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Descendants of Thomas Briggs (ca 1812 - 13 Jan 1887)
and Margaret Darling (ca 1815 - 2 Jun 1884)

Third Immigrant Generation
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19. Wilson Briggs . Son of Ralph Briggs & Jane Lister. Born 26 Apr 1875. Died 29 Nov 1967.

 

    From Victoria County Record, 19 Sep 1990, p. 10 section 1:

 

    Briggs reunion held

   The descendants of Wilson Briggs and Lavenue (Wark) Briggs gathered recently for a family reunion in Plaster Rock.   The last reunion was held in 1976.

 

    Wilson Briggs was born on April 26, 1875, and died November 29, 1967.   He was the eighth of ten children born to Ralph Briggs and Jane Lister.   Wilson's brothers and sisters were Thomas, Margaret, Nicholas, George, Mathew, Isabella, Agnes, Ellen, and Adam.   Lavenue, the second child of Joshua Wark and Alfretta Sloat, was born on November 29, 1886, and died May 18, 1962.   Her brother and sisters were Ella, Amy, Cora, Willie, and Myrtle.

 

   Wilson and Lavenue were married August 27, 1902, and from this union ten children were born:   Ralph, Henry, Tressa, Effie, Emmie, Murray, Merle, Mark, and Myrtle.

 

   Registration was held at the Lions Community Centre followed by a time of renewing acquaintances.   A buffet supper concluded the activities of the day.   A memorial church service was held at the Three Brooks Church on Sunday, July 22, 1990.   The Church was filled as the family gathered for this last aspect of the reunion weekend.

 

    (Also included in the clipping was a long list of the people who attended the reunion--see original for names.)

 

    See Victoria County Record, 10 Oct 1990, p. 3, section 10, for picture of Wilson and Levenue's surviving children who attended the reunion:   Mrytle Campbell, Mark Briggs, Merle Briggs, Emmie Aiton, Effie Edgar, Archie Briggs and Tressa Edgar.   Three of the couple's 10 children, Ralph, Henry and Murray were deceased prior to the reunion.

 

    He married Lavenue Wark, 27 Aug 1902 in Victoria Co., NB. Born 29 Nov 1886. Died 18 May 1962.

 

    They had the following children:

  47   i.   Ralph Briggs

  48   ii.   Henry Briggs

  49   iii.   Tressa Briggs

  50   iv.   Effie Briggs

  51   v.   Emmie Briggs

  52   vi.   Murray Briggs

  53   vii.   Merle Briggs

  54   viii.   Mark Briggs

  55   ix.   Myrtle Briggs

  56   x.   Archie Briggs

20. Ellen Briggs . Daughter of Ralph Briggs & Jane Lister.

21. Adam Briggs . Son of Ralph Briggs & Jane Lister.

 

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