Charlotte Nicol

Charlotte was a native of Banffshire, and upon leaving school became a teacher. She taught in Banff, Abedeen and Fraserburgh until she married Alexander Bisset Nicol (b. 1864, d. 14 November 1905, Yarmouth) who was a member of the firm Smith & Schultz, a fishbroker and herring merchant firm. Alexander was reported missing on 17 November 1905 while on business with the firm in Yarmouth, and his body was located a month later in the Breydon water.

Returning to teaching in 1896, Charlotte taught at Braemar and Helhevie where she was headmistress for four years. She then took up residence in Lerwick, where Alexander had conducted some of his business, and started teaching at the Lerwick Central School on 19 January 1908, and continued until her retiral on 22 August 1928.

She and Alex had two sons, Charles Robert Stuart Nicol (b. 7 October 1891, d. after 1950) who became a banker in Canada and Alexander Bisset Nicol (b. 1893, d. 27 August, 1917, France). The latter son died from injuries sustained during the attack on Frezenberg, east of Ypres, during the subsequent operations from the Battle of Langemarck.