This website seeks to collect under one "virtual roof" the artwork of the extended Nicholson/Standing family in the new world as well as the "root" artwork of David Nicholson. Though David did not emigrate, two of his works, an oil painting in the style of Gainesborough and a watercolor are owned by family members in the "States."
Early Standing art in our collection begins with some pencil sketches by George Standing's son Henry.
The impetus for this site began when my niece, Kate Plagman, looking for material for a women's history paper, asked how she might view artwork by her great-great aunt, Sarah Nicholson Standing. I realized that I had seen a little family art and that she, one generation younger, had seen even less than I, but that the Internet could link all of us in the family and perhaps others we do not know if we developed a website. I am currently the webmaster for this site and can be reached at ruth.alliband@gmail.com. The family is indebted to my sister-in-law, Michele Conway Plagman, who assembled this website around 2006.
The Nicholson/Standing family in the U.S. has concentrations in central Iowa near Earlham, and on the East Coast, formerly in northern New Jersey, Rochester, NY and near Philadelphia. Our common Nicholson ancestor, David Nicholson, was born over 200 years ago and lived southeast of London in Kent.
Our common Standing ancestor, George Standing, lived in Leigh, Lancaster and other towns in the English midlands before he immigrated to the United States in 1870. George writes of his life in: George Standing's Autobiography
George's son Henry kept diaries throughout his life. We present his story of a 13-year-old's immigrant experience and accounts of his family's early life when they immigrated to the US in 1870.
The Standing/Nicholson family hosts family reunions every other year. For updates and reunion news, please see: www.standingfamily.org/
Ruth Alliband
Stillwater, Minnesota
September 2017