Nielsen Hayden genealogy

Dorothy James "Dolly" Burke

Female Abt 1770 - Abt 1867  (~ 97 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Dorothy James "Dolly" Burke was born about 1770 in Bellyshannon, Donegal, Ireland; died about 1867 in Clark's Harbour, Cape Sable Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia.

    Dorothy married John Nickerson about 6 May 1786. John (son of John Nickerson and Jerusha Knowles) was born in 1772 in Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia; died about 1820 in Woods Harbour, Shelburne, Nova Scotia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Knowles Nickerson  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1795 in Woods Harbour, Shelburne, Nova Scotia; died in 1875 in Shelburne, Nova Scotia.
    2. 3. Judah Nickerson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Jun 1801 in Woods Harbour, Shelburne, Nova Scotia; died on 17 Feb 1895 in Clark's Harbour, Cape Sable Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia; was buried in Oakvale Cemetery, Shelburne, Nova Scotia.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Knowles Nickerson Descendancy chart to this point (1.Dorothy1) was born about 1795 in Woods Harbour, Shelburne, Nova Scotia; died in 1875 in Shelburne, Nova Scotia.

    Knowles married Elizabeth Swain on 14 Sep 1826. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. Cyrus L. Nickerson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Sep 1838 in Nova Scotia; died in 1912 in Shelburne, Nova Scotia.

  2. 3.  Judah Nickerson Descendancy chart to this point (1.Dorothy1) was born on 23 Jun 1801 in Woods Harbour, Shelburne, Nova Scotia; died on 17 Feb 1895 in Clark's Harbour, Cape Sable Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia; was buried in Oakvale Cemetery, Shelburne, Nova Scotia.

    Judah married Elizabeth Smith on 6 May 1824. Elizabeth (daughter of James Smith and Tabitha Kendrick) was born on 27 Jun 1809 in Cape Sable Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia; died on 10 Apr 1887 in Clark's Harbour, Cape Sable Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. Ephraim Clifford Nickerson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 Jun 1832 in Clark's Harbour, Cape Sable Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia; died on 14 Sep 1915 in Clark's Harbour, Cape Sable Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Cyrus L. Nickerson Descendancy chart to this point (2.Knowles2, 1.Dorothy1) was born on 15 Sep 1838 in Nova Scotia; died in 1912 in Shelburne, Nova Scotia.

    Cyrus married Martha A. Newell in 1867. Martha (daughter of Zephaniah H. Newell and Asenath Smith) died before 20 Sep 1887. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. Zepheniah Nickerson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Dec 1867 in Nova Scotia; died on 9 Jun 1936 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.

  2. 5.  Ephraim Clifford Nickerson Descendancy chart to this point (3.Judah2, 1.Dorothy1) was born on 26 Jun 1832 in Clark's Harbour, Cape Sable Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia; died on 14 Sep 1915 in Clark's Harbour, Cape Sable Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia.

    Ephraim married Mathilda Smith on 3 Jan 1855. Mathilda (daughter of Reuben Smith and Deborah Covell) was born on 28 May 1834 in Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia; died on 28 Apr 1891 in Cape Sable Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. Alfred Smith Nickerson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Nov 1870 in Nova Scotia; died after 9 Jan 1947 in Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts.


Generation: 4

  1. 6.  Zepheniah Nickerson Descendancy chart to this point (4.Cyrus3, 2.Knowles2, 1.Dorothy1) was born on 6 Dec 1867 in Nova Scotia; died on 9 Jun 1936 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.

    Zepheniah married Mary Elizabeth Crowell on 19 Sep 1898 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of John Samuel Crowell and Eliza Jane Bangay) was born on 15 Apr 1877 in West Head, Lockeport, Shelburne, Nova Scotia; died on 21 Nov 1952 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; was buried in Clark's Harbour, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 8. Whitman Blades Nickerson  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Mar 1905 in Clark's Harbour, Cape Sable Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia; died in Mar 1937 in Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts.

  2. 7.  Alfred Smith Nickerson Descendancy chart to this point (5.Ephraim3, 3.Judah2, 1.Dorothy1) was born on 9 Nov 1870 in Nova Scotia; died after 9 Jan 1947 in Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

    Alfred married Ella Seretha McComiskey in 1903 in Shelburne, Nova Scotia. Ella (daughter of James McComiskey and Christiana Wilson) was born in 1869 in Nova Scotia; died on 9 Jan 1947 in Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 9. Bernard Everett Nickerson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Jun 1908 in Clark's Harbour, Cape Sable Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia; died on 17 May 1993 in Clark's Harbour, Cape Sable Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia.


Generation: 5

  1. 8.  Whitman Blades Nickerson Descendancy chart to this point (6.Zepheniah4, 4.Cyrus3, 2.Knowles2, 1.Dorothy1) was born in Mar 1905 in Clark's Harbour, Cape Sable Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia; died in Mar 1937 in Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts.

    Whitman married Nellie May Acker on 14 Jan 1933 in First Presbyterian Church of East Boston, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Nellie (daughter of John William Acker and Odessa Adeline Crowell) was born on 29 Jan 1909 in Welshtown, Shelburne, Nova Scotia; died on 9 Nov 1998 in North Andover, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. Ronald Whitman Nickerson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Feb 1937 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died on 8 May 2010 in Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa.

  2. 9.  Bernard Everett Nickerson Descendancy chart to this point (7.Alfred4, 5.Ephraim3, 3.Judah2, 1.Dorothy1) was born on 14 Jun 1908 in Clark's Harbour, Cape Sable Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia; died on 17 May 1993 in Clark's Harbour, Cape Sable Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia.

    Bernard married Edith Estelle Drew in 1937 in Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Edith (daughter of Benjamin Edwin Drew and Laura Adele Currier) was born on 22 Mar 1911 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died on 12 Sep 2008 in Washington, Washington, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 11. Bruce Nickerson  Descendancy chart to this point died on 10 Apr 2023.
    2. 12. Lorna Mae Nickerson  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Mar 1942.


Generation: 6

  1. 10.  Ronald Whitman Nickerson Descendancy chart to this point (8.Whitman5, 6.Zepheniah4, 4.Cyrus3, 2.Knowles2, 1.Dorothy1) was born on 24 Feb 1937 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died on 8 May 2010 in Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa.

    Ronald married Lorna Mae Nickerson about 1960 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, and was divorced about 1982. Lorna (daughter of Bernard Everett Nickerson and Edith Estelle Drew) was born in Mar 1942. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 13. Lydia Drew Nickerson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 May 1962 in New Castle, Lawrence, Pennsylvania.

    Ronald married Mary Anne Clark on 7 Jun 1986 in Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 11.  Bruce Nickerson Descendancy chart to this point (9.Bernard5, 7.Alfred4, 5.Ephraim3, 3.Judah2, 1.Dorothy1) died on 10 Apr 2023.

    Family/Spouse: Barbara. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 14. Robert Nickerson  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 15. Timothy Nickerson  Descendancy chart to this point died between 1985 and 1995.
    3. 16. Rebecca Nickerson  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 17. Jonathan Nickerson  Descendancy chart to this point

    Family/Spouse: Jo. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 12.  Lorna Mae Nickerson Descendancy chart to this point (9.Bernard5, 7.Alfred4, 5.Ephraim3, 3.Judah2, 1.Dorothy1) was born in Mar 1942.

    Lorna married Ronald Whitman Nickerson about 1960 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, and was divorced about 1982. Ronald (son of Whitman Blades Nickerson and Nellie May Acker) was born on 24 Feb 1937 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died on 8 May 2010 in Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 13. Lydia Drew Nickerson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 May 1962 in New Castle, Lawrence, Pennsylvania.


Generation: 7

  1. 13.  Lydia Drew Nickerson Descendancy chart to this point (10.Ronald6, 8.Whitman5, 6.Zepheniah4, 4.Cyrus3, 2.Knowles2, 1.Dorothy1) was born on 24 May 1962 in New Castle, Lawrence, Pennsylvania.

    Family/Spouse: David Dyer-Bennet. David (son of John Dyer-Bennet and Mary Abby Randall) was born in 1954. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Lydia married Nigel Kent Ray about May 1984 in Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa, and was divorced on 16 Apr 1987 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Nigel was born about 1962. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 14.  Robert Nickerson Descendancy chart to this point (11.Bruce6, 9.Bernard5, 7.Alfred4, 5.Ephraim3, 3.Judah2, 1.Dorothy1)

  3. 15.  Timothy Nickerson Descendancy chart to this point (11.Bruce6, 9.Bernard5, 7.Alfred4, 5.Ephraim3, 3.Judah2, 1.Dorothy1) died between 1985 and 1995.

  4. 16.  Rebecca Nickerson Descendancy chart to this point (11.Bruce6, 9.Bernard5, 7.Alfred4, 5.Ephraim3, 3.Judah2, 1.Dorothy1)

  5. 17.  Jonathan Nickerson Descendancy chart to this point (11.Bruce6, 9.Bernard5, 7.Alfred4, 5.Ephraim3, 3.Judah2, 1.Dorothy1)