James McComiskey

1827 - 1915  (88 years)

• Name	James McComiskey  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	1827	Woods Harbour, Shelburne, Nova Scotia   [4]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	Abt 1828	Nova Scotia   [5]
  Death	13 Feb 1915	Lower East Pubnico, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia   [4]
  Burial	Old Wilson Cemetery, Charlesville, Shelburne, Nova Scotia   [4]
  Person ID	I20005	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	4 Feb 2023

  
  

  Father	Daniel McComiskey
  Mother	Azuba Sears,   b. 26 Feb 1791, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia
  Marriage	Abt 1813
  Family ID	F12133	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Christiana Wilson,   b. 3 Feb 1831, Woods Harbour, Shelburne, Nova Scotia d. 6 Mar 1905, Pubnico, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia (Age 74 years)
  Children	+ 1. Ella Seretha McComiskey,   b. May 1869, Nova Scotia d. 9 Jan 1947, Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age ~ 77 years)
  Family ID	F12072	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Listed in the 1871 census as a "seaman."

  
  

• Sources

  [S2572] A History of Barrington Township and Vicinity, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia 1604-1870, with a Biographical and Genealogical Appendix by Edwin Crowell. Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, 1923. [S3443] Find a Grave page for Christiana Wilson McComiskey. [S6804] The Nickerson Family: The Descendants of William Nickerson, 1604-1689, First Settler of Chatham, Massachusetts, Part IV: The Seventh Generation, with Vital Statistics of the Eighth Generation, and Including Allied Families by Pauline Wixon Derrick with Roberta Gilbert Bratti and Elbert O. Derick. Cape Cod, Massachusetts: The Nickerson Family Association, 1997. [S3442] Find a Grave page for James Douglas McComiskey. [S3441] 1871 census of Canada, on ancestry.com.