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Descendents of Nicholas Lister (1796/1798 - 25 Jan 1869)
and Margaret Heughan (1801 - 25 Mar 1846)

Third Immigrant Generation
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63. Nicholas Briggs . Son of Ralph Briggs & Jane Lister.

    He married Ella Viola Lewis, 28 Sep 1904 in Carleton Co., NB.

64. George Briggs . Son of Ralph Briggs & Jane Lister.

65. Matthew W. Briggs . Son of Ralph Briggs & Jane Lister.

    He married Darling M. Briggs, daughter of Alexander Briggs & Margaret Jane Nesbitt, 17 Dec 1895 in Harvey. Born Approx 1873 in Harvey.

    They had the following children:

  209   i.   Matthew Wesley Briggs

66. Isabella Briggs . Daughter of Ralph Briggs & Jane Lister.

67. Agnes Briggs . Daughter of Ralph Briggs & Jane Lister.

68. 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:

  210   i.   Ralph Briggs

  211   ii.   Henry Briggs

  212   iii.   Tressa Briggs

  213   iv.   Effie Briggs

  214   v.   Emmie Briggs

  215   vi.   Murray Briggs

  216   vii.   Merle Briggs

  217   viii.   Mark Briggs

  218   ix.   Myrtle Briggs

  219   x.   Archie Briggs

 

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