Brief Life History of Phineas Francis
When Phineas Francis Nickerson was born on 10 July 1806, in Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada, his father, John Nickerson, was 33 and his mother, Dorothy James Burke, was 36. He married Jane Vincent Smith on 3 January 1828, in Newellton, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1861 and Cape Sable Island, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1871. He died on 12 November 1898, in Clark's Harbour, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 92.
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Sources (13)
- Phineas Nickerson, "Canada Census, 1871"
- Finnis Nickerson, "Canada, Nova Scotia Marriages, 1864-1918"
- Phineas Nickerson in entry for John E. Nickerson, "Canada, Nova Scotia Marriages, 1864-1918"
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1823
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1869
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1871
British Columbia joins the confederation.
Name Meaning
English (Norfolk and Lincolnshire): variant of Nixon , in which trisyllabic Nickeson has been spelled Nickerson.
English: alternatively, a variant of Nicholson with /r/ substituted for /l/.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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