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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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17. Mary Jane Coburn. Daughter of Andrew Wood Cockburn (Coburn) & Elizabeth Messer. Born 30 Nov 1865 in Harvey. Died 3 Jan 1947.

 

    She married John "Wallace" Burpee, son of John Burpee & Hannah Savage, 30 Sep 1886 in York Co., NB By Rev. A. J. Mowatt, Presbyterian . Born 16 Sep 1858.

 

    Witnesses to marriage were Robert Moffat and Mary J. Coburn.

 

    Mary Jane and Wallace Burpee had five children:   Roy Coburn, Helen Elizabeth, Jennie Muriel, Howard Andrew, and John Wallace.   (John Wallace Burpee d. 10 Apr 1990.   His wife was Nancy Hildebrand.)

 

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