Leigh Norris Nickerson Sr.
(1904-1976)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Annie Marguerite Pooler

Leigh Norris Nickerson Sr.

  • Born: 17 Feb 1904, Yarmouth, NS
  • Marriage (1): Annie Marguerite Pooler on 16 Oct 1934 in Mars Hill, ME 1
  • Died: 9 Sep 1976, Fort Fairfield, ME at age 72
  • Buried: Washburn Riverside Extension Cemetery, Washburn, ME

bullet   FamilySearch ID: 2C19-QLB. Find a Grave ID: 69645222.

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• Birth Name: Norris Leigh Nickerson, 17 Feb 1904, Yarmouth, NS.

• Census, 17 Jun 1911, Gardners Mills, NS. 2

• Census, 12 Jan 1920, Washburn, ME. 3

• Graduation: Washburn High School, Jun 1924, Washburn, ME.

• Census, 8 May 1930, Washburn, ME. 4

• Census, 21 Apr 1940, Washburn, ME. 5

• Census, 3 Apr 1950, Washburn, ME. 6

• Obituary: Bangor Daily News, 10 Sep 1976, Bangor, ME.
WASHBURN -- Leigh Nickerson, 72, died September 9, 1976, at a Ft. Fairfield hospital following a long illness. He was born in Nova Scotia, February 17, 1904, the son of Charles and Willmina (Sherwood) Nickerson. He attended the University of Maine, Orono, was a member of the Washburn Pentecostal Church, and was a retired carpenter. He is survived by his wife, Annie (Pooler) Nickerson, Washburn; two sons, Norris, Jay, Steven, Ft. Fairfield; one daughter, Glenice Huston, Warrington, Va.; two brothers, Guy, Conn., Keith, Washburn; four sisters, Iva Howe, Washburn, Vera Nickerson, Portland, Gladys Hughes, Scarborough, Edith Soule, Buxton; 11 grandchildren. Friends may call at Graves Funeral Home, Presque Isle, Friday, from 7-9 p.m. Funeral services will be held at the Washburn Pentecostal Church Saturday at 2 p.m. with Rev. William Poole, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Extension Cemetery.


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Leigh married Annie Marguerite Pooler, daughter of Joseph Elwin Pooler and Minnie Blanche Raven, on 16 Oct 1934 in Mars Hill, ME.1 (Annie Marguerite Pooler was born on 29 Jul 1913 in Washburn, ME,7 8 died on 21 Apr 1996 in Fort Fairfield, ME and was buried in May 1996 in Washburn Riverside Extension Cemetery, Washburn, ME.)


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Sources


1 Maine State Archives, "Maine Marriages, 1892-1996," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 13 Jul 2012), entry for Norris L. Nickerson and Annie M. Pooler.

2 1911 census of Canada, Nova Scotia, district 53, sub-district 4, Carleton, p. 16, dwelling 150, family 150, Charles Nickerson; RG 31; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 10 Dec 2020).

3 1920 U.S. census, Aroostook, Maine, population schedule, Washburn, enumeration district (ED) 55, sheet 9A, p. 17, dwelling 153, family 173, Charles E. Nickerson; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 10 Dec 2020); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll T625_641.

4 1930 U.S. census, Aroostook, Maine, population schedule, Washburn, enumeration district (ED) 0081, sheet 19B, p. 38, dwelling 365, family 386, Archie E. Roberts; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 10 Dec 2020); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll T626.

5 1940 U.S. census, Aroostook, Maine, population schedule, Washburn, enumeration district (ED) 2-106, sheet 4B, p. 8, household 67, Norris Nickerson; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 22 Nov 2020); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T627, roll T627.

6 1950 U.S. census, Aroostook, Maine, Washburn, enumeration district (ED) 2-134, sheet 12, p. 16, household 86, Leigh N. Nickerson; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 3 Jan 2023); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T628, roll 609.

7 1920 U.S. census, Aroostook, Maine, population schedule, Washburn, enumeration district (ED) 55, sheet 17, p. 17B, dwelling 321, family 363, Joseph E. Pooler; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 15 Dec 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll T625_641.

8 Maine Maine State Archives, Maine, Birth Records, 1715-1922, unnamed Pooler; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com: 15 Dec 2011).


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