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Nellie May Acker

Female 1909 - 1998  (89 years)

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  • Name Nellie May Acker 
    Birth 27 Jan 1909  Welshtown, Shelburne, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Female 
    Alternate birth 29 Jan 1909  Welshtown, Shelburne, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Death 9 Nov 1998  North Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I19802  Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
    Last Modified 28 Feb 2026 

    Father John William Acker,   b. 16 Apr 1874, Birchtown, Shelburne, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Apr 1959, Lower Jordan Bay, Shelburne, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Mother Odessa Adeline Crowe,   b. 10 Dec 1882   d. 28 Jul 1953, Sandy Point, Shelburne, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Marriage 24 Jan 1899  Upper Ohio, Lockeport, Shelburne, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 8, 9] 
    Notes 
    • Married by the Rev. J. E. Wallace, Presbyterian.
    Family ID F25971  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Ned Ervin Barkhouse,   b. 3 Mar 1903, Newburne, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jan 1983, Bridgewater, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage 20 Feb 1925  Shelburne, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Children 
    +1. Roy Owen Barkhouse,   b. 4 Apr 1926, Lower Ohio, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Nov 1993, New Brunswick Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
    Family ID F12050  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Apr 2023 

    Family 2 Whitman Blades Nickerson,   b. 11 Mar 1905, Clark's Harbour, Cape Sable Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1937, Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years) 
    Marriage 14 Jan 1933  First Presbyterian Church of East Boston, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12] 
    Children 
    +1. Ronald Whitman Nickerson,   b. 24 Feb 1937, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 May 2010, Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
    Family ID F12047  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Feb 2026 

    Family 3 Edward Vincent Greenwood,   b. 3 Sep 1903, Shag Harbour, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jan 1989, Essex County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Marriage 1946 
    Family ID F12051  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Apr 2026 

  • Notes 
    • She entered the US at Boston on 4 Nov 1926. The date of her "lawful entry for permanent residence in the United States" was 30 July 1927, arriving in Boston from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia on the Prince George. She was naturalized as a US citizen on 24 Feb 1936.

      Witnesses to her 1936 petition for naturalization were Verna MacAuley, housewife of Boston, and Stella D. Bahmer, housewife of Cambridge.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2224] Social Security Death Index, on ancestry.com.

    2. [S8869] Birth record for "Nelly May Acker" in the Nova Scotia Archives.

    3. [S8872] Nellie Mae Nickerson's petition for naturalization as a US citizen, 24 Feb 1936, in Massachusetts, U.S., State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1798-1950, on ancestry.com.

    4. [S8] Nova Scotia, Canada, Births, 1836-1910, on ancestry.com.

    5. [S2625] 1911 census of Canada, on ancestry.com., month and province only.

    6. [S8876] Find a Grave page for John William Acker., year only.

    7. [S8873] Handwritten ledger record of the marriage of John William Acker and Odessa Crowell, posted by a user to ancestry.com and saved by P & T Nielsen Hayden.

    8. [S5722] Nova Scotia, Canada, Marriages, 1763-1942, on ancestry.com., year and county only.

    9. [S2640] Canada Marriages, 1661-1949, on familysearch.org.

    10. [S3415] Nova Scotia Marriages, 1907-1932, on familysearch.org.

    11. [S2626] U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970, on ancestry.com.

    12. [S8872] Nellie Mae Nickerson's petition for naturalization as a US citizen, 24 Feb 1936, in Massachusetts, U.S., State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1798-1950, on ancestry.com., date and city only.


 

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