Ada Lillian (Bursey) Nickerson (1881 - 1937)

Born 22 Feb 1881 in Rhode Island, United States

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Died 7 May 1937 at age 56 in Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Birth and Family

Ada Lillian (Bursey) Nickerson was born on 22 Feb 1881, in Rhode Island, United States. She was the daughter of George Napoleon Bursey and Mary E. (Laventure) Green Bursey.

Marriage

Ada married William Nickerson on 06 Oct 1902.

Children

Ada was the mother of 5 (five) daughters, and one son:

1. Miriam (Nickerson) Little, aka "Mim"..

2. Ethel Nickerson Brown,

3. Barbara "Barbie" (pronounced Bobie) May (Nickerson) Knapp.

4. Helen (Nickerson) Breckenridge .

5. Wilma "Billie" (Nickerson) Faladeau, and

6. Allen Nickerson. Allen died at an early age, having been run over by a steam roller.

Death and Burial

Ada passed away on 07 May 1937, in Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.

Sources

• "Ancestry.com. Rhode Island, Marriages, 1851-1920," [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA; Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
• "Massachusetts Death Index, 1901-1980," for Adah Lilliam Nickerson. Index to Deaths in Massachusetts 1936-1940, Adah Lillian (Bursey), Quincy, Mass, 1937, Vol 75, page 157.
• "1920 United States Federal Census," for Mary M. Green (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=1920usfedcen&h=114150076).
• "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8V8-VPJ : 22 January 2020), Ada Lilian Bursey in entry for William Chester Nickerson, 1902.
• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28V-7M29 : 10 March 2021), Ada Bursey in entry for James Reginald Little and Miriam Nickerson, 9 Jun 1925; citing Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 745,501.
• 1910 United States Federal Census; Census Place: Medford Ward 1, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: T624_602; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 0927; FHL microfilm: 1374615.