Meretta Evelyn (Kimball) Orser (1867 - 1953)

Born 16 Feb 1867 in Carlisle, Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada

Ancestors

Wife of Colby Harding Orser — married 15 Apr 1882 in Carlisle, Brighton, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada

Descendants

Died 28 Jan 1953 at age 85 in Hartland, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada

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Biography

Daughter of John Kimball and Mereatta Susan Stockford.

She lived at Brighton. was visiting in Hartland (for about 2 years!)

• Fact: Burial Carlisle Cemetery, Carlisle, Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada

Research notes

Most people don't marry or have children before age 15. 1882 (marriage year)-15 (age)=1867. Both Mereatta Kimball "eldest d/o John KIMBALL, Esq., all of Brighton (Carleton Co.)" and Colby H. Orser would have been born before 1867,

Death Certificates for ORSER, MARETTA EVELYN (nee Kimball) (16 Feb 1867- 28 Jan 1953) names her parents as John Kimball (b. NB) and Susan Stockford (b. NB).

Sources

• Mereatta Evelyn Kimball Orser (1866-1953) on Find A Grave: Memorial #131233334 retrieved 27 November 2017
• 1891 Canadian census
• http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1891&op=pdf&id=30953_148099-00619

• Marriage notice

• http://archives.gnb.ca/Search/Cemeteries/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&Key=97562

• Death certificate (as Maretta)
• [1] - NB Marriage (on 15 April 1882 at "residence of bride's father, Carlisle") "Colby H. ORSER / Mereatta KIMBALL eldest d/o John KIMBALL, Esq., all of Brighton (Carleton Co.)"

• [2] - Death Certificates for ORSER, MARETTA EVELYN (nee Kimball) (16 Feb 1867 at Windsor, NB - 28 Jan 1953 at Hartland, Carleton, NB) [Widowed. Wife of Colby Orser. Daughter of John Kimball (b. NB) and Susan Stockford (b. NB)] [Signed by her son, "Mr. Wm. Orser, of "Carlilse, NB"]

• https://archives.gnb.ca/Search/VISSE/141B7.aspx?culture=en-CA&guid=7eb5cd74-fc5f-4c65-8e94-2845651f00c0 - New Brunswick Marriages (on 5 June 1901 at Coldstream, Carleton, NB) for ELLIS, GEORGE M. and STOCKFORD, LIONA B. (age 22, names parents as "Charles and Susan Stockford") [1901-22=1879 for approx year of birth]

• [3] - Late Registration of Births for STOCKFORD, LESLIE (male) (b. 1 April 1872 at Lower Windsor, Carleton, NB) [Father: STOCKFORD, CHARLES and Mother: KIMBALL, SUSAN] [Signed by "Mrs. Mereatta Orser". She was Leslie's first cousin. She said that both parents were dead and he had no older brothers or sisters. She said that she lived in the home helping "his mother/my aunt" when she was a young girl of 13 years,,, and I (Mereatta) am 6 years older than said person (Leslie)... I know his age because he's just five months older than my own brother."] [1872-6=1866 for approx year of birth for Mrs. Mereatta (unknown, but probably Kimball, since she refered to Susan Kimball as her "aunt".) Orser. Now to find a death cert for a Mereatta (Kmball) Orser.]