His beat goes on...

"He has removed our sins as far from us as the east is from the west." -Psalm 103:12

Our Modern "Nourse" Name...

The act to change the name to "Nourse" was done in May of 1848. Prior to "Nourse" the last name was "Nutspittle". Yes, it was a funny name yet quite unique. That was the name that John George took when he came to America from Germany (prior to 1808). John George (Johann Georg) possibly had Nußpickel (Nusspickel) as a last name but it hasn't been proven.

Here is a little history:

Kids (b.2000-2005)

<- Gary (b.1968)

<- Paul (b.1942)

<- Francis (b.1899)

<- George Henry (b.1843)

<- Jacob (b.1819)

<- John George (est. b.1779 in Germany)

<- ???

Paul (b. 1942) and Carol (b. 1942) with the 5 grandkids (b. 2000, 2002, 2005).
Dec 12, 2010 - only 2 Nourse named kids.

Nourse name passed from Gary to his son.

Paul (b. 1942) with Gary (b. 1968) and Lynn (b. 1972) circa 1975.

Nourse name passed from Paul to Gary.

The photos below are 2012, 1990, 1970 and circa 1966, 1957 and 1948.

Paul (b. 1942) is with his father, Francis "Frank" Lewis Nourse (b. 1899 - d. 1958) circa 1950.

The photos below were circa 1918, 1931 and 1957 (with his new grandson).

Nourse name passed from Frank to Paul.

Frank's dad, George Henry Nourse (b. 1843 - d. 1903)

George Henry passed the Nourse name on to William, George Anthony, Joseph, John, Frank, James Paul and Clyde.
George Henry was born "George Henry Nutspittle" but his name was change to Nourse in 1848.

George's dad, Jacob Nourse (b. 1819 - d. 1906).

His brother, Francis Joseph Nourse (b. 1810), chose to have the last name changed from Nutspittle to Nourse. Jacob agreed to his family as well. That change took place in 1848.

There were several misspellings everywhere, like Nursptill, Nursepickel, Nutsptill, etc.

Here is a listing of where the name has been misplaced:

How Name Was Spelled	Description/Where Found
Nursptill	In the writing where name was changed to Nourse.
Nutsptill	Caroline A. A child of Francis Joseph who died in 1842 or died that year (5 yo)
Nursepickle	Oldest son, Francis Joseph, name as seen in marriage records.
John G. Neppickle	1810 Census
John G. Nutspittle	1820 Census
Nutspitte	Name listed in John George's marriage book
Neppickle	1810 Census
Nessuckle	George died (age 2 yo)
Nurspicktle	Name for Mary in 1835
Nursepittle	Jacob listed in 1844, 45...
Nutspiele
Nntspitte	"u" made upside down

John George Nutspittle (b. ~1779 - d. 1829) was born in Germany under a different name. We believe that his original name was Johann Georg Nußpickel. We have not found out when he came to the USA.

1810 Census: Roxbury Mass (search AC index Neppickle)
Nesspickle John G 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
1 m 26-44 / 2 f 16-25

1820 Census: Dorchester Mass (Norf 236 Dorchester)
Nutspittle, John G
1 m under 10 2 f under 10
1 m 10-16 / 1 f 10-16
1 m 26-45 / 1 f 16-26
1 f 45 + (Mary’s mother?) 1 foreigner not naturalized

Click to see Marriage or Census

Boston Death Records:
Nutspittle, John died 22 Jul 1829 age 50 (est DOB 1779)
Cause: liver complaint residence: City Poor
Burial: 23 July 1829 in South Burial Ground 13.3.3
Undertaker: Cyrus Babbet

[South End Burial Ground was known for burials from poor houses. The burial ground is on the Roxbury neck which supports the claim from the Boston Transcript that Mr Nursepittle was buried in West Roxbury. The Central Burial Ground which was formerly known as South Burial Ground was closed to burials from 1826-1836 so J.G. would not have been buried there.]

Gary's notes: June 4 2011
--------------------------

It looks like I may be onto his name. Nußpickel (click here if you would like to hear how it is pronounced).

From what I have seen is that there are many many places of the name Nusspickel, which looks like this one came from.

1. If his name was Nusspickel, did he change it intentionally to Nutspittle or did he not?

I need to find something more secure on what he did when he came to America.

Here are a couple of super points that was sent to me previously by Kathryn Nourse, a super person:

"BTW German naming traditions have Johann or "John" as the first name for most boys with the second name being the given name. That is why John George would be commonly called George."

"You asked about the Nutspittle/Nurspickle name. I have seen it spelled many ways. Back then many people were not literate and spellings were often in the interpretation of that the recorder heard. I think the original name in Germany was Nusspickle as I have seen that prevalent in German records. "

HBGO stuff...

Website Design

Graphic Design

Sports

Boston's Champions Years

Best/Worst Sports Events

History

The "Nourse" Name

Written Words

Hbgo Blog

C.S. Lewis' words

Lyrics and Poems

Miscellaneous

Paintings

Music @ The Rock

PC Software Suggestions

Weather in Different Places

| Home | HBGO Blog | Contact HBGO |