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Descendents of William Messer (4 Dec 1799 – 21 Sep 1874)
and Alice (or Alison) Brown (~1795 – 19 Sep 1877)

Third Immigrant Generation
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10. Alice Leslie Coburn . Daughter of Andrew Wood Cockburn (Coburn) & Elizabeth Messer. Born 18 Apr 1851 in Harvey. Died 14 Sep 1930 in Vancouver. Buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery.

 

    Alice raised one child, the daughter of her sister Margaret Ann (d. 4 Nov. 1884) and John D. Little:   Maud Anna, b. 16 Oct 1884, in Harvey, and d. 1972 in Vancouver.   Both Alice and Maud Anna are buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery.

 

     Copied from newspaper obituary - 1930:

    Mrs Alice Williams

    Harvey Station, York Co., Oct 13 -- On the arrival of the Montreal train Thursday morning, the body of Mrs Alice Williams, accompanied by her daughter, Miss Maude Williams, arrived and was taken to the home of Fred Hanselpacker, where the funeral was held at 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon.   Mrs Williams and daughter lived in Vancouver.   Harvey was Mrs Williams' home when a girl.   She was 79 years of age and was the eldest daugher of the late Andrew Coburn and Elizabeth Coburn.   She leaves to mourn, Miss Maude Williams, three sisters and one brother, Mrs Alex Burrell and Mrs John Grieve, of Harvey; Mrs Wallace Burpee, Fredericton, and John Coburn, of Vancouver, besides a great number of nieces and nephews and friends.   Burial was at the Harvey cemetery, with many lovely flowers from friends in this part of the province.   The service was in charge of Rev. J. H. MacLean, of the United Church, assisted by the choir.

    She married Thomas Williams, 24 May 1882 in Harvey.

 

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