Byron
P
Nickerson
Born in Cape Sable Island
Ancestors 
Son of Lemuel Nickerson
and Sophia (McKinnon) Nickerson
Brother of
William Henry Nickerson, Lemuel Nickerson Jr, Alice A. (Nickerson) Greenwood, Eben Nickerson, Edgar Nickerson, Eugene Nickerson, Mercy Nickerson, Eliza Ann Nickerson and Orinda Lima (Nickerson) Perry
Husband of
Jane Emmaline (McKenzie) Nickerson
— married
12 Jul 1885 in Upper Port Latour, Nova Scotia, Canada
Descendants 
Father of
Ethel Nickerson, Edgar Nickerson, Cassie Elizabeth (Nickerson) Swaine, Lena Belle (Nickerson) Atwood, Howard Dewitt Nickerson, Vesta Pearl (Nickerson) Schoultz, Florence Nickerson, Bernice Gertrude (Nickerson) Goodick and Beatrice May (Nickerson) Goodick
Died
at about age 78
in Lower Sandy Point, Shelburne County
Profile last modified
| Created 2 Dec 2013
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Biography
Byron is the child of Lemuel Nickerson and Sophie McKinnon.
At the time of the 1871 Canada Census, Lemuel, Sophia, William H., Lemuel 2, Allice A., Byron, Edgar, Mercy and Eliza Ann Nickerson were listed as living on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia[1].
Sources
- ↑ Census of Canada, 1871, Nova Scotia, Shelburne (193), Cape Sable Island (h), page 44, dwelling 166, family 179, Byron Nickerson; RG31 - Statistics Canada, Roll T-10547 (http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1871/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=3201483 : Accessed March 5, 2018).
"Nova Scotia Delayed Births, 1837-1904," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVRF-LJLR : 8 November 2017), Byron Nickerson in entry for Cassie Elizebeth Nickerson, 15 Aug 1889; citing Birth, Cape Negro Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada, certificate number 990857, Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax.
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Kelly Nickerson
Byron was a lighthouse keeper on Cape Negro Island.
posted 2 Dec 2013 by Kelly Nickerson
[thank Kelly]
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- Elwin C. Nickerson
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Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 67 markers, haplogroup R1b1, FTDNA kit #454510
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