Nielsen Hayden genealogy
John Samuel Crowell
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Name John Samuel Crowell [1, 2, 3, 4] Birth 1846 West Head, Lockeport, Shelburne, Nova Scotia
[5, 6, 7] Gender Male Alternate birth of West Head, Lockeport, Shelburne, Nova Scotia
[8] Death Bef 6 Oct 1937 [8] Person ID I19854 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of LDN Last Modified 28 Feb 2026
Father Thomas Crowell Mother Mary Family ID F15735 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 
Eliza Jane Bangay, b. 1846 d. Bef 1881 (Age < 34 years) Marriage 2 Mar 1872 Lockeport, Shelburne, Nova Scotia
[5] Children + 1. Mary Elizabeth Crowell, b. 15 Apr 1877, West Head, Lockeport, Shelburne, Nova Scotia
d. 21 Nov 1952, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
(Age 75 years)Family ID F12048 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Feb 2026
Family 2 
Elizabeth Connell, b. 1860, Shag Harbour, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia 
Marriage 5 Dec 1881 Shelburne, Shelburne, Nova Scotia
[9] Children + 1. Odessa Adeline Crowe, b. 10 Dec 1882 d. 28 Jul 1953, Sandy Point, Shelburne, Nova Scotia
(Age 70 years)Family ID F25970 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 28 Feb 2026
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Notes - He was a fisherman.
His daughter Mary Elizabeth (Crowell) Nickerson applied on 6 Oct 1937 for a registration of her own birth, and on that application she called her father John Samuel Crowell "deceased," so he was clearly dead by then.
- He was a fisherman.
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Sources - [S2566] Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915, on ancestry.com., "Samuel Crowell".
- [S5723] Death certificate for Odessa Adeline Acker, wife of John William Acker., "Samuel Crowell".
- [S8874] Certificate of baptism for Odessa Adeline Crowell, uploaded by a user to ancestry.com and saved by P & T Nielsen Hayden., "John Samuel Crowell".
- [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., "Samuel".
- [S2640] Canada Marriages, 1661-1949, on familysearch.org.
- [S3417] Nova Scotia delayed births, 1837-1904, on familysearch.org., Lockeport, Shelburne, NS, only.
- [S3418] 1881 census of Canada, on ancestry.com., year only.
- [S3417] Nova Scotia delayed births, 1837-1904, on familysearch.org.
- [S8879] Marriage record for John S. Crowe, widower, and Elizabeth Connell, in the Nova Scotia Archives., calls him "John S. Crowell" and her "Elizabeth Connell.".
- [S2566] Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915, on ancestry.com., "Samuel Crowell".