cemetery, Fernwood.

      A calling hour will begin at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the church. Arrangements are with Foster-Hax Funeral Home.

      Donations may be made to Fernwood United Methodist Church.
      Class of 1924

  • Sources 
    1. [S20] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Number: 112-48-9856; Issue State: New York; Issue Date: 1971.

    2. [S1907] Ancestry.com, New York, County Marriage Records, 1847-1849, 1907-1936, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;;).
      Record for Harold Adelbert Nicholson