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Speedy Family Page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 << 7 >> 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, IndexDescendents of Thomas Speedy (14 Oct 1815- 26 Jan 1900)
and Isabella Patterson (9 Nov 1815 - 26 Nov 1888)Third Immigrant Generation
*********************************************************************************************14. Alice Isabella Messer . Daughter of Walter Messer & Isabella Speedy. Born 29 May 1857 in Harvey. Died 3 Dec 1955 in Tweedside. Buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery. Religion Presbyterian.
She married Thomas McFarland, 28 Apr 1880 in Harvey Presbyterian Church By Edward Roberts . Born 1853. Died 9 Jan 1931 in Tweedside. Buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery. Occupation Farmer. Religion Presbyterian.
Witnesses to marriage were Samuel McFarlane and Jennie Robertson.
Name is spelled "McFarlane" in marriage records.
They had the following children:
80 i. Adeline McFarland
81 ii. Walter "Wilbert" McFarland
82 iii. John Emery Adams McFarland
83 iv. Howard Thomas McFarland
84 v. Lottie May McFarland
85 vi. Olive Isabelle McFarland
86 vii. Harold "Oswald" McFarland
15. Thomas Brown Messer . Son of Walter Messer & Isabella Speedy. Born 17 Apr 1860 in Harvey. Died 28 Mar 1939 in Coburn, NB . Buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery.
Copied from newspaper obituary - 1939:
Thomas Messer Dead. Well Known Resident of Harvey Station Died at Home of Nephew.
Harvey Station, April 6 -- Friends of Thomas Messer will learn with regret of his passing on March 28th, at the home of his nephew, Ezra Messer, Coburn, N.B. He was ill for a few days of grippe and complications and his death came as a shock to his relatives and friends. He was 78 years of age, a son of the late Walter and Isabelle (Speedy) Messer, and had spent his life here. Mr Messer is survived by four sisters and three brothers, Mrs Haines and Mrs Nellie Clark of Portland, Me.; Mrs S. Fisher of Boston; Mrs Thomas McFarland of South Tweedside; Walter Messer of Portland, Me.; James Messer living in British Columbia and J. Allen Messer of Harvey Station. The late William Messer of Coburn was also a brother.
The funeral was held on March 29th with a short service at the home of Ezra Messer, followed by a public service at 2.30 at Knox Presbyterian Church with Mr Gibson officiating. The choir sang favorite hymns. Pall-bearers were six nephews, Wallace Wood, Ezra Messer, Edwin Messer, Alexander Wood, Basil Messer and Linton Vail. Interment was made in Harvey cemetery.
16. Margaret Ann "Maggie" Messer . Daughter of Walter Messer & Isabella Speedy. Born 17 Jul 1862 in Harvey. Christen in Harvey Presbyterian Church. Died 10 Aug 1956. Buried in Woodford's Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
She married Isaac Haines, 22 Mar 1889 in Harvey Presbyterian Church, York Co., NB . Born 1861. Died 17 Jan 1936 in Maine. Buried in Woodford's Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
They had the following children:
87 i. Minnie May Haines
88 ii. Harold Dow Haines
89 iii. Estella H. Haines
90 iv. Isabelle Olive Haines
91 v. Roland Theodore Haines (Twin)
92 vi. Florence Dorothea Haines (Twin)
17. Elizabeth Messer . Daughter of Walter Messer & Isabella Speedy. Born 8 Nov 1864 in Harvey. Christen in Harvey Presbyterian Church. Died 8 Jul 1920 in Harvey. Buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery. Religion Presbyterian.
She married George Thomas Wood, son of Peter Wood & Mary Moffitt, 22 Dec 1886 in Harvey, York Co. By J. A. McLean, Presbyterian . Born 16 Apr 1865 in Harvey. Died 30 Apr 1931. Buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery. Occupation Farmer.
Witnesses to marriage were Mrs Isabella Messer and Peter Wood.
George died 30 Apr 1931, age 66 yrs. 14 days.
They had the following children:
93 i. John Alexander "Sandy" Wood
94 ii. Walter "Wallace" Wood
95 iii. Peter L. Wood
96 iv. Sadie May Boyd Wood
97 v. Bertha Isabell Wood