Melissa Margaret BROAD

1907 - 1996  (89 years)

• Name	Melissa Margaret BROAD  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	30 Mar 1907	Holmesville, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada   [1, 3, 5]
  Gender	Female
  Burial	1996	Mineral Cemetery, Mineral, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada   [1]
  Death	5 Aug 1996	Holmesville, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada   [1]
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	James BROAD           b. Abt 1760, Bristol, England           d. Abt 1832  (Age ~ 72 years)  (2 x Great Grandfather)  Sophronia Susannah KINNEY           b. 1806, Wicklow, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada           d. 1870, Caribou, Aroostook, Maine, USA  (Age 64 years)  (Great Grandmother)
  Person ID	I15896	Carleton

  
  

  Father	William Gordon BROAD           b. 18 Jul 1865, Holmesville, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada           d. 3 Aug 1949, Holmesville, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 84 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Martha Ellis HOLMES           b. 25 Feb 1866, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada           d. 16 Apr 1959, Holmesville, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 93 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F10106	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Howard George DEMERCHANT           b. 10 Apr 1901, Piercemont, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada           d. 8 May 1993, Holmesville, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	24 Dec 1924	Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
  Children	1. Rose Phyllis DEMERCHANT           b. 25 Mar 1927, Holmesville, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada           d. 26 Dec 2021, Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 94 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] ▻ Graydon Elmer OAKES  m. 16 Oct 1945   2. Martha Maxine DEMERCHANT           b. 24 Aug 1929, Piercemont, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada           d. 9 Aug 2025, River View Manor, Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 95 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] ▻ Elwin Wallace KINNEY  m. 30 Oct 1946   3. Joyce Nellie DEMERCHANT   4. Herbert Howard DEMERCHANT   5. Murray Garrol DEMERCHANT           b. 17 Jun 1941, Piercemont, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada           d. 13 Dec 2023, Riverview Manor, Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Carol Addie DEMERCHANT           b. 8 Nov 1942             d. 27 Feb 2004, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 61 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] ▻ Donnie G. CRAIN  m. 30 Apr 1966;   Earl Anson CRAIN  m. Aft 1972   7. Patricia Bernice DEMERCHANT           b. 28 Aug 1947, Holmesville, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada           d. 30 Jun 2020, Upper River Valley hospital, Waterville, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 72 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] ▻ Charles Gordon DEMERCHANT  m. 26 Jul 1969   8. Wilma Lee DEMERCHANT           b. 1950             d. 4 Aug 2008, Upper River Valley Hospital, Waterville, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 58 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] ▻ Leo Joseph MCCULLOUGH
  Family ID	F9176	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 30 Mar 1907 - Holmesville, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada Burial - 1996 - Mineral Cemetery, Mineral, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada Death - 5 Aug 1996 - Holmesville, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents		d_DeMerchant.Howard_Broad.Melissa_Marriage_1924
  		d_Broad.Melissa.Margaret_Birth_1907

  
  

  Headstones

  Photo courtesy Norman DeMerchant Photo copyright Norman DeMerchant

  
  

• Sources

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