Frances "Fanny" Yerxa

• Daughter of John Yerxa and Joanna Sarah Merrithew
• Born 1809 Douglas Parish, York County NB
• Married Jacob Dow 30 December 1835
• In the Census of 1881 of Canterbury Parish, York County NB Frances Dow is listed as being 70 years of age
• Died 1884

• Jacob Dow was born 6 January 1804
• Son of Jesse Dow and Mary Tidley (or Teed)
• Jacob was a brother of Samuel Dow who had married Mahala Yerxa
• Died 1 July 1872
• Buried in the Dow Cemetery now in the Lower Meductic Cemetery

Children of Frances "Fanny" Yerxa and Jacob Dow

1. Samson Dow born 1837
   Married Adelaide Dibblee 2 July 1892, no children
   Died 1917
   Buried in the Lower Meductic Cemetery
2. Sarah Dow born 1839
   Married William Hull, 7 children
3. Rhoda Dow born 1841
   Married James McGibboney
   Died 1888
4. Allen Dow born 1844
   Married Ambrosine Kearney of Grand Falls
   Died August 1935
   Buried in the Lower Meductic Cemetery
   Ambrosine Kearney born 1850 died 1922
5. Nelson Dow born 1845
   Died 1846 of measles
   Buried in the Lower Meductic Cemetery
6. Zebulon Dow born 1847 in Canterbury Parish
   Married Florence ???, 2 children
7. Wellington Dow born 1848
   Married Ardelia A. ---, 2 children
   Died 1 August 1911
   Ardelia A. --- born 4 September 1852
   Buried in the Lower Meductic Cemetery