Thank you, Brian. That's very helpful and confirms some of my information. My particular interest is in Lewis Debol, the chairmaker, as I own a couple of chairs made by him, probably made sometime after 1822. I had hoped that learning more about his daughter, I could learn more about him. The 1838 census indicates that as well as Lewis, his wife Elizabeth and his daughter Elizabeth, there was a male born after 1824 in the household. Could be a son or a servant, although as Lewis is identified as a labourer, a child is more likely than a servant. Lewis married Elizabeth (--?--) Degant on 6 May 1823 in Halifax. She was probably the widow of Joseph Degant, chairmaker, who died 27 Nov 1822 in Halifax. David Reed ([email protected]) Toronto, Ontario, Canada On 07 Mar 2010 6:51 PM, Brian Smith wrote: > Hi David: > > I think the attached document should supply the information you need > (#1501). The page is from "The Nickerson Family, Part 4" published by the > Nickerson Family Association. Their website is at > http://www.nickersonassoc.org/ > > Regards, > > Brian > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Reed > Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2010 4:56 PM > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: [NS-L] Elizabeth Nickerson 1824 - 1907 > > I'm looking for information about Elizabeth Nickerson born ca 1824 > in Nova Scotia, widow of David Nickerson and possibly the daughter of > chairmaker Lewis Debol. In the 1871 census she is living in the > household of James Dixon in Sherbrooke, Guysborough Co along with > Elizabeth and Matilda Nickerson, age 26, James Nickerson age 22, Lewis > Nickerson, age 14 and Lewis Debol, age 88. In 1881 and 1891 she is > living in Halifax with her son James. In 1901 she is living with her son > Lewis Nickerson in Halifax. She died in Halifax on 17 May 1907 and was > buried in Camp Hill Cemetery. > > Would there be on obituary in one of the Halifax papers? > >