Updates: This is where I’ve come across new
information on one or more of the Stories, but
have not yet worked them into the Stories.

UPDATE No. 1:- NICHOLL FAMILY TREE
STORIES AFFECTED:
i) THE GEORGEs NICHOLL AND THE BOATERS OF LONDON

1. Priscilla Emily Nicholl (the Daughter of George Henry Leighton Nicholl Jnr) married James Juckes on December 27, 1886 St Thomas Church, Bethnal Green. Priscilla called herself Emily Nicholl and claimed to be 19, she was only 18. James was a Carpenter who went on to become a Toy Dealer, he died around February 1926. Priscilla died in Napsbury Hospital, St Albans on April 15, 1942. She is registered as Emily Priscilla Juckes, aged 75 and had been living at 9 Caversham Road, West Green Road, South Tottenham.
2. Kate Florence Nicholl never married. She died on August 27, 1969 in Tooting Bec Hospital, Wandsworth at the age of 93.

3. The Sisters of Charlotte Nicholl, nee Stiles:
i. Sarah Ann Stiles married Alfred Stiffel around March 1906 in Hackney. In 1956 Sarah and Alfred were living at No 6 Lenthall House, Hackney. Alfred died at the beginning of May 1959 and was buried in Abney Park Cemetery, Hackney on May 8, 1959. Sarah died at the beginning of 1974 and may have been buried in Abney Park on January 22, 1974.
ii. Rebecca Stiles married George William Ruddle on October 31, 1898 in the Parish Church, Old Ford.
iii. Elizabeth Stiles married George Frederick Bartram on May 26, 1901 in the Parish Church of St Mary of Eton, Hackney Wick. Elizabeth styled herself Elizabeth Betsy Stiles and claimed to be 20 years old, she was only 17 or 18. Sometime between 1936 and 1939 George and Elizabeth took over running the Hope Inn in Wisbech.

4. Edward Stiles (Styles), Charlotte’s Grandfather, died on October 10, 1874 at 7 Preston Street, Bethnal Green, he was 58.

5. Catherine Stiles (Styles) nee Starck, Edward’s wife died on October 19, 1867 at 7 Preston Street, Bethnal Green, she was 50.

6. Edward Stiles (Styles), Edward’s Father, died on November 15, 1876 in the Bethnal Green Workhouse. He was 84 and had been born in Brighton.

7. William Harding, Father of Priscilla Nicholl. Nee Harding, came from Sutton Mandeville, Wiltshire. The Hardings in Sutton Mandeville and nearby Fonthill Bishop can be traced back to at least the early 1600s.

8. Matilda Harding, Priscilla’s Sister, married Arthur Lewis Millie in Hackney around June 1882. Matilda died in Hackney around September 1885. She was 40.

ii) JOHN VAUGHAN AND HMAS SYDNEY- PART 1

The 4 crew of the Sydney killed in the battle with the SMS Emden were Ordinary Seaman Robert William Bell, Able Seaman Albert Hoy, Able Seaman Reginald Albert Sharpe and Petty Officer Thomas Lynch. All but Robert Bell were “on loan” from the Royal Navy, subject to an RAN Agreement as was John Vaughan.