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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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57. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Brown. Daughter of George W. Brown & Alice Eleanor Messer. Born 6 Jan 1867 in Harvey. Died 6 Dec 1958 in York Mills. Buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery.

 

    Elizabeth's first husband, Frederick Nichol died at an early age, and is buried at Pokiok Settlement.   She had one daughter from first marriage, and nine children from second marriage.

 

    Died at age 91 yr. 11 mo., at home of her son Alden Gass.

 

    She first married Frederick John Nichol, 30 Jun 1886 in Harvey, York Co., NB By J. A. McLean, Presbyterian. Born 1860 in Parish Of Prince William, York Co., NB. Died 5 Sep 1887. Buried in Pokiok Settlement Cemetery.

 

    Son of William Nichol and Jane Marsh.

    Witnesses to marriage were Annie Brown and Edmund Nichol.

    Frederick and Elizabeth lived at Pokiok Settlement.

 

    They had the following children:

  217   i.   Faye Elta Nichol

    She second married Thomas "Marshall" Gass, son of Thomas Gass & Mary Marshall, 26 Dec 1889 in Harvey. Born 26 Apr 1865 in Harvey. Died 10 May 1947. Buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery.

 

    They lived at York Mills, NB.

 

    They had the following children:

  218   i.   Ernest Hazen Gass

  219   ii.   Harry William Gass

  220   iii.   Milford Thomas Gass

  221   iv.   Norman George Gass

  222   v.   Hazel Alice Gass

  223   vi.   Ward Patterson Gass

  224   vii.   Emma May Gass

  225   viii.   Alden Brown Gass

  226   ix.   Oswald Walter Gass

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