Background
Nicholls, Charles Wilbur Delyon was born on December 17, 1854 in Nichols, Connecticut, (of the Sir Richard Nicools branch). Son of George Kneeland and Armina de Lyon (Seeley) Nicholls.
Nicholls, Charles Wilbur Delyon was born on December 17, 1854 in Nichols, Connecticut, (of the Sir Richard Nicools branch). Son of George Kneeland and Armina de Lyon (Seeley) Nicholls.
Graduate Williston Seminary Student Johns Hopkins, 1877-1880, Concord School of Philosophy, summers, 1879-1882, in philosophy at Seabury Division. Graduate General
Ordained priest, Protestant Episcopal Church, 1888. Vicar Saint Thomas’, New Haven, 1887-1888. Rector Saint Stephen’s, Staten Island, 1888-1892.
Chaplain Department Public Charities and Corrections, New York, 1893-1897.
Vicar Saint Luke’s, New York, 1897-1899. Became Roman Catholic, 1899.
Took lectures in moral theology and dogma, Gregorian University, Rome, 1899-1900. Originator of the Sunday Kindergarten Association and the Free School of Italian singing.
Governor-general Scions of Colonial Cavaliers.