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Lurena Adalade Nicholas
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Name Lurena Adalade Nicholas Nickname Addie Birth 03 Apr 1873 Illinois
Gender Female Death 25 Dec 1968 Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
Person ID I159 Thompson Last Modified 27 May 2023
Father Ernest Edward Nicholas, b. 25 Jun 1838, Berlin, Germany
d. 09 Oct 1924, Rippey, Greene County, Iowa
(Age 86 years) Mother Minerva Bacon Hastings, b. 19 Apr 1839, Bombay, New York
d. 03 Dec 1900, Rippey, Greene County, Iowa
(Age 61 years) Marriage 12 Dec 1867 Sublet, Illinois
Notes - Marriage Record:
Name: Edward E. Nicholis
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 1867
Marriage Place: Clinton Co., Iowa
Spouse: Minerva B. Morris
FHL Film Number: 1005210
Reference ID: 2:3PLR6W6
Family ID F54 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Finnis Ewing Smith, b. 1856, Illinois
d. 08 Oct 1920 (Age 64 years) Marriage 01 Jan 1898 Rippey, Greene County , Iowa
Children 1. Hugh Fritz Smith, b. 01 Jan 1900, Rippey, Green County, Iowa
d. 29 Apr 1950 (Age 50 years)Family ID F68 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jun 2024
Family 2 ? Mullen d. Kansas City, Missouri
Marriage Kansas City, Missouri
Children 1. Florence Mullen, b. 04 Jan 1913, Kansas City, Missouri
d. 01 Jan 1972, Missouri
(Age 58 years)Family ID F69 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 14 Feb 2003
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Photos 
Lurena Adalade (Nicholas) Smith
Lurena Adalade (Nicholas) Smith, taken late 1890s.
Lurena Adalade Nicholas and Son Hugh Fritz Smith
Lurena Adalade Nicholas and Son Hugh Fritz Smith
Lurena Adalada (Addie) NICHOLAS Mullen with her children
Lurena Adalada (Addie) NICHOLAS Mullen with her children, Hugh Smith and Florence Mullen
Lurena Adalade Nicholas
Lurena Adalade Nicholas
Lurena Adalade Nicholas
Lurena Adalade Nicholas
Lurena Adalada Nicholas
Lurena Adalada Nicholas, age 63 years
Lurena Adalade Nicholas
Lurena Adalade Nicholas at about age 70.
Photo Courtesy of Earl William Chamberlin.
Abijah Julius Conrad Nicholas
and sister Lurena Adalade Nicholas takenin 1946.
Lurena Adalade Nicholas
Taken 1951.
Lurena Nicholas Mullen
Lurena Nicholas Mullen with Fred Nicholas' children
Unknown names
Documents 
1880 United States Federal Census Record - Yell, Boone County, Iowa - Page 28 
Lurena Adalade Nicholas Mullin Death Certificate
Lurena Adalade Nicholas Mullin Death Certificate, 25 Dec 1968
Hugh Smith and Lurena Adalade Nicholas Marriage Record
Hugh Smith and Lurena Adalade Nicholas Marriage Record
Ernest Edward Nicholas and family
Ernest Edward Nicholas and family
1885 Iowa State Census
Ernest Edward Nicholas 1885 State Census
Ernest Edward Nicholas 1885 State Census
Edwd E - 46
Minerva - 45
Thomas L M - 20
Ernest W - 16
Edwd H - 14
Ada - 12
Carl - 9
Jno R - 7
Abijah - 3
King Fritz - <1
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Notes - Email from Nellie M Nicholas:
Addie became a single mom and raised her kids.... She was the only woman who worked on the Kansas City Transit... She stood on the street in uniform and let the passengers on the rear of the street car collecting money and handing out transfers.... She retired and traveled everywhere visiting everyone.
- Email from Nellie M Nicholas:
