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John William Acker

Male 1874 - 1959  (85 years)

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  • Name John William Acker  [1, 2, 3] 
    Birth 16 Apr 1874  Birchtown, Shelburne, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4, 5] 
    Gender Male 
    Alternate birth 25 Apr 1874  Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Alternate birth 28 Apr 1874  [6] 
    Alternate birth 1875  [7] 
    Death 20 Apr 1959  Lower Jordan Bay, Shelburne, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 8] 
    Burial Lower Ohio Community Cemetery, Lower Ohio, Shelburne, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Person ID I19821  Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2026 

    Father James William Acker,   b. Bef 31 Dec 1845 
    Mother Eleanor Jane Robertson,   b. Abt 1851 
    Marriage 15 Jan 1874  Birchtown, Shelburne, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10] 
    Family ID F12057  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 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  [9, 11, 12, 13] 
    Notes 
    • Married by the Rev. J. E. Wallace, Presbyterian.
    Children 
    >1. Catherine Matilda Acker,   b. 17 Mar 1901, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Apr 1976 (Age 75 years)
    +2. Nellie May Acker,   b. 27 Jan 1909, Welshtown, Shelburne, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Nov 1998, North Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
    Family ID F25971  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Feb 2026 

  • Notes 
    • He appears on his daughter Nellie Mae's birth record as a "lumberman."

  • Sources 
    1. [S2570] 1901 census of Canada, on ancestry.com.

    2. [S2569] Nova Scotia, Canada, Deaths, 1864-1877, 1890-1965, on ancestry.com.

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

    4. [S8869] Birth record for "Nelly May Acker" in the Nova Scotia Archives., place only.

    5. [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., place only.

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

    7. [S3250] 1891 census of Canada, on ancestry.com.

    8. [S8876] Find a Grave page for John William Acker., date only.

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

    10. [S8890] Canada, Nova Scotia, Marriages, 1864-1918, on familysearch.org.

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

    12. [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.

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


 

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